Crossing Over / Skylark

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
March 25, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUMANN TAVENER THORVALDSDO
    • PERFORMER
      Skylark
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2016
    • UPC
      053479220028
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92200
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Elegy

      Composer: Daniel Elder

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Performer: Sarah Moyer, Margot Rood, Jessica Petrus

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    2. No. 1. Butterfly Dreams: A Pleasant Hallucination

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    3. No. 2. Haiku: Comes Slightly More Into Focus

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    4. No. 3. Haiku: A Butterfly Floating in my Hand

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    5. No. 4. Haiku: Dissolves into a Cloud of Chaos

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    6. No. 5. Haiku: Something Sinister Gives Way

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    7. No. 6. The Butterfly: My Most Horrifying Nightmare

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    8. No. 7. Butterfly Song: A Vision from Childhood Comforts Me

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    9. No. 8. Butterfly Dreams: A Dream Recurs

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    10. Otche Nach

      Composer: Nicolai Kedrov

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    11. Requiem, Op. 33b

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    12. Heliocentric Meditation

      Composer: Robert Vuichard

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    13. No. 1. The Last Invocation

      Composer: William Schuman

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    14. No. 2. The Unknown Region

      Composer: William Schuman

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    15. No. 3. To All, To Each

      Composer: William Schuman

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    16. Heyr þu oss himnum a

      Composer: Anna Þorvaldsdóttir

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    17. Funeral Ikos

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard


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