NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell - Richard Rodney Bennett: Letters to Lindbergh (2012)
Richard Rodney Bennett - Letters to Lindbergh, The Ballad of Sweet William etc (2012)
NYCoS National Girls Choir, conducted by Christopher Bell; Phillip Moore & Andrew West, piano
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 235 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral | Label: Signum | # SIGCD325 | Time: 01:00:54
NYCoS National Girls Choir, conducted by Christopher Bell; Phillip Moore & Andrew West, piano
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 235 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral | Label: Signum | # SIGCD325 | Time: 01:00:54
One of the most versatile musicians of his generation, Richard Rodney Bennett was at the forefront of British musical life for nearly half a century. This new recording from the National Youth Choir of Scotland's National Girls Choir compiles a programme of Bennett's choral works from across his compositional life, as well as a collection of charming folk-tunes and nursery rhymes for piano duet (Over the Hills and Far Away). This is Signum's second release with NYCoS, who in 2011 became the first youth arts organisation to receive a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. It follows their 2010 debut release of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' and Elizabeth Poston's 'An English Day-Book' (SIGCD228).
Much of Richard Rodney Bennett’s Letters to Lindbergh is written in unison, but that doesn’t make it easy for the singers. ‘The Letter from the Titanic’, for instance, scoots off at high velocity, scatter-gunning text at the performers in relentless fashion. The Scottish girls are excellently prepared, however, keeping diction clean and crisp without impeding the heady forward momentum. They’re alive, too, to the wit and wiliness of Martin Hall’s lyrics, dividing accurately in the harmony sections without sacrificing the technical stability of their singing.
Quickness and intelligence of response also characterise the four Dream-Songs, especially the more subdued ‘The Song of Shadows’. Here, the choir’s informed placement of consonant repeats in the line ‘Sweep softly thy strings’, and the light-touch unanimity of their accenting on the word ‘Musician’ that follows, bespeak painstaking rehearsal, and deftly effective conducting by Christopher Bell at the point of performance.
The choir’s brightness of tone and fresh attack are invigoratingly to the fore in ‘A Child of God’, one of the Four American Carols that end the vocal section of the disc. Over the Hills and Far Away, a short suite of folk tunes and nursery rhyme arrangements for piano duet, is the charming envoi.Review by Terry Blain, Classical-Music.com
Produced before Bennett's death, this forms a moving tribute to a masterly composer. The immediately attractive opener, Letters to Lindbergh, quirkily imagines correspondence the aviator might have received from, among others, Pluto (the cartoon dog!) and the Titanic. His gift for soaring, exciting and grateful vocal lines is shown time and time again, and this young Scottish group repay him in spades. Warmly recommended.Review by Guy Weatherall, Classical Music Magazine
NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell - Richard Rodney Bennett: Letters to Lindbergh (2012)
Performers:
NYCoS National Girls Choir
Christopher Bell, conductor
Philip Moore & Andrew West, piano
Tracklist:
01. Letters to Lindbergh - I. Prelude (01:13)
02. Letters to Lindbergh - II. The Letter from Scott of the Antarctic (05:04)
03. Letters to Lindbergh - III. The Letter from the Titanic (04:20)
04. Letters to Lindbergh - IV. The Letter from Pluto (03:01)
05. The Ballad of Sweet William (07:41)
06. The Aviary - I. The Bird's Lament (02:03)
07. The Aviary - II. The Owl (01:08)
08. The Aviary - III. The Early Nightingale (02:17)
09. The Aviary - IV. The Widow Bird (01:42)
10. The Aviary - V. The Lark (01:09)
11. Dream-Songs - I. The Song of the Wanderer (02:10)
12. Dream-Songs - II. The Song of the Shadows (02:36)
13. Dream-Songs - III. Dream-Song (02:02)
14. Dream-Songs - IV. The Song of the Mad Prince (02:12)
15. A Song at Evening (02:57)
16. Four American Carols - I. A Child of God (01:45)
17. Four American Carols - II. I wonder as I wander (02:30)
18. Four American Carols - III. Away in a manger (02:10)
19. Four American Carols - IV. Rise up, shepherd, and follow (02:18)
20. Over the Hills and Far Away - I. Bobby Shafto (00:45)
21. Over the Hills and Far Away - II. Polly Put the Kettle On (01:39)
22. Over the Hills and Far Away - III. Rockabye Baby (01:30)
23. Over the Hills and Far Away - IV. Pop Goes the Weasel (01:00)
24. Over the Hills and Far Away - V. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter be? (01:27)
25. Over the Hills and Far Away - VI. Upon Paul's Steeple (01:01)
26. Over the Hills and Far Away - VII. Golden Slumbers (01:51)
27. Over the Hills and Far Away - VIII. Over the Hills and Far Away (01:09)
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NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell - Richard Rodney Bennett: Letters to Lindbergh (2012)
