Brahms & Bruckner: Choral Motets

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Brahms & Bruckner: Choral MotetsOpis:Product description Considered among the finest of contemporary vocal ensembles, the London-based Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short have gained renown for their powerfully commanding recordings that range from medieval to contemporary works. Their latest release is no exception as Tenebrae give movingly gorgeous and intricate performances of a selection of motets by Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this recording will be donated to MacMillan Cancer Support. Review Tenebrae score on all counts. They submit with impressive stamina and unfailing intonation to Bruckner s instrumental scoring and phrasing, which take little account of singers requirements for rest and oxygen. Nigel Short reveals the thematic links to the symphonies in Virga Jesse and Ecce sacerdos. The results make hardly less awesome an impact than the symphonic recordings by the Bavarian Radio Choir and Eugen Jochum, and with notably greater technical finesse. --Peter Quantrill Gramophone, November 2015 BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE MONTH Performance: ***** Recording: ***** 'Nigel Short and Tenebrae have come up with a beautifully balanced and contrasted programme ... The beauty of sound and dignified expression of intensity that Tenebrae create in the opening of the first choral number, Bruckner s Virga Jesse, would be impressive in themselves but with the ear prepared by the first Aequilis the effect is even more telling ... what superb singing: technically immaculate, somehow lucid and voluptuously beautiful all at the same time' --Stephen Johnson BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2015 **** 'The dense harmonies suit this well-established professional choir perfectly.' Fiona Maddocks The Observer, 29th October 2015 --------------- MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL RECORDING OF THE MONTH 'Tenebrae, one of the finest choirs in Britain, turn their attention to this collection of Brahms and Bruckner, something to which they're ideally suited. British choirs have a distance from this music that means they don't have the baggage of their German counterparts and so can sing it with an airy distance and more of a feel for the lightness in the music, which is there if you look for it. From rich bottom to airy top, Tenebrae find it, suffusing this music with rich beauty and a lovely sense of wholeness ... The richly resonant acoustic of London's Temple Church undoubtedly helps, giving great life to the sound, captured brilliantly by producer Andrew Mellor, whose idea the disc was. Nigel Short's direction of the choir is first rate.' --Simon Thompson Music Web International, 30th November 2015 About the Artist Hailed as 'one of the country s most outstanding vocal ensembles' (Evening Standard), award-winning choir Tenebrae blends its passion for singing as if in a large cathedral choir with the breath-taking precision of a chamber ensemble. Tenebrae s ever-increasing discography has brought about collaborations with Signum, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, LSO Live and Warner Classics, with the choir s recent recording of Russian Orthodox music being launched on its own label, Bene Arte, receiving glowing reviews and reaching number 1 on the UK Classical Chart.

Autor:BrahmsNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; EnglishData wydania: 2015-10-30Waga: 0.15 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 5.4 cmShrink-wrappedUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.