An evocative multilayered work based on the stations of the cross, this generous two-disc release gives us two takes on Nico Muhly’s The Street. The first allows Ramsay’s solo harp to shine, the second features Alice Goodman’s text and haunting choir chant. Sublime storytelling.

This kind of project is inspiring and exciting. It is a collaboration between artists who all bring something different to the table and who, with a deep appreciation for the past, create something new.

Muhly’s score, his first for solo harp, is a substantial, important work that unleashes an astonishing sonic and emotional variety prompted by ingenious word-painting.

Commissioned with the soaring acoustic of King’s College, Cambridge in mind, it works both as poetic meditation and as a showcase for the the harpist Parker Ramsay, whose initiative it was...Goodman’s text is characteristically bold, modern and arresting.