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Discover Lacunes by Babette Craens and Fleur Strijbos: a debut-album unfolding as a journey through song, shaped by silence, memory, and what remains unsaid.
Centering on Robert Schumann’s cycle Sechs Gedichte von Nikolas Lenau und Requiem, and seamlessly bring it together with songs of Anton Webern, Richard Strauss, Samuel Barber, and contemporary Belgian composers like Piet Swerts, Alain Craens and Noah Senden.
Lacunes was released with the support of SWUK Vlaanderen, and is available on CD and all streaming platforms.
album Reviews
“The album explores the voids that life leaves behind — places where silence, loss, and longing intersect. It is aimed primarily at listeners who are receptive to tranquility and poetry, while also offering a multi-layered musical experience.”
“A beautiful success and a first album not to be missed.”
— Opus HD
“Babette devotes her full attention to the score and, at times, guides and supports Fleur so that together they can achieve their intended goal. A duo out of a dream that transports you, the listener, to the intimacy or drama of each song. Together, they turn every song into a gem that lingers in your mind."
“The album Lacunes deserves to be on our radar for at least two reasons. First of all, it introduces two talented Belgian artists (...) Secondly, there is the carefully chosen programme, featuring romantic and contemporary music, but above all Belgian classical repertoire.”
“Everything sounds intimate, vulnerable and carefully considered, as if the music slowly emerges from silence and returns to it.”