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When Sleep Comes - Meditations for Voices & Saxophone / Forshaw, Short, Tenebrae
Signum Classics

When Sleep Comes - Meditations for Voices & Saxophone / Forshaw, Short, Tenebrae

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Details

Composer
Traditional, Hildegard von Bingen, Antoine Brumel, Christian Forshaw, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Francis
Artist
Christian Forshaw, Victoria Meteyard, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Apr 15, 2022
Catalog #
SIGCD708
UPC
635212070826

About

Virtuoso saxophonist Christian Forshaw is joined by a consort of Tenebrae singers, in an ethereal sequence of penitential settings for Passiontide. Combining elements of ancient and modern to stunning effect, Forshaw and Tenebrae bring new colors and context to music by Gibbons, Tallis, and Hildegard von Bingen in a series of new arrangements and compositions.

Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision. Award-winning conductor Nigel Short has earned widespread acclaim for his recording and live performance work with leading orchestras and ensembles across the world.

REVIEW

The disc is divided between original music by Christian Forshaw and his arrangements of music by other composers. The original music is solid, direct, and very listenable-to: his setting of the In Paradisum from the service of committal sets the text with plainsong directness, while the soprano sounds like an additional member of chorus rather than an added spiritual presence. In fact, the delight of much of the disc is that it’s sometimes impossible to tell whether you’re listening to the saxophone or a soprano voice.

In the music by composers other than Mr. Forshaw, it’s difficult to ignore the ghost of Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble in their famous (and famously successful) Officium of 1994. But while there are undeniable echoes to and fro, Tenebrae and Forshaw put their own mark on what they do.

-- MusicWeb International (Simon Thompson)

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Drop, drop slow tears (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 03:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    Drop, drop slow tears (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  2. 2 In paradisum 03:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    In paradisum
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Christian Forshaw
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  3. 3 O vos imitatores excelse (arr. N. Short for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 05:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    O vos imitatores excelse (arr. N. Short for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Hildegard von Bingen
    Performer
    Victoria Meteyard, Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  4. 4 Te lucis ante terminum (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 02:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Te lucis ante terminum (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  5. 5 Sancte Deus, sancte fortis 05:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sancte Deus, sancte fortis
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  6. 6 Psalm 121, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills" (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 03:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Psalm 121, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills" (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Henry Walford Davies
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  7. 7 O nata lux de lumine (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 03:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    O nata lux de lumine (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  8. 8 Renouncement (version for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 07:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    Renouncement (version for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Christian Forshaw
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  9. 9 Popule meus 07:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    Popule meus
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Tomás Luis de Victoria
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  10. 10 Night Prayer 03:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    Night Prayer
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Owain Park
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  11. 11 Te lucis ante terminum (festal) (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 03:53
    Track
    11
    Title
    Te lucis ante terminum (festal) (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  12. 12 Abide with me (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble) 04:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    Abide with me (arr. C. Forshaw for saxophone and vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Henry Francis Lyte, William Henry Monk
    Performer
    Christian Forshaw
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short
  13. 13 Lamentations of Jeremiah: Heth. Cogitavit Dominus 08:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    Lamentations of Jeremiah: Heth. Cogitavit Dominus
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Antoine Brumel
    Ensemble
    Tenebrae
    Conductor
    Nigel Short