Bbc Singers; Phillip Jones Bra
Release Date: 20 May 2013
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363015929
Genres: Classical Contemporary
Description
Phoenix Mass, written in 1965, was originally intended for school choir, but rapidly turned into a much bigger and more demanding work, incorporating English as well as Latin Mass texts (notably in the Gloria) and mixing spoken phrases with sung; it's scored, similarly to Stravinsky's Mass, for chorus and brass ensemble. Two other early works are The World's Winter - a chilling Tennyson setting written for soprano Jane Manning and the Nash Ensemble - and Paean, a forceful and virtuosic piano work in three sections. These three works are accompanied by Payne's 2006 Horn Trio, commissioned to celebrate a diamond wedding.
Phoenix Mass, Paean and The World's Winter have been transferred from LP in the absence of the original masters. The Horn Trio was recorded live for BBC Radio 3
BBC Singers
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / John Poole conductor
Susan Bradshaw piano
Jane Manning soprano
The Nash Ensemble / Lionel Friend conductor
Jane's Minstrels
Tracklisting
Lisa Illean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, GBSR Duo, Juliet Fraser, Explore Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth, Huw Watkins
Richard Baker
Mark Padmore, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta
Zubin Kanga
Thomas Simaku, soloists of Ensemble Intercontemporain
Onyx Brass
Threeway & John Etheridge
Gary Smulyan & Frank Basile
Chris Byars
Trialogue
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Jiem
Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha
