Refuge From The Flames - Miserere And Th

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Refuge from the Flames - Miserere and ThOpis:Product DescriptionSavonarola is one of those figures who is often regarded as a footnote in musical history, but I feel he is much more important than that, and the wide variety of composers throughout Europe who set his meditations and other texts is surely testament to this. We have devoted much of this album to his legacy, as well as presenting two diverse, yet cohesive, settings of the words of Psalm 50: Miserere mei one of the texts upon which Savonarola wrote a meditation shortly before being put to death. Allegri s nine-voice setting of this psalm is, of course, well known, but the scholar Ben Byram Wigfield has returned to the original manuscripts at the Vatican and other libraries and now presents us with an alternative to the version made popular in the twentieth century with something far closer to the origins of the music. I am hugely grateful for his research in this area and I think you will find the results revelatory. Ben expounds further on this in his invaluable liner notes to this recording. Over the past few years the Scottish composer James MacMillan s Miserere has increasingly been finding its way into the repertoire of several choirs and we are proud to present our version to conclude this recording. Going back to Savonarola, undoubtedly the greatest setting of his words by an Englishman is to be found in William Byrd s version of Infelix Ego. We have previously devoted a recording exclusively to sacred music by Byrd with a selection of British composers commissioned to reflect upon these works, but I felt that this emotional tour de force from the Cantiones Sacrae 1591 deserved to stand alone in Byrd s output, and it was from this point that the genesis of this particular recording began. To reflect on this extraordinary piece I knew I needed a composer with an equally strong individual compositional voice. My search took me to the Latvian riks E envalds, who has produced what I consider a new masterpiece, and something which I hope will endure in the same way as the setting of the great master Byrd. Suzi Digby OBEReviewPERFORMANCE: **** --Andrew McGregor & Alexandra Coghlan BBC Radio 3 Record Review, 11th December 2016'ORA present Allegri s original unadorned version before adding ornaments and finally reaching the better known erroneous version. ORA shape this music quite beautifully delivering something of a revelation in the opening unadorned part ... Savonarola s writings inspired some of the greatest compositions of the 16th century such as William Byrd s (c.1539/40-1623) setting of the Dominican s words, Infelix ego. The choir allow this wonderful music to unfold so naturally, slowly allowing different textures to appear, varying dynamics, colouring this music quite beautifully. They weave some terrific passages, developing some quite wonderful textures with an ever developing flow ... This new release rounds off perfectly with James MacMillan s (b.1959) Miserere that appears out of a hushed opening, slowly and gently rising through glorious passages, ORA bringing the most wonderful control, harmonies, sonorities and depth of feeling ... wonderful performances.' --Bruce Reader Classical Reviewer, 29th October 2016'This fascinating disc finds Javier Perianes and flamenco singer Estrella Morente shedding new light on the influence of Spanish folksong on both Falla s music and Lorca s poetry ... Perianes consequently gives us the El Amor brujo piano suite, to which the vocal Cancíon del fuego fatuo has been added, before accompanying Morente in Lorca s collection, and both performances are utterly mesmerising. Perianes plays El Amor brujo with an impeccable combination of sensuality and percussive weight. The Debussian elements, controversial in Falla s lifetime, are very much to the fore, sharpening the contrast between classical refinement and the earthiness of Morente s singing. This is a remarkable voice raspy, sexy, lived-in, knowing and it s hard to imagine Lorca s songs bettered, aAutor:OraNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2016-09-23Waga: 0.27 gramWysokość: 0.5 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.6 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.