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When performances began to shut down in March of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the members of the fine small choir The Crossing did not dissociate from each other and retreat into their own homes. They began to meet on Zoom and review their past live performances, discussing not only their musical qualities but their resonances in a time of crisis. Rising w/The Crossing was the result. In some of the works, the references to the 2020 situation are explicit. The opening Protect Yourself from Infection, by David Lang, was recorded in 2019 and sets a public health text from the 1918 influenza pandemic, but one couldn't ask for more in terms of up-to-the-minute relevance. Other references are more oblique and point not only to the pandemic but also to the tumultuous U.S. political situation; Alex Berko's Lincoln, with a stark and simple text by the former dean of Washington National Cathedral, is especially effective. For the first time, The Crossing performs early music, in the form of a pair of excerpts from Buxtehude's Membra Jesu nostri, on the theme of suffering. For fans of The Crossing, a major attraction will be the chance to hear a selection of the choir's live performances, different from the sheen of their regular releases but equally well-wrought. Special recognition should go to producer Paul Vazquez, who also serves as mastering engineer; he fused a hugely diverse set of sound environments into a coherent set.
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Protect Yourself from Infection (David Lang)
David Lang, Composer - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Lost Forever (Live) (Joby Talbot)
Joby Talbot, Composer - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - John Grecia, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Translation (Live) (Ēriks Ešenvalds)
James Reese, Artist, MainArtist - Unknown Artist, Artist - Eriks Esenvalds, Composer - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - Kelly Ann Bixby, Artist, MainArtist - Dimitri German, Artist, MainArtist - Elisa Sutherland, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75 (Excerpts) (Dieterich Buxtehude)
James Reese, Artist, MainArtist - Dieterich Buxtehude, Composer - Quicksilver, Ensemble, MainArtist - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - Kelly Ann Bixby, Artist, MainArtist - Dimitri German, Artist, MainArtist - Rebecca Myers, Artist, MainArtist - Elisa Sutherland, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Songs from Rosemerry (Paul Fowler)
Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Fowler, Composer - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
The National Anthems (Excerpts) (David Lang)
David Lang, Composer - International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Lincoln (Live) (Alex Berko)
Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - Alex Berko, Composer
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
The National Anthems (Excerpts) (David Lang)
David Lang, Composer - International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
What It Might Say (Live) (Ted Hearne)
Ted Hearne, Composer - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75 (Excerpts) (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Dieterich Buxtehude, Composer - Daniel Schwartz, Artist, MainArtist - Quicksilver, Ensemble, MainArtist - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - Rebecca Siler, Artist, MainArtist - Steven Bradshaw, Artist, MainArtist - Shari Wilson, Artist, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - Elisa Sutherland, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Earth Teach Me Quiet (Live) (Ēriks Ešenvalds)
Eriks Esenvalds, Composer - Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - Edward Babcock, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Horo horo hata hata (Live) (Santa Ratniece)
Donald Nally, Conductor, MainArtist - The Crossing, Choir, MainArtist - Santa Ratniece, Composer
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
Album review
When performances began to shut down in March of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the members of the fine small choir The Crossing did not dissociate from each other and retreat into their own homes. They began to meet on Zoom and review their past live performances, discussing not only their musical qualities but their resonances in a time of crisis. Rising w/The Crossing was the result. In some of the works, the references to the 2020 situation are explicit. The opening Protect Yourself from Infection, by David Lang, was recorded in 2019 and sets a public health text from the 1918 influenza pandemic, but one couldn't ask for more in terms of up-to-the-minute relevance. Other references are more oblique and point not only to the pandemic but also to the tumultuous U.S. political situation; Alex Berko's Lincoln, with a stark and simple text by the former dean of Washington National Cathedral, is especially effective. For the first time, The Crossing performs early music, in the form of a pair of excerpts from Buxtehude's Membra Jesu nostri, on the theme of suffering. For fans of The Crossing, a major attraction will be the chance to hear a selection of the choir's live performances, different from the sheen of their regular releases but equally well-wrought. Special recognition should go to producer Paul Vazquez, who also serves as mastering engineer; he fused a hugely diverse set of sound environments into a coherent set.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:45
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Crossing
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: New Focus Recordings
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
(C) 2020 New Focus Recordings (P) 2020 New Focus Recordings
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