Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies & Sam Corkin - Drop down, ye heavens: Advent antiphons for Choir & Saxophone (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Drop down, ye heavens, from above
02. O Wisdom
03. O Adonai
04. O Adonai
05. There is no rose
06. O Root of Jesse
07. O Clavis David
08. O Key of David
09. O Day-spring
10. Praesepe iam fulget tuum
11. O King of the Nations
12. O Emmanuel
13. O Virgo virginum
14. O Virgin of virgins



Sigio de Oros first commercial recording sees the choir and its director Patrick Allies in collaboration with saxophonist Sam Corkin. Their intriguing program highlights the saxophones natural kinship with the human voice, as well as the endless expressive possibilities which this versatile instrument stimulates in the imaginations of modern composers. The instruments athletic vigor launches Will Todds O Wiom, the first of eight settings of the Advent antiphons in English which, having been commissioned by the present artists, now form the backbone of this recording. Elsewhere the instrument soars above the voices urgent prophecy and imploration, while the choir is heard unaccompanied in glowing renditions of sixteenth-century polyphony. Included on this recording are works by Pierre Certon, Antoine de Mornable, Michael Praetorius, and Josquin des Prez, whose music complements the atmosphere of quiet expectancy proper to Advent.

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