Purcell - Suites for Harpsichord - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bach,J.S. / Miki - Bach Das Wohltemperierte Akkordeon [SUPER-AUDIO CD] Hybrid SACD date 05/05/2017

The three works on these recordings seem to traverse, in sequence, three of the primary realms of human experience Body, Spirit and Mind. However, as Carl Nielsen pointed out in relation to his second symphony, The Four Temperaments, the principal characters of each movement are, at times, interspersed with hints of the other temperaments. The same is the case with Bumerang, Rabalder and Svev, the three remarkable compositions by Knut Vaage on this album. There are elements of the intellectual in the very physical Bumerang. Rabalder gives the impression of being the most physical of the three, until we realize it is set out as a spiritual journey from noise to silence and their attending emotional states. The physical and the spiritual visit themselves upon the predominantly cerebral Svev.

The young, virtuoso A Cappella ensemble VOCES8 presents a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell one of Englands greatest composers. Joined by the specialist early-music ensemble Les Inventions, the group explores Purcell's astoundingly diverse output anthems, odes, funeral music, semi-operas, masques, sonatas, consort-music, songs and catches populate his extraordinarily multifaceted oeuvre.