New London Children's Choir, Alexander Wells, Ronald Corp - Michael Hurd: Pop Cantatas (2011)

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Artist: New London Children's Choir, Alexander Wells, Ronald Corp
Title: Michael Hurd: Pop Cantatas
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Naxos
Genre: Jazz, Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:06:21
Total Size: 333 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Jonah-Man Jazz -
01. Nineveh city was a city of sin - [01:22]
02. Jonah, Jonah, listen to me Jonah - [01:15]
03. I need a boat, man - [01:50]
04. The waves grew high - [01:27]
05. When Jonah sank into the sea - [02:54]
06. We had a wonderful party - [01:22]Prodigal -
07. Many years ago - [01:54]
08. I want to go to the big bad city - [02:02]
09. In the city, free and easy - [01:47]
10. Down and out in the city - [01:34]
11. Why did I leave the house of my Father? - [01:52]
12. No use denying - [01:12]
13. Kill the fatted calf - [01:32]
14. It was long ago - [01:11]Rooster Rag -
15. Once upon a time - [01:57]
16. Every time I lay an egg - [02:34]
17. I had a terrible dream! - [01:05]
18. Oh what a beautiful dream! - [01:27]
19. Do me a favour - [01:21]
20. There's a thief in the night - [01:46]
21. If I were you - [01:45]
22. Beware! Take care! - [01:34]Swingin' Samson -
23. Samson was a hero - [01:39]
24. When Miss Delilah goes a-walkin' - [02:21]
25. Samson, cut your hair - [02:08]
26. Clip and clip - [01:15]
27. Weak as a kitten - [01:44]
28. Ev'rybody came to the Philistines party - [02:16]Captain Coram's Kids -
29. Who are these abandoned children? - [03:45]
30. Eight were Duchesses - [01:30]
31. What is the humming? - [01:04]
32. Take my child - [02:33]
33. See the Foundlings at work! - [02:07]
34. I am a little Foundling - [02:36]
35. Here in the pleasant Court Room - [02:18]
36. Captain Coram! - [02:45]

British composer Michael Hurd, a follower of Gerald Finzi, settled in the Hampshire region and believed, atypically enough for the times in which he worked, that composers should be responsible to the communities in which they lived. His conviction manifested itself partly in a series of compositions for children's choirs, several of which are collected on this little release. They aren't precisely "pop cantatas," nor even the genre claimed in the title of the most famous of them, Jonah-Man Jazz. They resemble more the language of musical theater, and indeed, Hurd suggested that several of them might be staged. Jonah-Man Jazz and Swingin' Samson (1973) are a bit quaint, and the most convincing ones today are the ones that made no pretense at being pop: Rooster Rag, a delightful retelling of the Chanticleer story, and the final Captain Coram's Kids. But the singers of the New London Children's Choir have a good time with all of them, enunciate well enough that printed texts, not supplied, are generally not needed, and can boast among their number some excellent developing soloists. Hurd's short chunks of music seem to fit the young choristers nicely, and this CD is recommended especially to those involved with youth choirs outside Britain, where Hurd has up until now been best known.

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