The Crossing offers a recording that is as virtuosic as it is emotional, resonating with recurring themes of desire and strength, peace, and longing. The...

The Crossing offers a recording that is as virtuosic as it is emotional, resonating with recurring themes of desire and strength, peace, and longing. The ensemble’s affinity for the compositional style of David Lang is heard in his pro­vocative and humorous “this condition”, his wrenching “I live in pain” and the title track, “I want to live”.