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Artikel Name:	Reincarnations: A Century of American Choral Music
Genre:	Classical
Produkt Typ:	CD

Label:	Seraphic Fire Media / SFM
Titelanzahl:	18
Dauer:	73:36

Trackliste CD - 1

1. I cannot attain unto it	4:50
2. Light of common day	5:15
3. Give good gifts one to another	1:38
4. Followers of the Lamb	2:05
5. Death and resurrection from The Valley of Delight	6:55
6. Reincarnations, Op. 16~1. Mary Hynes	2:22
7. Reincarnations, Op. 16~2. Anthony O'Daly	3:28
8. Reincarnations, Op. 16~3. The Coolin	4:06
9. Good night dear heart	3:59
10. As there are flowers	3:06
11. I am	5:46
12. Fear not, dear friend	6:07
13. Earth song	3:42
14. Mid-winter songs~1. Lament for Pasiphaë	5:23
15. Mid-winter songs~2. Like snow	1:46
16. Mid-winter songs~3. She tells her love while half asleep	4:36
17. Mid-winter songs~4. Mid-winter waking	2:01
18. Mid-winter songs~5. Intercession in late October	6:31

Beschreibung

Beschreibung

Reincarnations is both the title of the underrated set of Samuel Barber choral pieces performed here and the overarching idea of this strong release from the Florida choir Seraphic Fire. With the simplicity of folk hymnody as a backdrop represented by a couple of Shaker hymns, director Patrick Dupré Quigley posits a line of American choral composition coming down from Barber to the present day, based on sophisticated techniques of various kinds applied to simple, appealing melody. This has proven to be such a potent combination that some of the composers here are becoming known well beyond the U.S. One is Morton Lauridsen, but from him comes not one of his trademark luminous works but an earlier piece, Mid-Winter Songs, settings of Robert Graves, that are closer to mid-century American modernism in style but seem to be fighting their way toward simplicity. It's an effective conclusion, and along the way are pieces by a variety of young composers who make one curious to see just how far this tradition can go. It's an original and persuasive program, matched by singing from Seraphic Fire that is increasingly close to the efforts of top European small vocal groups. For those who haven't checked out this geographically out-of-the-way ensemble, this tour through contemporary American choral music makes a good place to start.

James Manheim

Mitwirkende

• Record Label: Seraphic Fire Media
• Record Label: SFM
• Engineer: D. James Tagg
• Mastering: John Polito
• Assistant Producer: Joey Quigley
• Assistant Engineer: Drew Hooke
• Booklet Design: Elles Gianocostas
• Project Manager: Ross Chuchla
• Artistic Director: Patrick Dupré Quigley
• Producer: Patrick Dupré Quigley
• Liner Notes: Patrick Dupré Quigley
• Photography: David Wakely
• Photography: Mark Kornbluth
• Photography: Matthew Fried
• Photography: Matthew Murphy
• Photography: Charlie Grosso