Ambrose Field - Being Dufay

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Label: ECM New Series

Cat No: 4766948

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 30th March 2009

Artists

John Potter (tenor)
Ambrose Field (live & studio electronics)

Artists

John Potter (tenor)
Ambrose Field (live & studio electronics)

About

A most unusual, imaginative and attractive juxtaposition of Renaissance composition and current-day technology is presented by tenor John Potter and prize-winning electronic composer Ambrose Field: in seven interconnected pieces, vocal fragments from the songs and sacred works of Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474) soar beautifully above Field’s vast and multi-faceted soundscapes. “Then as now, music was not forever fixed but lived and breathed through the imaginations of former musicians and their listeners”, says Field in his liner notes.

Field: “The fragments of original Dufay are always presented entirely unaltered, and serve as a reference point or cantus firmus within what is new. From that new perspective, I wanted to explore the limits of the electronic medium, produce a new set of musical colours and, perhaps above all, avoid the often mechanical aspects of working with technology.”

John Potter has long been committed to conceptual approaches to early music and, as a former blues and rock singer, has always had a strong interest in uncharted musical fields. His clear, almost boyish voice immerses itself with great ease in the allusively processed sounds. For 18 years a singer with the Hilliard Ensemble and one of its prime conceptual thinkers, he is a vocalist of rare versatility and erudition and has written extensively on singing.

Ambrose Field, electronic music composer and performer, uses recorded environmental sound sources and custom computer processes to generate a distinctive soundworld that is dense and uncompromisingly relentless. Winner of four international awards including two Ars Electronica Honorary Mentions, he specialises in Surround Sound production, utilising formats ranging from 6.1 through to Ambisonics on installation, live music and film projects.

Contents:
(1) Ma belle dame souveraine
(2) Je me complains
(3) Being Dufay
(4) Je vous pri
(5) Presque quelque chose
(6) Sanctus
(7) La dolce vista

Total time: 49.30

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