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This seasonal release is only occasionally connected with Christmas, and it's notable and, probably for many listeners, desirable for that reason alone. The subject is winter itself, as seen in stark Nordic landscapes and reflected, presumably, in the music composed within them. That often means the Baltic countries, where holy minimalism rules these days. The Estonian giant of the style, Arvo Pärt, is here, but a bigger presence is Latvia's Peteris Vasks, whose music is becoming more widely known. The English ensemble Voces8, in fact, has pointed to his music as the inspiration for this collection. So start by sampling the aptly titled Plainscapes, where the choir is accompanied by violin and cello. Compared with Pärt, the music is not so affectless, but it has the same kind of clean restraint. Minimalist composers are usually grouped together on recordings, but part of the aim of Voces8 here seems to be to create a program that links Baltic minimalism to other sparse modern styles. The results are interesting if rather subtle: what you hold in your hands or on your screen is an hour-plus of slow-moving music of homogeneous texture and sound, but the colors do shift as the program proceeds. There is one world premiere, Rebecca Dale's Winter, and most of the pieces aren't terribly common. The lack of texts is a minus, discouraging deeper engagement with the music and giving the impression that the album is intended as background music, when there's actually more to it than that.
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For Now I Am Winter (Ólafur Arnalds)
Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Ólafur Arnalds, ComposerLyricist - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Arnor Dan, ComposerLyricist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Michel Praetorius)
Michael Praetorius, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Jan Sandstrom, ComposerLyricist - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Winter (Rebecca Dale)
Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Huw Watkins, Celesta, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Rebecca Dale, Composer - Mari Samuelsen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hakon Samuelsen, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tamsin Collison, Author
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Balulalow (Francis Pott)
Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Francis Pott, ComposerLyricist - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Nunc dimittis (Arvo Pärt)
Anonymous, Author - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Plainscapes (Pēteris Vasks)
Peteris VASKS, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mari Samuelsen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hakon Samuelsen, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Peteris VASKS, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mari Samuelsen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hakon Samuelsen, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Peteris VASKS, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mari Samuelsen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hakon Samuelsen, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Come Wander With Me (Jeff Alexander)
Tony Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Jeff Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Roskams, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst)
Gustav Holst, Composer - Christina Rossetti, Author - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
The Fruits Of Silence (Pēteris Vasks)
Peteris VASKS, Composer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Huw Watkins, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Author
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Anonymous, Author - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
The Darkness is No Darkness (Judith Bingham)
Anonymous, Author - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Judith Bingham, Composer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
The Snow It Melts The Soonest (Traditional)
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - Geoff Lawson, Arranger, Work Arranger - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Eleanor Turner, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
This seasonal release is only occasionally connected with Christmas, and it's notable and, probably for many listeners, desirable for that reason alone. The subject is winter itself, as seen in stark Nordic landscapes and reflected, presumably, in the music composed within them. That often means the Baltic countries, where holy minimalism rules these days. The Estonian giant of the style, Arvo Pärt, is here, but a bigger presence is Latvia's Peteris Vasks, whose music is becoming more widely known. The English ensemble Voces8, in fact, has pointed to his music as the inspiration for this collection. So start by sampling the aptly titled Plainscapes, where the choir is accompanied by violin and cello. Compared with Pärt, the music is not so affectless, but it has the same kind of clean restraint. Minimalist composers are usually grouped together on recordings, but part of the aim of Voces8 here seems to be to create a program that links Baltic minimalism to other sparse modern styles. The results are interesting if rather subtle: what you hold in your hands or on your screen is an hour-plus of slow-moving music of homogeneous texture and sound, but the colors do shift as the program proceeds. There is one world premiere, Rebecca Dale's Winter, and most of the pieces aren't terribly common. The lack of texts is a minus, discouraging deeper engagement with the music and giving the impression that the album is intended as background music, when there's actually more to it than that.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Voces8
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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