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Voices of Earth & Air, Vol. 2
Navona

Voices of Earth & Air, Vol. 2

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Vox Futura, Sharrock, Glazier-Nazro, Hatley, Martinek
Format
CD
Label
Navona
Released
Apr 26, 2019
Catalog #
NV6221
UPC
896931005210

About

VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR 2 presents the best that modern choral compositions have to offer. Settings of traditional prayers are mingled with ethereal stories and otherworldly visions, and each of the eight compositions both stand unique and work together harmoniously to create a collection that nods to the future of choral music. Scott Solak's Ave Maria starts off the collection. Richly tonal and resonant, the piece is written in memory of the composer's mother, a second generation Polish Catholic. Ave Maria is followed by Jonathan Little's Crucifixus, another rich, vibrant work that presents modern interpretations of historic performance techniques and fills space with an all-encompassing listening experience. Helen MacKinnon's Gloria in Excelsis Deo demonstrates various moods throughout the piece, from tender to fiery and triumphant, all culminating in a glorious "Amen" to close the piece. The album then shifts to L Peter Deutsch's A Fisherman of the Inland Sea. With jagged intervals and interesting harmonies, and text by famed fantasy author Ursula K. LeGuin, the choir and a single narrator retell the melancholy story of a young fisherman's loss resulting from a tryst in a magical underwater kingdom. Following this story is Juli Nunlist's posthumously released Spells, an eerie, dissonant choral work that uses subtle recurrences to create an enveloping form. Daniel Morse's Nachtlied is an otherworldly soundscape that uses the writings of Austrian Expressionist poet Georg Trakl. Creating a sense of ritual, the otherworldliness is amplified by the use of electronic sounds created through manipulating pre-existing audio. Peter Greve's invocation for organ and mixed choir, Give Us Peace, is made up of four expressions of peace from four religious traditions. It follows a narrative arc of joy within communities, followed by violence and destruction, and finally a reconciliation and expression of peace between four different ideas. The album concludes with Whitman Brown's Psalm 23, a final return to sacred texts that creates a powerful bookend to the collection. Reverent and soothing, it gives a sense of conclusion to the journey of VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR 2.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Ave Maria 03:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ave Maria
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Scott Solak
    Ensemble
    Vox Futura
    Conductor
    Andrew Shenton
  2. 2 Crucifixus, Op. 13a 11:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Crucifixus, Op. 13a
    Duration
    11:57
    Composer
    Jonathan Little
    Performer
    Heinrich Christensen
    Ensemble
    Vox Futura
    Conductor
    Andrew Shenton
  3. 3 Gloria in excelsis Deo 05:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Helen MacKinnon
    Ensemble
    Prague Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Jiří Petrdlík
  4. 4 A Fisherman of the Inland Sea 11:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
    Duration
    11:23
    Composer
    L. Peter Deutsch
    Performer
    Aaron Hatley, Matt Sharrock, Desiree Glazier-Nazro
    Ensemble
    Vox Futura
    Conductor
    Andrew Shenton
  5. 5 No. 2. Spell of Sleep 03:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. Spell of Sleep
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Juli Nunlist
    Ensemble
    Vox Futura
    Conductor
    Andrew Shenton
  6. 6 No. 6. Spell of Creation 04:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Spell of Creation
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Juli Nunlist
    Ensemble
    Vox Futura
    Conductor
    Andrew Shenton
  7. 7 Nachtlied 08:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Nachtlied
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Daniel Morse
    Ensemble
    Prague Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Jiří Petrdlík
  8. 8 I. Dream of Peace 01:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Dream of Peace
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  9. 9 II. Supplication 00:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Supplication
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  10. 10 III. Incantation 01:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Incantation
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  11. 11 IV. Monody 01:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Monody
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  12. 12 V. Devastation 01:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Devastation
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  13. 13 VI. Despair (Lamento) 00:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Despair (Lamento)
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  14. 14 VII. Reconciliation 01:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    VII. Reconciliation
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Peter Greve
    Performer
    Karel Martínek
    Ensemble
    Kühn Mixed Choir
    Conductor
    Marek Vorlicek
  15. 15 Psalm 23 04:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    Psalm 23
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Whitman Brown
    Ensemble
    Vox Futura
    Conductor
    Andrew Shenton