Hosokawa / Swr Vokalensemble / Creed - Japan - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The orchestral triptych of 'Meditation, Nach dem Sturm' and 'Klage' is award-winning composer Toshio Hosokawa's response to the 2011 Tohuku earthquake and tsunami. Meditation mourns the victims with a quiet song of sorrow, Nach dem Sturm uses shamanic elements to suggest stormy darkness and the hope of light, while the healing Klage seeks to connect our world with the supernatural. 'Autumn Wind' unifies man and nature through the timeless sound of the shakuhachi. The collaboration between Naxos and composer Toshio Hosokawa has been very fruitful in recent years, and this new follows on from two collections of orchestral works conducted by Jun Markl. Volme 1 of these Inchdraws magically delicate colors and rich textural intricacies from what is a profoundly attractive score.Inch (Gramophone on Lotus under the moonlight), and volume 2 Inchreinforce Hosokawa's commitment to poetic representations of human presences in the natural world.Inch (Gramophone). World-class vocal soloists in this recording include Danish soprano Susanne Elmark who has produced an aria recital for Naxos Denmark and mezzo-soprano Mihoko Fujimura whose recordings include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as part of Christian Thielemenn's Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra recordings on C Major. Tadashi Tajima is one of today's most respected shakuhachi players, having performed around the world. Album Tracks 1. Meditation - Basque National Orchestra 2. Nach Dem Sturm - Susanne Elmark/Ilse Eerens/Basque National Orchestra 3. Klage - Mihoko Fujimura/Basque National Orchestra 4. Autumn Wind - Tadashi Tajima/Basque National Orchestra

The folk music of the Baltic peoples can be traced back to pagan times whereas the development of their art music did not start until around 100 years ago. Every country has it's own founding fathers where music is concerned the Estonians admire Heino Eller and the Latvians Jazeps Vitols as the founder of their respective national music culture. Arvo Part was one of Eller's students. The founding figure of Lithuanian art music and art is Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, who created fugues and sonatas as well as symphonic poems, music for piano, and choral works. This is the ninth and last installment of the SWR Vokalensemble series dedicated to musical portraits of different countries and the last with it's chief conductor Marcus Creed. The SWR Vokalensemble is internationally renowned as one of the best choirs for modern a cappella repertoire, it's performances are characterized by exquisite mastership. Album Tracks 1. Cikls ar Frica Bardas dzeju für gemischten Chor~I. Vakars 2. Cikls ar Frica Bardas dzeju für gemischten Chor~II. Lugšana 3. Cikls ar Frica Bardas dzeju für gemischten Chor~III. Debess 4. Canon solus für vier gleiche Stimmen 5. Litene Ballade für 12-stimmigen gemischten Chor~I 6. Litene Ballade für 12-stimmigen gemischten Chor~II 7. Kaks laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele für gemischten Chor a cappella~I. Noore suve muinasjutt 8. Kaks laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele für gemischten Chor a cappella~II. Kuulmata kuskil kumiseb kodu 9. Four Madrigals by E.E. Cummings~I. Unmeaning 10. Four Madrigals by E.E. Cummings~II. I Carry Your Heart 11. Four Madrigals by E.E. Cummings~III. May I... 12. Four Madrigals by E.E. Cummings~IV. Who Are You? for 8 voices 13. Plonge für Violoncello und 12 Stimmen 14. Ja ma kuulsin hääle... für gemischten Chor a cappella

Great Britain's music culture is marked by a centuries-old tradition of choral singing, as is shown, for instance, in the institution of college choirs. Church policy had a beneficial effect on the development of sacred music. After the Anglican Church separated from Rome in the 16th c. and the abbeys were secularized, many cathedral choirs were founded which took over the Holy Office from the monastic communities. The fact that sacred choral music in the British Isles is still written largely with an orientation to liturgical purposes must be understood as an effect of this constellation. The close relationship between the way composers and performers work, moreover, explains the tendency of a large portion of this art to be addressed to the general public. Marcus Creed directs the SWR Vokalensemble in a program of 20th-21st c. choral music by five outstanding, legendary figures of British music Maxwell Davies, the Scotsman James Macmillan, Jonathan Harvey, John Taverner and Benjamin Britten. Album Tracks 1. Corpus Christi with Cat and Mouse 2. Alleluia 3. How Could the Soul Not Take Flight 4. Schuon Hymnen 5. St. Godric's Hymn 6. I Mon Waxe Wod 7. Lenten Is Come 8. The Long Night 9. Yif Ic of Luve Can 10. Carol 11. Ye That Pasen By 12. A Death