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Music : Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and Other Choral Works |
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0034571175430
Format: Import
Label: Hyperion UK
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hyperion UK
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Studio: Hyperion UK
Sales Rank: 4806
MPN: 67543
Disc 1:- i thank You God for most this amazing day (1999, TEXT: e.e. cummings)
- I hide myself (1991, TEXT: Emily Dickinson)
- Sleep (2000, TEXT: Charles Anthony Silvestri)
- Go, lovely Rose (1991, TEXT: Edmund Waller)
- When David Heard (1999, TEXT: II Samuel 18:33)
- hope, faith, life, love (1999, TEXT: e.e. cummings)
- Cloudburst (1993, TEXT: Octavio Paz)
- With a lily in your hand (1991, TEXT: Federico Garcia Lorca
- This Marriage (2004, TEXT: Jalal al-Din Rumi)
- Water Night (1995, TEXT: Octavio Paz)
- A Boy and a Girl (2002, TEXT: Octavio Paz)
- Her sacred spirit soars (2002, TEXT: Charles Anthony Silvestri)
- Lux aurumque (2000, TEXT: Edward Esch/Charles Anthony Silvestri)
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At the age of only 35, Eric Whitacre has already gained a phenomenal reputation in the United States. The Los Angeles Times described his music as having ‘electric, chilling harmonies; works of unearthly beauty and imagination’ and his Water Night (included on this new recording) has become one of the most popular choral works of the last decade, and is one of the top-selling choral publications of all time.
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Eric Whitacre is one of the leading lights of the choral music scene. The 14 text-centered, emotionally-charged works on this well-filled disc suggest why. Outwardly conservative, his music is full of fascinating harmonic explorations, dynamic shifts, and rhythmic nuances that make them fun to sing and absorbing to listen to. The texts are drawn from poets of the stature of e.e. cummings, Octavio Paz, Garcia Lorca, and Emily Dickinson, among others. And they pack emotional power, as in When David Heard, whose Biblical text is illuminated by powerful tiered dynamics. He’s adept at tonal contrasts as well, the soaring sopranos in Sleep have their counterparts in a firm bass line. In Cloudburst he adds piano and percussion to the unaccompanied chorus to dramatic effect, and in some works, such as Cummings' "hope, faith, life, love" he chooses to set only a handful of the poem's text, with harmonic movements and other unexpected twists focusing attention. The fine English chorus, Polyphony, is at their best here, clearly relishing the inventiveness of the music, and the sound is from Hyperion's top drawer. --Dan Davis
Amazon.com:
Eric Whitacre is one of the leading lights of the choral music scene. The 14 text-centered, emotionally-charged works on this well-filled disc suggest why. Outwardly conservative, his music is full of fascinating harmonic explorations, dynamic shifts, and rhythmic nuances that make them fun to sing and absorbing to listen to. The texts are drawn from poets of the stature of e.e. cummings, Octavio Paz, Garcia Lorca, and Emily Dickinson, among others. And they pack emotional power, as in When David Heard, whose Biblical text is illuminated by powerful tiered dynamics. He’s adept at tonal contrasts as well, the soaring sopranos in Sleep have their counterparts in a firm bass line. In Cloudburst he adds piano and percussion to the unaccompanied chorus to dramatic effect, and in some works, such as Cummings' "hope, faith, life, love" he chooses to set only a handful of the poem's text, with harmonic movements and other unexpected twists focusing attention. The fine English chorus, Polyphony, is at their best here, clearly relishing the inventiveness of the music, and the sound is from Hyperion's top drawer. --Dan Davis
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What a gorgeous recording this is! The beauty of this music is absolutely stunning, like hearing music for the first time. It's really hard to believe that Whitacre is only 35--the degree of spirituality and depth of feeling here seems the product of a lifetime. And unlike many choral composers, he is not a one-trick pony. Every aspect of every composition is distinctive, even as it is always recognizable as his. And like Arvo Part, you get the overwhelming sense that every note is heartfelt, never ... Read More
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Truly a masterpiece for choir! I am a choral amateur listener, as I just got into it: this is my first choral cd, but I must tell you that it was worth much more than I payed. A beautiful collection of songs by the very talented Eric Whitacre: his harmonies and suspensions will make you fall in love with the music.
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I first heard a Whitacre piece on public radio and had to look him up. His Cloudburst collection is wonderful. Straight tone choral with amazing moving harmonies and dynamics.
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This is among the most magnificent choral albums I've ever heard. The works include perhaps the single most moving piece of music I've encountered, "When David Heard." Polyphony provides an absolutely impeccable and profoundly moving performance that is powerful and subtly nuanced. I have been a serious choral singer for more than four decades, and I'm simply blown away by the sheer emotional intensity of Stephen Layton's reading of the piece. The other works on the album range from lovely to charming, ... Read More
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From the first note of the first song you can tell that you're in for a different experience than from "Eric Whitacre: The complete works"
Polyphony truly displays its mature tone color and sensitivity to the text while at the same time maintaining phrases that leave any first time-or several time- listener breatheless. The only way to describe this entire album is pure joy. I couldn't believe my ears.
A Must have for any music fan.
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Lasting Forty Days
by: Eric Whitacre, Polyphony, Robert Millett, Stephen Betteridge, Stephen Layton
Disc 1:- i thank You God for most this amazing day (1999, TEXT: e.e. cummings)
- I hide myself (1991, TEXT: Emily Dickinson)
- Sleep (2000, TEXT: Charles Anthony Silvestri)
- Go, lovely Rose (1991, TEXT: Edmund Waller)
- When David Heard (1999, TEXT: II Samuel 18:33)
- hope, faith, life, love (1999, TEXT: e.e. cummings)
- Cloudburst (1993, TEXT: Octavio Paz)
- With a lily in your hand (1991, TEXT: Federico Garcia Lorca
- This Marriage (2004, TEXT: Jalal al-Din Rumi)
- Water Night (1995, TEXT: Octavio Paz)
- A Boy and a Girl (2002, TEXT: Octavio Paz)
- Her sacred spirit soars (2002, TEXT: Charles Anthony Silvestri)
- Lux aurumque (2000, TEXT: Edward Esch/Charles Anthony Silvestri)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0034571175430
Format: Import
Label: Hyperion UK
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hyperion UK
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Studio: Hyperion UK
Sales Rank: 4806
MPN: 67543
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