Special offer. Fairouz: Zabur
Michael Kelly (baritone), Dann Coakwell (tenor)
Indianapolis Children's Choir, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Eric Stark
Much of the music is slower-moving and contemplative, in places stylistically recalling Philip Glass’s Akhnaten…[the two solo parts] are sung with evident commitment by Dann Coakwell and Michael...
Special offer. Fairouz: Zabur
Michael Kelly (baritone), Dann Coakwell (tenor)
Indianapolis Children's Choir, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Eric Stark
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Much of the music is slower-moving and contemplative, in places stylistically recalling Philip Glass’s Akhnaten…[the two solo parts] are sung with evident commitment by Dann Coakwell and Michael...
About
Hailed by The New York Times as ‘an important new artistic voice’ and by Gramophone as ‘a post-millennial Schubert,’ Mohammed Fairouz is one of the most significant composers of vocal music of our time. His oratorio Zabur (Arabic for ‘psalms’) is a kind of war requiem documenting a conflict’s effects on human beings, most notably children. Though cast in a contemporary setting, in a city under siege, Fairouz evokes a timeless world, acknowledging tragedy while asserting an eternal, luminous hope that transcends the disastrous present.
Contents and tracklist
- Michael Kelly
- Indianapolis Children's Choir, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Eric Stark
- Dann Coakwell, Michael Kelly
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Children's Choir, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
- Eric Stark
Awards and reviews
January 2017
Much of the music is slower-moving and contemplative, in places stylistically recalling Philip Glass’s Akhnaten…[the two solo parts] are sung with evident commitment by Dann Coakwell and Michael Kelly. The choral controbutions are…particularly effective at Zabur’s touching conclusion…[a] worthy live recording
February 2017
The choirs delivering these psalms are precised and controlled, combining strong emotion with musical accuracy
10th February 2017
A most welcome issue, and a marvellous discovery of some really gripping and effectively written new music.
