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Here you have a selection of religious music by a heavily tattooed, Bermuda-born composer, recorded for an English label in a very English choral style, and sung by the State Choir of Latvija. Most of the music is new. It all hangs together surprisingly well. Undoubtedly the biggest news is the final work, Ave regina caelorum (2008), in which the choir is joined by electric guitarist Kaspars Zemitis. This may be a unique combination in the annals of choral music, but it is masterfully handled and really has to be heard to be believed; it's worth the purchase price by itself. Jackson's language relies on layers of various densities within a basically tonal framework; he uses such devices as canon in an attractively transparent way, producing textures that illustrate the ideas in his sacred texts. Sample the title work (track 11), an English-language setting of a poet by Estonian writer Doris Kareva, for a pure programmatic use of Jackson's technique; most of the meanings are more abstract. In Ave regina caelorum, the guitar adds complexity to these textures, with a highly original effect. The other pieces are a cappella, with choral effects akin to (although not really similar to) those used in Arvo Pärt's music, and here the precise sounds of the State Choir Latvija under Máris Sirmais are ideal for the music, and the sound, recorded at a church in Riga, Latvia, is superb. Beautiful and, in places, revelatory.
© TiVo
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William Blake, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - Eduards Fiskovics, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Zane Zilberte, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - Didzis Lielauss, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Inese Romancane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - Valdis Tomsons, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Inga Lisovska, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Evita Taranda, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - Agris Puke, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Arthur John Arberry, Translator - Al-Junaid, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Nora Vitina, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Dita Tarvida, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Nora Vitina, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - Ugis Mengelis, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Didzis Lielauss, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Inese Romancane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Colin Tan, Author
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - Doris Kareva, Author, Original Text Author - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Eric Dickens, Translator
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Zane Zilberte, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - Laila Lineja, Alto, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Christina Rossetti, Author - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Maris Sirmais, Conductor, MainArtist - Kaspars Zemītis, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - State Choir Latvija, Choir, MainArtist - Inese Romancane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
Here you have a selection of religious music by a heavily tattooed, Bermuda-born composer, recorded for an English label in a very English choral style, and sung by the State Choir of Latvija. Most of the music is new. It all hangs together surprisingly well. Undoubtedly the biggest news is the final work, Ave regina caelorum (2008), in which the choir is joined by electric guitarist Kaspars Zemitis. This may be a unique combination in the annals of choral music, but it is masterfully handled and really has to be heard to be believed; it's worth the purchase price by itself. Jackson's language relies on layers of various densities within a basically tonal framework; he uses such devices as canon in an attractively transparent way, producing textures that illustrate the ideas in his sacred texts. Sample the title work (track 11), an English-language setting of a poet by Estonian writer Doris Kareva, for a pure programmatic use of Jackson's technique; most of the meanings are more abstract. In Ave regina caelorum, the guitar adds complexity to these textures, with a highly original effect. The other pieces are a cappella, with choral effects akin to (although not really similar to) those used in Arvo Pärt's music, and here the precise sounds of the State Choir Latvija under Máris Sirmais are ideal for the music, and the sound, recorded at a church in Riga, Latvia, is superb. Beautiful and, in places, revelatory.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: State Choir Latvija Māris Sirmais
- Composer: Gabriel Jackson
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2013 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
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