Adams, J L: Canticles of the Holy Wind

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The sheer sound of the choir is most impressive. The recording is truthful, atmospheric and handles a wide dynamic range very well. — MusicWeb International, September 2017

Release Date: 9th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: CA21131
Label: Cantaloupe
Length: 66 minutes

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Adams, J L: Canticles of the Holy Wind

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Amy Garapic
The Crossing
Donald Nally

I. Sky with Four Suns

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II. The White Wind

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III. Dream of the Hermit Thrush

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IV. Sky with Four Moons

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V. The Singing Tree

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VI. The Blue Wind

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VII. The Hour of the Doves

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VIII. Sky with Nameless Colors

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IX. Cadenza of the Mockingbird

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X. The Yellow Wind

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XI. Dream of the Canyon Wren

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XII. Sky with Endless Stars

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XIII. The Hour of the Owls

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XIV. The Dark Wind

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Lauded by the New York Times as a “...hypnotic and ethereally beautiful invocation of wind, sky and birdsong,” John Luther Adams’ Canticles of the Holy Wind, performed by the renowned chamber choir The Crossing, is his most technically challenging choral work, and yet the music’s mesmerizing aura of stillness encourages listening at its most elemental. The piece is composed for four choirs of eight singers each, and moves through spaces that are as fantastical (“Sky with Four Suns”) as they are serene (“The Hour of the Doves”), always with a connection to our inner world, as well as the world around us.

“John allows us to interrupt our otherwise endlessly forward-tumbling lives,” notes Donald Nally, The Crossing’s conductor, “and experience these sounds as if we were sitting in the woods for an hour. An hour of wind and of sky and of birds. We are drawn to this music, not just for the beauty of its shimmering harmonies and the overwhelming climactic moments, but also for way it inspires a ‘hearing’ of nature, in real time, as we sing it.”

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September 2017

The sheer sound of the choir is most impressive. The recording is truthful, atmospheric and handles a wide dynamic range very well.

Adams, J L: Canticles of the Holy Wind

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