Kim Halliday - Birdsong in Mist - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This debut album opens with cellist Taeguk Mun - winner of the 2014 Pablo Casals International Cello Competition and the 2016 János Starker Foundation Award - playing Bach's Suite for Solo Cello No 1. He is then joined by the pianist Chi Ho Han, another multi-award-winning musician from South Korea, for Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major and short pieces by Schumann, Schubert, Rubinstein and Pablo Casals. Album Tracks 1. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 I. Prelude 2. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 II. Allemande 3. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 III. Courante 4. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 IV. Sarabande 5. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 V. Menuet I / II 6. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 VI. Gigue 7. Cello Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto 8. Cello Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 II. Scherzo (Allegro Molto) 9. Cello Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 III. Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivace 10. Kinderszenen, Op. 15 VII. Träumerei (Arr. Trinkaus for Cello & Piano) 11. Melody in F Major, Op. 3 No. 1 (Arr. Popper for Cello & Piano) 12. An Die Musik, D. 547 (Arr. Mun for Cello & Piano) 13. Myrthen, Op. 25 No. 1 Widmung (Arr. Mun for Cello & Piano) 14. Song of the Birds (Arr. Casals for Cello & Piano)

Disc 1 The Original Soundtrack of Awake, My Soul The Story of the Sacred Harp The soundtrack includes traditional Sacred Harp singing, recorded in rural Georgia and Alabama. Disc 2 Help Me to Sing Songs of the Sacred Harp- Various Artists. This is the first ever collection of popular music adaptations of Sacred Harp songs. InchHelp Me to SingInch includes 19 never before heard tracks which were specifically commissioned for this CD by Awake, My Soul director, Matt Hinton. Album Tracks 1. China, 193B 2. Russia, I07 3. Stratfield, 142 - Murry Hammond 4. Jordan, 66 5. Marlborough, 228 6. Bear Creek, 269 7. Abbeville, 33B 8. Corinth, 32T 9. Lloyd, 503 10. Eternal Day, 383 - Rayna Gellert 11. New Britain, 45T 12. Delight, 216 13. Panting for Heaven, 384 - the Innocence Mission 14. New Jordan, 442 - Jeni & Billy 15. Restoration, 312B 16. Prodigal Son, 113 - Mac Powell 17. Schnectady, 192 - John Wesley Harding 18. America, 36T - Cordelia's Dad 19. Antioch, 277 - Liz Janes 20. Norwich, 362 - Tenement Halls 21. Consecration, 448T - Richard Buckner 22. Poland, 86 23. Idumea, 47B - Gaither Carlton 24. Cowper, 168 - Sam Amidon 1. Blooming Youth, 176B 2. Weeping Pilgrim 417 - Woven Hand 3. David's Lamentation 268 - Rick Moody 4. Africa 178 - Tim Eriksen 5. Christian's Hope 134 6. Help Me to Sing 376 7. Columbus 67 8. Traveler 108B 9. Abbeville 33B 10. China 163B 11. Essay 157 12. Windham 38B 13. Sermon on the Mount 507 14. And Am I Born to Die? (Idumea 47B) 15. Kedron 48B 16. Consecration 4481 17. Grieved Soul 448B 18. Wrestling Jacob/Vernon 95 19. Christian's Farewell 347 20. Bound for Canaan 82B

The album The Morning Mist was inspired by the research project 'Latvian Classical Violin Music in Transition, c 1980 - 2000'. It is a musical reflection on important pages in Latvian history at the end of the twentieth century, a significant period that saw the Singing Revolution (a series of social uprisings in the Baltics between 1986 and 1991), the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Riga Barricades and Latvia regaining it's independence. Music selection on this album is stylistically diverse, and that is also how I wanted to showcase the dynamics of these years of transition. The new commissions by Linda Leimane and Eriks Esenvalds, as well as the recently composed work by Platon Buravicky, represent the music of today's Latvia. Esenvalds' music also accents the connection to the Singing Revolution and the tradition of choral music in Latvia. Vasks is represented here as one of Latvia's most important composers of music for string instruments, and his earlier work referencing Latvian folk music serves as a distinctive example of the expression of Latvianness. The Toccata by Kalejs, for it's part, is as a monumental work for solo violin that illustrates the long-standing violin traditions in Latvia. Album Tracks 1. Miglainais Rits 2. The Morning Mist 3. Tokata Vijolei Solo Op. 40 4. Toccata for Solo Violin, Op. 40 5. Maza Vasaras Muzika 6. Little Summer Music I Plasi, Skanigi 7. Broad, Sonorous 8. II. Nesteidzot 9. Unhurried 10. III. Energiski 11. Energetic 12. IV. Skumji 13. Sorrowful 14. V. Liksmi 15. Joyful 16. VI. Plasi, Skanigi 17. Broad, Sonorous 18. Architectonics of a Crystal Soul I. the Temple 19. II. Via Imperiale 20. III. Forum Contemporain 21. IV. Isla Desierta 22. V. Mozole 23. Engela Skatiens 24. Angel's Gaze