Naked Byrd Two
Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (director)
The choral blend and recorded balance are of demonstration quality. The music has a predominantly slow harmonic pulse, where vocal lines can float, suspensions can melt and the listener can...
Naked Byrd Two
Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (director)
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The choral blend and recorded balance are of demonstration quality. The music has a predominantly slow harmonic pulse, where vocal lines can float, suspensions can melt and the listener can...
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This recording is compiled from the Armonico Consort’s Naked Byrd programmes, featuring music by composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves, and whose art saw their emotions laid bare, in an atmospheric concert where magical musical moments are intertwined with sublime passages of plainchant and violin improvisation. It follows on from their first volume in December 2009. Armonico Consort is, at its heart, a highly talented vocal ensemble that stages a wide variety of concerts.
Contents and tracklist
- Anna Sandström
- Armonico Consort
- Christopher Monks
- Kelly McCusker, Anna Sandström
- Armonico Consort
- Christopher Monks
- Anna Sandström
- Armonico Consort
- Christopher Monks
- Kirsteen Rogers
- Armonico Consort
- Christopher Monks
- Rachel Robinson, Peter Morton
- Armonico Consort
- Christopher Monks
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Awards and reviews
May 2011
The choral blend and recorded balance are of demonstration quality. The music has a predominantly slow harmonic pulse, where vocal lines can float, suspensions can melt and the listener can relax and marvel at the singers' superb breath control and rock-steady intonation...[a] disc of unending delight
March 2011
Armonica Consort is a very capable choir, clearly responsive to its conductor's urgings and producing a lovely sound which does not need the heavy layers of resonance to enhance it.
28th January 2011
perhaps most moving of all is the "Agnus Dei" section of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, re-scored by the composer for eight-part harmonies.
