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Animal Heaven

Alison Wells (soprano, John Turner (recorder), Keith Elcombe (harpsichord) & Jonathan Price (cello)

Animal Heaven
Curiously, there seems to be quite a collection of recently written Scottish music for the unlikely combination of soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord. Whatever the reason, Animal Heaven...

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Animal Heaven

Alison Wells (soprano, John Turner (recorder), Keith Elcombe (harpsichord) & Jonathan Price (cello)

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Curiously, there seems to be quite a collection of recently written Scottish music for the unlikely combination of soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord. Whatever the reason, Animal Heaven...

The Scotsman

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About

  • Release date: 1st Jan 2000
  • Label: Metier
  • Catalogue number: MSVCD92036
  • Length: 61 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Harper, E: Lights Out
Work length15:54
  • Alison Wells, John Turner, Keith Elcombe, Jonathan Price
No. 1, The Trumpet
Track length2:34
No. 2, The Ash Grove
Track length5:01
No. 3, The Wind's Song
Track length3:56
No. 4, Lights Out
Track length4:23
Cresswell, L: Prayer to appease the Spirit of the Land
Work length2:19
Leighton: Animal Heaven, Op. 83
Work length14:33
  • Alison Wells, John Turner, Keith Elcombe, Jonathan Price
No. 1, Song of Myself
Track length7:06
No. 2, The Heaven of Animals
Track length7:27
Beamish: Four Findrinny Songs
Work length6:41
No. 1, Short Heraldry
Track length0:56
No. 2, Grey Seal
Track length2:23
No. 3, Three Horizons
Track length1:52
No. 4, Italia
Track length1:30
Williams, Roger: Oh! Mr Lear!
Work length4:06
  • Alison Wells, John Turner, Keith Elcombe, Jonathan Price
I. There was an Old Man in a tree
Track length1:10
II. There was an Old Man of the Isles
Track length0:45
III. Lay doon yer wee heidie, "a Scottish Lullaby"
Track length0:56
III. Scherzo
Track length0:10
IV. There was an Old Man of Dundee
Track length1:05
David Johnson: God, Man and the Animals
Work length17:46
  • Alison Wells, John Turner, Keith Elcombe, Jonathan Price
I. When God created the world
Track length2:58
II. Thirty years?
Track length2:33
III. Thirty years?
Track length2:47
IV. Thirty years?
Track length2:17
V. Finally, man appeared, vigorous, full of joy
Track length3:32
VI. So man lives seventy years
Track length3:39

Awards and reviews

Curiously, there seems to be quite a collection of recently written Scottish music for the unlikely combination of soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord. Whatever the reason, Animal Heaven putts together a rather neat collection of fresh-textured works, including Edward Harper's quirky Lights out, Lyell Cresswell's haunting Prayer to Appease the Spirit of the Lamb, Kenneth Leighton's Britten-like Animal Heaven, Sally Beamish's delicious Four Findrinny Songs and David Johnson's narrative, softly whimsical God, Man and the Animals.
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