Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Release Date: 01 February 2010
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571177472
Description
With choral music at the heart of the musical life of the Baltics it is not surprising that the medium has been a central preoccupation for many of their composers. A degree of isolation from international trends in new music (frequently turning into outright proscription) meant that the centre of gravity for composers in the west of the Soviet Union was very different from that of their colleagues beyond the Iron Curtain. And while there is certainly no such thing as a pan-Baltic styleâthis recording offers only a glimpse of the choral riches to be found in these three tiny countriesâall the composers on the disc share a number of characteristics: a sure-footed handling of choral orchestration, lucidity of texture, a pragmatic use of âavant-gardeâ effects (shorn of their ideological baggage), a fondness for cluster-chords and diatonically saturated harmony, and the frequent use of ostinatos.
Stephen Layton has single-handedly brought many of these composers to the attention of audiences and choirs in the Westâand through his sensitive and inspirational direction, has won many fans for this repertoire. Together with his brilliant young choir, who sing this repertoire with âpassion and purityâ, he is the ideal guide to this beautiful and enchanting music.
Tracklisting
Mishka Rushdie Momen
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Takacs Quartet
Simon Callaghan, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Cinquecento
Andrey Gugnin
El Leon de Oro / Peter Phillips
Piers Lane
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge
