Croft / Choir Of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge - William Croft: Burial Service & Anthems - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For those of you who haven't forgotten Tohpati's electrifying emergence as a freshman bandleader in 2010 - catapulting onto the global stage with the critically acclaimed initial offering of Tohpati Ethnomission, InchSave The PlanetInch - InchMata HatiInch will come as a most welcomed follow-up.Although six years is a lengthy gap between recordings, it is obvious that the players involved have been doing anything but resting. On the contrary, the proceedings are highlighted by a vibrant, cohesive group dynamic where powerful individual performances are subtlety interwoven into the exotic fabrics of it's nine acute, ambitious and amazingly diverse musical tapestries. The power and authority of it's improvisational content doesn't steal the show, but works as a perfect compliment to the ingenious underlying framework; this is truly a group effort, and a most potent delivery.Featuring all the six-string acrobatics one would expect from a guitarist of Tohpati's considerable scope and creative brilliance, equally on display here is his mastery of western harmony and his uncanny melodic sense as both a player and a composer. Ethnomission rocks with authority; they slither through the grass, unnoticed; they provide enticing glimpses of a rich, mystical music culture, begging to be further revealed... and they dance on air.Besides being one of Indonesia's most well known and celebrated guitarists, Tohpati is also one of it's busiest session men. In a career which has seen him work as both a band leader and support player for many of his country's most celebrated popular artists - in addition to seven albums with simakDialog (spanning more than 20 years), and three previous marquee projects for MoonJune - his chameleon-like ability to tailor his playing to suit a variety of diverse styles has always served him well. But on this particular outing, he reveals even further depths

In choirs and places where they sing here followeth the anthem.' These words from the Book of Common Prayer used in the Anglican Church since 1662 led to a huge amount of musical creativity over the succeeding centuries. The words occur in the order of service for Evensong, which is still a daily service in many cathedrals and churches throughout Great Britain. If the choir is singing the service there is nearly always an anthem relevant to the time of day or the period in the church's year. This album presents a selection of these works taken mainly from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, a time that saw a particular explosion in musical composition for the church.

Joe Welsh - Joe Welsh [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/09/2008