Tippett, Michael > Schola Cantorum Oxford

Children of Our Time / Summerly, Schola Cantorum of Oxford

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-05-09

Works: Antony Pitts: Easter Anthems (3), for choir; Michael Tippett: Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from "A Child of Our Time"); Nicholas O'Neill: Ave verum corpus, for choir; Ruth Byrchmore: In the sile...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Coldstream, Bene't; Healey, Philippa; McCarthy, Michael [Choral Conductor]; Outram, Rebecca; Page, Teehan
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Oxford

From the seductive intricacies of Mark Edgley Smith's E E Cummings settings, through the blues-infused harmonies of Antony Pitts' polychoral 'Thou knowest my lying down,'...continue...