in Choir & Organ (Jan, 2018)
For anyone looking for an introduction to the English secular partsong of the 20th century, this CD is ideal. Paul McCreesh’s programming of the disc carefully balances different moods across a wide variety of composers, including some obvious choices (Elgar, RVW) and two of the UK’s most widely performed contemporary composers, James MacMillan and Jonathan Dove. While McCreesh generally opts for restraint, even understatement, in his approach to this repertoire, he still manages to reach to the heart of the poetry and his interpretation yields rich rewards. From the pair of Grainger items – Brigg Fair (with Robert Murray a distinguished soloist) and The Three Ravens (baritone Neal Davies as soloist, …
Silence & Music – Gabrieli Consort
Stanford The Blue Bird
Elgar There is sweet music; Owls
Vaughan Williams Silence and Music; Bushes and Briars; The winter is gone; The Turtle Dove; Rest
Howells The summer is coming
Grainger Brigg Fair; The Three Ravens
MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
Dove Who killed Cock Robin?
Britten The Evening Primrose
Warlock All the flowers of the spring
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
20,60€
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