Birtwistle: Melencolia
Mary King (mezzo), Michael Thompson (horn) and Christopher van Kampen (cello)
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
Birtwistle: Melencolia
Mary King (mezzo), Michael Thompson (horn) and Christopher van Kampen (cello)
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
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This album couples two major works composed in the 1970s, Melencolia I and Meridian, a setting of love poetry, with Ritual Fragment, written in 1989. The works display Birtwistle's distinctive and forceful voice and range in mood from austere introspective journeying to moments of unbearable intensity. 'Needless to say, the performances, as one would expect from Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta, are exemplary ... no one should hesitate before acquiring this indispensable disc.' Tempo
Contents and tracklist
- Antony Pay, Helen Tunstall
- London Sinfonietta
- Oliver Knussen
- Recorded: 20 November 1991
- Recording Venue: St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn
- Antony Pay, Helen Tunstall
- London Sinfonietta
- Oliver Knussen
- Recorded: 21 November 1991
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead
- London Sinfonietta
- Recorded: 20 November 1991
- Recording Venue: St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn
- Michael Thompson, Christopher van Kampen, Mary King
- London Sinfonietta Voices, London Sinfonietta
- Oliver Knussen
- Recorded: 7 & 9 November 1991
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead
