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Since the release of his Adiemus Project albums and his mass The Armed Man in the 1990s, Karl Jenkins has been one of Britain's most popular composers. He is disliked by major newspaper critics, but that is of little consequence to the millions who buy his albums and, perhaps more important, to the many choirs that sing his music for the joy of it. Many of Jenkins' releases fall ingeniously in between the pop and classical forms of album presentation: Miserere might be regarded either as a collection of individual pieces or as a single work. It addresses, in a general way, the theme of ongoing violence in the Middle East, and several pieces use instruments and musical techniques from that region. Sample "Praise, Joy & Gladness," which uses some of these sounds in an entirely novel fusion with American praise and worship music. Whatever you may think of Jenkins, he can hardly be charged with being derivative. Mostly sung by the choir Polyphony under Stephen Layton, with a variety of vocal and instrumental soloists including cellist Abel Selaocoe, these pieces are in Latin, English, and in a few places biblical Aramaic and Hebrew; are in Western and Middle Eastern styles; are quite personal or fall into the centuries-long tradition of settings of the Miserere text (here, Jenkins approaches the concept of The Armed Man). There are some who will never accept the heart-on-the-sleeve aspect of some of Jenkins' music, but that's not all there is to him, and this release shows him to be still going strong in his mid-70s. Recommended.
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Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption (Karl Jenkins)
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Belinda Sykes, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maya Youssef, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, kanun - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Percussion, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Belinda Sykes, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - Iestyn Davies, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zands Duggan, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - Iestyn Davies, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Percussion, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Belinda Sykes, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - Iestyn Davies, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zands Duggan, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maya Youssef, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, kanun - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Percussion, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Walters, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - Iestyn Davies, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins, Composer, Arranger, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Brown, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Adrian Peacock, Producer - David Hinitt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Stephen Layton, Conductor, MainArtist - Traditional (Public Domain), Author
℗ 2014 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Percussion, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - Zands Duggan, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maya Youssef, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, kanun - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Percussion, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Author, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Iestyn Davies, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zands Duggan, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Thomas, Author - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Percussion, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional (Public Domain), Author - Zands Duggan, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maya Youssef, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, kanun - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Andrew Walter, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Jenkins, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Music Production, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Jackson, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dudman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jody Jenkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allen, Producer, Associate Producer - Carol Barratt, Author, Producer, Associate Producer - Polyphony, Choir, MainArtist - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Layton, Conductor, Producer, Associate Producer, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Iestyn Davies, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abel Selaocoe, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
Album review
Since the release of his Adiemus Project albums and his mass The Armed Man in the 1990s, Karl Jenkins has been one of Britain's most popular composers. He is disliked by major newspaper critics, but that is of little consequence to the millions who buy his albums and, perhaps more important, to the many choirs that sing his music for the joy of it. Many of Jenkins' releases fall ingeniously in between the pop and classical forms of album presentation: Miserere might be regarded either as a collection of individual pieces or as a single work. It addresses, in a general way, the theme of ongoing violence in the Middle East, and several pieces use instruments and musical techniques from that region. Sample "Praise, Joy & Gladness," which uses some of these sounds in an entirely novel fusion with American praise and worship music. Whatever you may think of Jenkins, he can hardly be charged with being derivative. Mostly sung by the choir Polyphony under Stephen Layton, with a variety of vocal and instrumental soloists including cellist Abel Selaocoe, these pieces are in Latin, English, and in a few places biblical Aramaic and Hebrew; are in Western and Middle Eastern styles; are quite personal or fall into the centuries-long tradition of settings of the Miserere text (here, Jenkins approaches the concept of The Armed Man). There are some who will never accept the heart-on-the-sleeve aspect of some of Jenkins' music, but that's not all there is to him, and this release shows him to be still going strong in his mid-70s. Recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:40
- Main artists: Karl Jenkins
- Composer: Karl Jenkins
- Label: Decca (UMO) (Classics)
- Genre: Classical
© 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2019 Karl Jenkins
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