Towards the Light: Choral Works of Peter Klatzow

Klatzow's voice is a distinctive one, with… a very strong African quality. This is reflected… in his luminous sonorities and, in the case of Prayers and Dances of Praise from Africa, rhythm... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2006 More…

Release Date: 13th Feb 2006
Catalogue No: HAVP316
Label: Herald
Length: 68 minutes

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Klatzow: Three Spiritual Nocturnes

Work length6:53

Commotio, Matthew Berry

I. Night Silence

Track length2:06

II. The Sun Has Disappeared

Track length2:46

III. An Evening Prayer

Track length2:01

Klatzow: Towards the Light

Work length11:52

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: How bright these glorious spirits shine

Work length2:30

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: Jesu dulcis memoria

Work length6:28

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: Magnificat

Work length3:30

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: Nunc dimittis

Work length2:57

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: A fisherman's song of praise

Work length2:39

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: The living flame of love

Work length4:35

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: And thou, most kind and gentle Death

Work length2:48

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: O sacrum convivium

Work length6:38

Commotio, Matthew Berry

Klatzow: Prayers and Dances of Praise from Africa

Work length17:55

Commotio, Matthew Berry

I. All You Big Things, Bless the Lord

Track length3:41

II. Praise Dance I

Track length1:08

III. Great Is, O King, Our Happiness

Track length2:25

IV. Praise Dance II

Track length1:46

V. Cover Me with the Night

Track length3:02

VI. Praise Dance III

Track length1:57

VII. The Great Amen

Track length3:56

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July 2006

Klatzow's voice is a distinctive one, with… a very strong African quality. This is reflected… in his luminous sonorities and, in the case of Prayers and Dances of Praise from Africa, rhythm and timbre, in the use of a marimba duet. The marimba is also used, together with the organ and wordless double choir, in the remarkable Towards the Light, a 12-minute 'slow burn' written in 2003. This is in many ways the highlight of the disc, but the breadth of this survey is such that one has a good idea of the variety and richness of Klatzow's writing. I urge anyone interested in contemporary choral music to try this.

Commotio, an Oxford-based choir…is here making its CD debut under its conductor and co-founder Matthew Berry: and a highly impressive debut it is too. One of its most impressive attributes…is the extraordinary clarity of its diction – greatly abetted by Herald’s crystal-clear recording. [Henry
Parkes’] crisp, responsive and resourceful contributions…elevate performances which are already of the very highest order…Klatzow’s music has an underlying rhythmic compulsiveness that is distinctly African.

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