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The holiday season generally abounds with similar-sounding releases, but the year 2014 brought an unusually fresh crop including this release from the vocal quartet New York Polyphony, excellently recorded by BIS at a boychoir chapel in Princeton, New Jersey. The group follows the common procedure of including music from the Middle Ages to the present day, but they push the boundaries at each step with a distinctive sound that flirts with, but does not adopt, the textures made famous by the Swingle Singers. This has a revelatory effect in Philippe Verdelot's Gabriel Archangelus, a work that does not sound like much when dutifully sung by a cathedral choir. Many pieces are grouped by Christmas subtheme -- Annunciation, Epiphany, Advent, and Nativity -- and the program is cannily put together to show ideas refracted through the music of various periods. For many, though, the chief attraction will be the impeccably close harmonies of New York Polyphony, and that kind of sheer skill rarely coexists with such programming sophistication. An ideal gift for someone who likes a cappella, small group polyphony.
© TiVo
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Andrew Smith, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Geoffrey Williams, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Philippe Verdelot, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Craig, Arranger
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Geoffrey Williams, Arranger - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - John Scott, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Byttering, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Michael McGlynn, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Nowell (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Andrew Smith, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
5 Carols (Sir Richard Rodney Bennett)
Anonymous, Lyricist - Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sarah Brailey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Baber Weaver, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sarah Brailey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Baber Weaver, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sarah Brailey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Baber Weaver, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sarah Brailey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Baber Weaver, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sarah Brailey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Baber Weaver, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
James Joyce, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Craig, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Susan LaBarr, Arranger
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Richard Pygott, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Craig, Arranger
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Peter Warlock, Composer - Bruce Blunt, Lyricist - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sarah Brailey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Baber Weaver, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Bible, Lyricist - Jacobus Clemens Non Papa, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Lewis H. Redner, Composer - New York Polyphony, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Craig, Arranger
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Album review
The holiday season generally abounds with similar-sounding releases, but the year 2014 brought an unusually fresh crop including this release from the vocal quartet New York Polyphony, excellently recorded by BIS at a boychoir chapel in Princeton, New Jersey. The group follows the common procedure of including music from the Middle Ages to the present day, but they push the boundaries at each step with a distinctive sound that flirts with, but does not adopt, the textures made famous by the Swingle Singers. This has a revelatory effect in Philippe Verdelot's Gabriel Archangelus, a work that does not sound like much when dutifully sung by a cathedral choir. Many pieces are grouped by Christmas subtheme -- Annunciation, Epiphany, Advent, and Nativity -- and the program is cannily put together to show ideas refracted through the music of various periods. For many, though, the chief attraction will be the impeccably close harmonies of New York Polyphony, and that kind of sheer skill rarely coexists with such programming sophistication. An ideal gift for someone who likes a cappella, small group polyphony.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: New York Polyphony
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
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