Jonathan Harvey - Madonna of Winter and Spring, etc
Avant-Garde | FLAC, IMAGE/CUE, LOG, booklet | 1CD | 276 MB
Label: Nimbus | Catalog Number: NI 5649 | Published: 2000
Jonathan Harvey (born 1939) is one of the most exciting living British composers. This disc presents three contrasted works that exemplify his seemingly endless invention. Christian religion has long been a recurrent feature in his music and Madonna of Winter and Spring is Harvey's tribute to the Virgin Mary. Nimbus' crystal-clear recording highlights the glacial textures, themselves emphasised by the addition of two synthesisers to the instrumental ensemble. Harvey's grasp of sonority means he can summon up a deeply meditative state in the third movement, which leads to the ethereal, serene tribute to Mary which makes up the extended final movement. The Percussion Concerto (premiered by Evelyn Glennie, here with Peter Pommel as soloist), benefits from being a live recording: the excitement of the third movement is spellbinding, coupled with an accuracy that is hard to believe. Finally, Nimbus has reissued Penelope Walmsley-Clark's account of Song Offerings, settings in English of love poems by Tagore. The voice is very much part of the ensemble, which adds to the mystical intensity of the experience. This issue is the ideal starting-point from which to explore the hypnotic beauty of Harvey's music. –Colin Clarke/after Amazon.com
Tracklist
1-4 Madonna of Winter and Spring (1986) for orchestra, synthesizers & electronics
5-7 Percussion Concerto (1997) for percussion & orchestra
8-11 Song Offerings (1985) for soprano & double ensemble of 8 players
Performers
netherlands radio Philharmonic (1-7)
Peter Eotvos - conductor (1-7)
Peter Prommel - percussion (1-7)
London Sinfonietta (8-11)
George Benjamin - conductor (8-11)
Penelope Walmsley-Clark - soprano (8-11)
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