Playlists
Disc Details
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| Title: |
Voices of Exile |
| Ensemble: |
The Bach Choir, New London Children's Choir, The Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Soloist(s): |
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Gregory Kunde (tenor), Gerald Finley (baritone) |
| Label Name: |
Quartz |
| Catalogue Number: |
QTZ 2018 |
| Recording Year: |
2005 |
| Release Date: |
10 October 2005 |
| Conductor: |
David Hill |
Contents
Reviews
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Levels of musical interest rise immediately in Part 1 proper, where a Bengali folksong recorded in Calcutta (the catalyst to the whole project) is overlaid by choral writing and spoken versions of the poem being set. The same technique is later used very effectively in the plangent ‘Macedonia’.
Terry Blain, BBC Music Magazine, 01 February 2006
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