Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin, Isabelle Demers & Mason Bates - Mass Transmission (2019) [Official Digital Download]

Named by Musical America as the 2018 'Composer of the Year', Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates is widely renowned for his pioneering practice of creating music for conventional performing forces enhanced by electronic sounds. Of the two works presented in this remarkable album, Mass Transmission—in its world premiere recording—is a particularly winning example of Bates’ use of 'electronica', blended here with music for mixed choir and organ. Sirens, lacking electronica, still achieves mesmerizing vocal effects through its complex scoring for 12-part a cappella choir.

Tracklist:
1. Cappella SF & Ragnar Bohlin – Sirens: No. 1, From "The Odyssey" (Book XII) (04:06)
2. Cappella SF & Ragnar Bohlin – Sirens: No. 2, Die Lorelei (05:18)
3. Cappella SF & Ragnar Bohlin – Sirens: No. 3, Stelle, vostra mercé l'eccelse sfere (02:08)
4. Cappella SF & Ragnar Bohlin – Sirens: No. 4, Sirinu nuqa rikunia (05:21)
5. Cappella SF & Ragnar Bohlin – Sirens: No. 5, From "The Book of Matthew" (06:48)
6. Cappella SF & Ragnar Bohlin – Sirens: No. 6, From "The Odyssey" (Book XII) (04:49)
7. Isabelle Demers, Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin & Mason Bates – Mass Transmission: I. The Dutch Telegraph Office (10:31)
8. Isabelle Demers, Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin & Mason Bates – Mass Transmission: II. Java (05:52)
9. Isabelle Demers, Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin & Mason Bates – Mass Transmission: III. Wireless Connections (05:58)
10. Isabelle Demers, Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin & Mason Bates – Rag of Ragnar (03:29)

Personnel:
Isabelle Demers (organ)
Mason Bates (electronics)
Ragnar Bohlin