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Special offer. Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music

David Owen Norris (piano)

The Carice Singers, George Parris

Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music
A very fine disc of music that is richly rewarding for both listener and choir.

Special offer. Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music

David Owen Norris (piano)

The Carice Singers, George Parris

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A very fine disc of music that is richly rewarding for both listener and choir.

About

Renowned for his outstanding piano miniatures and solo songs, John Ireland is little known these days as a composer of partsongs. His deep understanding of choral forces brings a unique polish and artistry to the genre, his early style reflecting a deference to his masters Parry and Stanford, and deeply moving post-war masterpieces such as Twilight Night exploiting a more acerbic harmonic vocabulary. E.J. Moeran’s inclination towards introspective melancholy blends with his knowledge of Elizabethan madrigal and renaissance dance, resulting in true gems on themes of love such as While she lies sleeping.

The Carice Singers are an ensemble comprised of some of the United Kingdom’s best young professional singers, noted for their “freshness of tone” and “careful musicality” (Gramophone). Named after the daughter of Sir Edward Elgar, the choir aims to bring an imaginative approach to choral music of the Romantic period and beyond, frequently drawing upon the latest academic research to produce original and insightful programmes. Among The Carice Singers’ ongoing projects is a mini-series of recordings for Naxos featuring choral music by lesser-known British composers, including Warlock, E.J. Moeran and Bax.

Contents and tracklist

No. 1, Under the Greenwood Tree
Track length1:05
No. 2, The River-God's Song
Track length1:48
No. 3, Spring, the Sweet Spring
Track length1:26
No. 4, Love Is a Sickness
Track length3:25
No. 5, Sigh No More, Ladies
Track length1:36
No. 6, Good Wine
Track length1:16
No. 7, To Daffodils
Track length2:38
I. Madrigal. Phyllida & Corydon
Track length3:14
II. Madrigal. Beauty Sat Bathing by a Spring
Track length4:37
III. Pastoral. On a Hill There Grows a Flower
Track length3:05
IV. Air. Phyllis Inamorata
Track length0:57
V. Ballet. Said I That Amaryllis
Track length1:34
VI. Canzonet. The Treasure of My Heart
Track length2:45
VII. Air. While She Lies Sleeping
Track length3:10
VIII. Pastoral. Corydon, Arise
Track length2:51
IX. Madrigal. To Meadows
Track length3:45

Awards and reviews

October 2016

A very fine disc of music that is richly rewarding for both listener and choir.

31st July 2016

The youthful Carice Singers perform these part songs with vigorous attention to detail and, a few tiny slips of intonation aside, beautifully blended tone. Hugo Popplewell is the wistful soloist in Ireland’s Sea Fever. This is music of heat haze, hey-nonny wistfulness: ideal high-summer listening
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