Whitacre - Choral Music | Naxos - American Classics 8559677

Whitacre - Choral Music

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559677

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st June 2010

Contents

Artists

Leslie de’Ath (piano)
Carol Bauman (percussion)
Elora Festival Singers

Conductor

Noel Edison

Works

Whitacre, Eric

A Boy and a Girl
Her Sacred Spirit Soars
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine
Little Birds
Little tree
Lux aurumque
Sleep
Songs of Faith (3)
» I thank you God for this most amazing day
This Marriage
Water Night
When David heard

Artists

Leslie de’Ath (piano)
Carol Bauman (percussion)
Elora Festival Singers

Conductor

Noel Edison

About

Eric Whitacre’s dedication to the beauty of sound, paired with exquisite texts, results in a poetic combination that creates a unique sonic experience.

These works are existential choral moments, beautifully crafted, and harmonised to express a compressed moment in time. Such sublime sonorities transcend descriptions such as ‘warm’, ‘glistening’ or ‘shimmering’, although these features of his choral works do suggest affinities with the sound worlds of Arvo Pärt or John Tavener, for instance.

However, Whitacre’s fluid lines and blossoming harmonies give his music its own highly personal and irresistible magic.

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