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Canada's Elora Singers developed in tandem with a music festival in the small Ontario town of the same name. The choir is made up of professional singers, and they were led for many years by the conductor on this 2018 release, Noel Edison. Thus they have developed a distinctively warm sound characterized by strong enunciation and involvement with the text. These qualities are on display in this collection of a cappella choral music, and the best news is that they're paired with a program of considerable originality. Neither the title, And So It Goes: Songs of Folk and Lore, nor the composers listed in the graphics -- Eric Whitacre, Ivor Novello, and Billy Joel -- really give the buyer an idea of what's contained here, although it is Joel's song that gives the album its title. Much of the music is Canadian, and it is the complex nature of much Canadian folk-pop that gives the album its flavor and its unusual way of blurring the lines between classical and vernacular material. Sample Fogarty's Cove, by Stan Rogers, a folk songwriter much better known north of the border than in the U.S.; the arrangement here by Ron Small is particularly evocative. In addition to Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Rankin, and Rita MacNeil are all represented, and all work beautifully in this kind of arrangement. In contrast to the directness of their songs are the more virtuoso materials of American and British composers; the choir expertly handles the difficult Go, lovely rose from the Three Flower Songs of the American Eric Whitacre and one of the Prairie Songs of the late Stephen Paulus. It's a mixture that has resemblances to the American collegiate choir combination of a classical start and pop standards to finish, but has an entirely different effect. If a trip to Stratford or one of the other Canadian cultural icons is not in the budget this year, spring instead for this lovely (and budget-priced) release.
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Old Lady Rose (arr. L. Nickel for choir and piano) (Larry Nickel)
Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Larry Nickel, Composer - Dave Baker, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Loch Lomond (arr. J. Quick for choir) (Jonathan Quick)
Traditional, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Jonathan Quick, Composer - Andrew Walker, Artist, MainArtist - The Elora Singers, Choir
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
5 Ontario Folk Songs (Ruth Watson Henderson)
Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Ruth Watson Henderson, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
6 Canadian Folk Songs, Set 1, Op. 41b (Derek Healey)
Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Derek Healey, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
3 Flower Songs (Eric Whitacre)
Eric Whitacre, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Ae Fond Kiss (arr. P. Mealor for choir) (Traditional)
Traditional, Composer - Paul Mealor, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Perchance to Dream (Stephen Ralls)
Ivor Novello, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Stephen Ralls, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Fogarty's Cove (arr. R. Smail for choir) (STAN ROGERS)
STAN ROGERS, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Ron Smail, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Pussy Willows, Cat-tails (arr. L. Nickel for choir and piano) (Gordon Lightfoot)
Gordon Lightfoot, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Larry Nickel, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
6 Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b, H. 136 (Gustav Holst)
Gustav Holst, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
5 Songs of the Newfoundland Outports (Harry Somers)
Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Harry Somers, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
3 Shakespeare Songs (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
John Brown's Body (arr. R. Marlow for choir) (Richard Marlow)
Richard Marlow, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - William Steffe, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir - Julia Morson, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Prairie Songs (Stephen Paulus)
Stephen Paulus, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Auld Lang Syne (arr. I. Farrington for choir and piano) (Iain Farrington)
Traditional, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Iain Farrington, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
She's Called Nova Scotia (arr. S. Calvert for voice, choir and piano) (Stuart Calvert)
James Bourne, Artist - Noel Edison, Conductor - Stuart Calvert, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir - Michael Cressman, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
And So It Goes (arr. for choir) (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Fare Thee Well Love (arr. S. Calvert for choir and piano) (Stuart Calvert)
Jimmy Rankin, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Stuart Calvert, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
The Rise and Follies of Cape Breton: We Rise Again (arr. L. Adams for choir and piano) (Lydia Adams)
LEON DUBINSKY, Composer - Noel Edison, Conductor - Leslie De'Ath, Artist - Lydia Adams, Composer - The Elora Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Albumbeschreibung
Canada's Elora Singers developed in tandem with a music festival in the small Ontario town of the same name. The choir is made up of professional singers, and they were led for many years by the conductor on this 2018 release, Noel Edison. Thus they have developed a distinctively warm sound characterized by strong enunciation and involvement with the text. These qualities are on display in this collection of a cappella choral music, and the best news is that they're paired with a program of considerable originality. Neither the title, And So It Goes: Songs of Folk and Lore, nor the composers listed in the graphics -- Eric Whitacre, Ivor Novello, and Billy Joel -- really give the buyer an idea of what's contained here, although it is Joel's song that gives the album its title. Much of the music is Canadian, and it is the complex nature of much Canadian folk-pop that gives the album its flavor and its unusual way of blurring the lines between classical and vernacular material. Sample Fogarty's Cove, by Stan Rogers, a folk songwriter much better known north of the border than in the U.S.; the arrangement here by Ron Small is particularly evocative. In addition to Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Rankin, and Rita MacNeil are all represented, and all work beautifully in this kind of arrangement. In contrast to the directness of their songs are the more virtuoso materials of American and British composers; the choir expertly handles the difficult Go, lovely rose from the Three Flower Songs of the American Eric Whitacre and one of the Prairie Songs of the late Stephen Paulus. It's a mixture that has resemblances to the American collegiate choir combination of a classical start and pop standards to finish, but has an entirely different effect. If a trip to Stratford or one of the other Canadian cultural icons is not in the budget this year, spring instead for this lovely (and budget-priced) release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Elora Singers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Klassiek Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) Koormuziek
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
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