VA - Cadence: New Works for Voices in Verse (2016) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Cadence: New Works for Voices in Verse
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Navona Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [44.1kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 45:23
Total Size: 371 / 149 MB
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Tracklist:

Haiku Songs of Karigane
01 Jennifer Bird - No. 1. Karasu-uri
02 Jennifer Bird - No. 2. Hanamizuki
03 Jennifer Bird - No. 3. Nekojarashi
04 Jennifer Bird - No. 4. Daikan ya
05 Jennifer Bird - No. 5. Mizutorimo

06 The Stanbery Singers - The Lamb
07 Vox Futura - The Tyger
08 Kühn Choir - Lux Aeterna

Remembering All (5 Sandburg Poems)
09 The Stanbery Singers - I. Joy
10 The Stanbery Singers - II. Monotone
11 The Stanbery Singers - III. Under The Harvest Moon
12 The Stanbery Singers - IV. I Sang
13 The Stanbery Singers - V. Follies


CADENCE, the new vocal music compilation from Navona Records, offers a set of inspired, emotive premiere recordings by composers Christopher J. Hoh, David Kirtley, Joanne D. Carey, and Timothy Kramer in works juxtaposing the ethereal and the earthy, the diaphanous and the muscular, and the serene and the agile.

Hoh’s Remembering All sets five poems by the renowned Carl Sandburg, whom Hoh calls “a composer’s poet.” His treatment enhances the text with a spacious, compelling composition. By turns luminous, jaunty or lyrical, it dramatizes love and longing through intriguing music.

Kirtley’s focus too is on poetry, but in this case it is the Japanese art of the haiku, which provides the inspiration. Best known for its precise, simple form and short length, haiku offers a fascinating point of entry for Kirtley in the Haiku Songs of Karigane, as the composer carefully crafts a haunting, sanguine sound that unveils deep emotions within the lean words of five haiku by Kaoru Karigane.

William Blake’s works have frequently been set to music, but The Lamb and The Tyger have rarely been given such a rigorous treatment. Carey’s complex, nuanced language highlights the mysterious symbolism of Blake’s prose, coupling sophisticated musical figures alongside the enigmatic contemplations found in the text.

Lux aeterna by Kramer is the composer’s own unique version of the traditional Mass setting, in this case created specifically for performance in the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The radiant harmonies bound across dynamic peaks and valleys, bringing the listener on a sublime emotional journey.