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Stuart MacRae: Earth, thy cold is keenSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO In 2021, Stuart MacRae heard a recorded performance by mezzo soprano Lotte Betts Dean of The Lif of this World, his 2008 setting of an anonymous Middle English lyric. Entranced by the way she shaped its phrases and ornamentation, he immediately began to conceive new works for her voice, solo or lightly accompanied, as well as to bring to completion several other works in progress. This extraordinary flurry of

” offers a wonderfully dramatic rolling gesture to start the day: you really feel you’re in safe hands with these musician’s performances … it’s so encouraging that over half the songs on this album are world premieres: it shows the wider heritage of British song that we can be proud of … Carolyn Dobbin makes such a beautiful warm sound

The choir’s fifth Delphian recording in five years again showcases the talents of its joint directors Benjamin Nicholas and Peter Phillips

Subsequently organ scholar of Trinity College

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’] is a good example of Fontanals-Simmons’s tendency to prioritise solidity of vocal production and excellent diction over flashy point-making and expressive distortions

"This is the most beautiful record collection I have ever seen

from its pre-echoes of early classicism to sparks of undeniable romantic mood-painting

For many years Irene Drummond has been the leading exponent of contemporary song in Scotland

Its dedicatee

and are further blessed by the warm acoustic afforded by Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirk

particularly impressive is the strength in depth of the singers

Release Date: 24 July 2020

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