Ēriks Ešenvalds: Translations
Kate Ledington (soprano), Maeve Stier (soprano), Celine Clark (alto), Juan Castaneda (tenor), Jonathan Roberts (bass), David Walters (handbell), Anna Krytenberg (soprano), Savannah Panah (soprano), Gina Rizk (soprano), Joel Bluestone (glockenspiel), Florian Conzetti (vibraphone), Rebecca Yakos (soprano),...
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
Portland State Chamber Choir produces a beautifully blended sound in Ešenvalds’s multi-layered, atmospheric music – although a whole disc of it does begin to pall after a while. Probably best...
Ēriks Ešenvalds: Translations
Kate Ledington (soprano), Maeve Stier (soprano), Celine Clark (alto), Juan Castaneda (tenor), Jonathan Roberts (bass), David Walters (handbell), Anna Krytenberg (soprano), Savannah Panah (soprano), Gina Rizk (soprano), Joel Bluestone (glockenspiel), Florian Conzetti (vibraphone), Rebecca Yakos (soprano),...
Purchase product
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
Portland State Chamber Choir produces a beautifully blended sound in Ešenvalds’s multi-layered, atmospheric music – although a whole disc of it does begin to pall after a while. Probably best...
About
The multi-award-winning Latvian composer riks Eenvalds 21stcentury choral sound is both exquisite and angular, and in this album he explores ideas of translation, legend and the divine. With his expanded tonality and employment of shimmering singing handbells in Translation, and the angelic use of the viola and cello in In paradisum he creates music of ravishing refinement. In The Legend of the Walled-In Woman Eenvalds transcribes and employs an authentic Albanian folk song.
Artists
Kate Ledington (soprano), Maeve Stier (soprano), Celine Clark (alto), Juan Castaneda (tenor), Jonathan Roberts (bass), David Walters (handbell), Anna Krytenberg (soprano), Savannah Panah (soprano), Gina Rizk (soprano), Joel Bluestone (glockenspiel), Florian Conzetti (vibraphone), Rebecca Yakos (soprano), Bryanna West (alto), Jereme Wilkie (tenor), Ulises Zavaleta (tenor), Jorden Moss (baritone), Rex Bennett (bass), Charles Noble (viola), Marilyn de Oliveira (cello), Portland State University Chamber Choir, Ethan Sperry
Contents and tracklist
- Kate Ledington (soprano), Maeve Stier (soprano)
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
- Maeve Stier (soprano), Celine Clark (alto), Juan Castaneda (tenor), Jonathan Roberts (bass), David Walters (handbell)
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
- Anna Krytenberg (soprano), Savannah Panah (soprano), Gina Rizk (soprano)
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
- Joel Bluestone (glockenspiel), Florian Conzetti (vibraphone)
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
- Rebecca Yakos (soprano), Savannah Panah (soprano), Bryanna West (alto), Jereme Wilkie (tenor), Ulises Zavaleta (tenor), Jorden Moss (baritone), Rex Bennett (bass)
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
- Charles Noble (viola), Marilyn de Oliveira (cello)
- Portland State University Chamber Choir
- Ethan Sperry
Awards and reviews
-
Gramophone MagazineMay 2020Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone MagazineCritics' Choice 2020
June 2020
Portland State Chamber Choir produces a beautifully blended sound in Ešenvalds’s multi-layered, atmospheric music – although a whole disc of it does begin to pall after a while. Probably best consumed in bite-size chunks.
May 2020
Ethan Sperry’s immaculate Portland State Chamber Choir clearly relish the luscious choral textures, which often expand into 16 parts. The engineering captures with great clarity both this sense of spaciousness (helped by the resonant acoustic of the church recording venue) and the extreme dynamic range. All the solo vocal contributions are magnificent...A stunning, timely triumph, therefore, full of ravishing, transformative and deeply touching music.
