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The Cloths of Heaven - Howard Skempton / Owens, Exon Singers

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Howard Skempton: Upon my lap sovereign sits, for voice; O Saviour of the World, for chorus; Locus iste, motet for chorus; The Song of Songs, for men's chorus; O Life!, for voice & organ; Nature's Fir...
Performers: Akers, James; Lawrence, Bartholomew; Mackay, Beth; Makinson, Jeffrey; Owens, Matthew
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: Exon Singers

Skempton: Bolt from the Blue

1 CD / Mode Records / 2010-10-25

Works: Howard Skempton: Starlight, for piano; Swedish Caprice, for piano; Horham, for piano; Lyric Study, for piano; Liebeslied, for piano; Memorial Prelude, for piano; Five Poems of Mary Webb, for chorus; ...
Performers: Becker, Daniel [Piano]; Doyle, Julia; Fraser, Juliet; Saunders, Jonathan

Howard Skempton's music strikes a chord with many listeners through its deceptive simplicity, beauty and accessible nature. A student of Cornelius Cardew, Skempton was greatly...continue...
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The Wire (p.56) - "[T]his is music that wears its heart very much on its sleeve....The final setting of Yeat's 'He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven' is simply exquisite."...continue...