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This album of choral works by British composer Roxanna Panufnik is presented as an observation of her 50th birthday, and, as such collections often do, it contains new music, as if to say that the best days of the composer involved are not yet done. As it happens, in this case the new music contains hints of exciting new directions. The best comes first, in the form of Unending Love, a commission from Britain's National Youth Choir, setting a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. The work entails the collaboration of an Indian-British instrumental-vocal group called Milapfest. Panufnik starts out with a rather bland rendition of an Indian raga mode, but things quickly get more interesting as Panufnik essentially lets the disparate traditions converse rather than trying to force them together. Sample the middle of the work, where the smooth sound of the choir Ex Cathedra forms a fascinating contrast with the South Indian vocalist from Milapfest. The youth choir's commission specified a "Bollywood ending," and Panufnik complies in grand style. Even more intriguing, Panufnik essays a different kind of Indian-British fusion (for a cappella choir) in the finale, Child of Heaven, to words from the Rig Veda ancient text. In between there are more typical examples of Panufnik's style, ranging from the folkish (Celestial Bird, which gives the album its title) to sober and somewhat mystical (The St. Pancras Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis). Ex Cathedra lacks the pristine edge of Voces8, who have also recorded Panufnik's music, but they fit this music confidently, and the sound engineering is very fine. Those in search of their first Panufnik album might choose one of the other existing collections, but her growing body of fans will find Celestial Bird very exciting.
© TiVo
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Ulrich Heinen, MainArtist - Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble - Alexander Mason, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Lucy Wakeford, MainArtist - Mark Bennett, MainArtist - Ulrich Heinen, MainArtist - Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Simon Munday, MainArtist - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble - Rupert Jeffcoat, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble - Rupert Jeffcoat, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble - Alexander Mason, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble - Benedict Macklow-Smith, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Adrian Peacock, Producer - Roxanna Panufnik, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peters Edition Ltd, MusicPublisher - Milapfest, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Albumbeschreibung
This album of choral works by British composer Roxanna Panufnik is presented as an observation of her 50th birthday, and, as such collections often do, it contains new music, as if to say that the best days of the composer involved are not yet done. As it happens, in this case the new music contains hints of exciting new directions. The best comes first, in the form of Unending Love, a commission from Britain's National Youth Choir, setting a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. The work entails the collaboration of an Indian-British instrumental-vocal group called Milapfest. Panufnik starts out with a rather bland rendition of an Indian raga mode, but things quickly get more interesting as Panufnik essentially lets the disparate traditions converse rather than trying to force them together. Sample the middle of the work, where the smooth sound of the choir Ex Cathedra forms a fascinating contrast with the South Indian vocalist from Milapfest. The youth choir's commission specified a "Bollywood ending," and Panufnik complies in grand style. Even more intriguing, Panufnik essays a different kind of Indian-British fusion (for a cappella choir) in the finale, Child of Heaven, to words from the Rig Veda ancient text. In between there are more typical examples of Panufnik's style, ranging from the folkish (Celestial Bird, which gives the album its title) to sober and somewhat mystical (The St. Pancras Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis). Ex Cathedra lacks the pristine edge of Voces8, who have also recorded Panufnik's music, but they fit this music confidently, and the sound engineering is very fine. Those in search of their first Panufnik album might choose one of the other existing collections, but her growing body of fans will find Celestial Bird very exciting.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:27
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ex Cathedra Milapfest Jeffrey Skidmore
- Composer: Roxanna Panufnik
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
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