Breath - Carry Your Kin - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The stylistic pluralism which informs so much contemporary choral writing pays rich dividends in the work of Jaakko Mäntyjärvi. This thrilling program from Trinity College Choir Cambridge and Stephen Layton is filled with exciting, accessible, contemporary music. Album Tracks 1. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Ave Maria D'aosta 2. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Stuttgarter Psalmen - I. Warum Toben Die Heiden? 3. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Stuttgarter Psalmen - II. Mein Gott, Mein Gott, Warum Hast Du Mich Verlassen? 4. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Stuttgarter Psalmen - III. Richte Mich, Gott 5. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Benedic Anima Mea Domino 6. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Pulchra Es 7. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - I. Introit. Ave Maria 8. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - II. Preces 9. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - III. Psalm 128 10. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - IV. Magnificat 11. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - V. Nunc Dimittis 12. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - VI. Responses 13. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - VII. the Lord's Prayer 14. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - VIII. Responses & Collects 15. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - IX. O Lux Beata Trinitas 16. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Trinity Service - X. Final Responses 17. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi O Magnum Mysterium

They hail from Iceland, but they don't sound like Bjork. Instead, this four piece rock band shimmers with shades of Coldplay, Radiohead and the Doves amid all the critical notices about their recorded works. Put simply, the music here is gorgeous and majestic. Album Tracks 1. I Go Down 2. Sunday Lover 3. Catch 4. Breathe 5. Silence 6. Crazy 7. Alone in the Sun 8. Epitaph 9. Deep Blue 10. Suppose 11. Race 12. We 13. Favour

Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum are the creative heart of The Breath, and for them, it's all about the song. Connolly writes the only way she knows how; a stream of poetic consciousness giving rise to honest, personal, heartfelt songs as likely to touch on childhood summers and first love as cultural dislocation, post-colonial injustices and grief. But it's her deeply soulful, utterly engaging, stop-you-in-your-tracks voice - whether delicate and hushed or powerful and gutsy - coupled with Stuart's understated brilliance and their exquisitely crafted songs, that give The Breath such emotional depth. Land of My Other is written by The Breath and produced by Thomas Bartlett, known for his work with St Vincent, The Gloaming, Sufjan Stevens, Yoko Ono and Nico Muhly, amongst others and mixed by Patrick Dillett. Album Tracks 1. Don't Rush 2. Little One 3. Land of My Other 4. Burning Away 5. Cliona's Wave 6. Remembering the Flood 7. Head Down 8. Letters from Long Kesh 9. Without You in It 10. Every Time It Comes Around