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Crossing Over / Skylark
Sono Luminus

Crossing Over / Skylark

$26.99

Details

Composer
SCHUMANN TAVENER THORVALDSDO
Artist
Skylark
Format
CD + Blu-Ray
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Mar 25, 2016
Catalog #
DSL-92200
UPC
053479220028

About

Crossing Over features the music of Anna Thorvaldsdottir, John Tavener, William Schuman, Daniel Elder, and more. This release contains world premiere recordings, as well as rarely recorded pieces. Skylark is a chamber choir consisting of professional musicians from across the United States. The group also performs educational programs for students across the nation.

REVIEW:

All the music is concise, in the manner of utterances made or heard on a deathbed; the longest work clocking in at just over nine minutes. This is new music, put together in a new way, beautifully sung and recorded. In short, it's fabulous for listeners looking for a place to start with contemporary choral music, downbeat subject matter or not.

-- All Music Guide

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Elegy 04:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    Elegy
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Daniel Elder
    Performer
    Sarah Moyer, Margot Rood, Jessica Petrus
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  2. 2 No. 1. Butterfly Dreams: A Pleasant Hallucination 01:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1. Butterfly Dreams: A Pleasant Hallucination
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  3. 3 No. 2. Haiku: Comes Slightly More Into Focus 00:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2. Haiku: Comes Slightly More Into Focus
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  4. 4 No. 3. Haiku: A Butterfly Floating in my Hand 00:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. Haiku: A Butterfly Floating in my Hand
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  5. 5 No. 4. Haiku: Dissolves into a Cloud of Chaos 01:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. Haiku: Dissolves into a Cloud of Chaos
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  6. 6 No. 5. Haiku: Something Sinister Gives Way 00:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5. Haiku: Something Sinister Gives Way
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  7. 7 No. 6. The Butterfly: My Most Horrifying Nightmare 02:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 6. The Butterfly: My Most Horrifying Nightmare
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  8. 8 No. 7. Butterfly Song: A Vision from Childhood Comforts Me 02:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 7. Butterfly Song: A Vision from Childhood Comforts Me
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  9. 9 No. 8. Butterfly Dreams: A Dream Recurs 01:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 8. Butterfly Dreams: A Dream Recurs
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  10. 10 Otche Nach 02:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    Otche Nach
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Nicolai Kedrov
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  11. 11 Requiem, Op. 33b 04:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Requiem, Op. 33b
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Jón Leifs
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  12. 12 Heliocentric Meditation 09:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    Heliocentric Meditation
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Robert Vuichard
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  13. 13 No. 1. The Last Invocation 03:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. The Last Invocation
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    William Schuman
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  14. 14 No. 2. The Unknown Region 03:53
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2. The Unknown Region
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    William Schuman
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  15. 15 No. 3. To All, To Each 02:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3. To All, To Each
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    William Schuman
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  16. 16 Heyr þu oss himnum a 04:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    Heyr þu oss himnum a
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard
  17. 17 Funeral Ikos 05:55
    Track
    17
    Title
    Funeral Ikos
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    Conductor
    Matthew Guard