It would be easy to conclude that this release by the Scots medieval ensemble Canty represented an attempt to milk the perenniallly successful sales lodes of sensuously sung plainchant and Celtic music, but that's not really what it's about. The Celtic element, largely in the manifestation of William Taylor's Celtic harp, flavors the whole, but it's not really the central point. Instead the program is based on a linkage of medieval and modern choral material. The medieval pieces, some of them monophonic and some polyphonic, ...
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It would be easy to conclude that this release by the Scots medieval ensemble Canty represented an attempt to milk the perenniallly successful sales lodes of sensuously sung plainchant and Celtic music, but that's not really what it's about. The Celtic element, largely in the manifestation of William Taylor's Celtic harp, flavors the whole, but it's not really the central point. Instead the program is based on a linkage of medieval and modern choral material. The medieval pieces, some of them monophonic and some polyphonic, come from a variety of Scottish sources. They're interspersed, generally alternating but sometimes in pairs, with contemporary pieces that expand on medieval sounds. The mood is generally contemplative and sweet, but the strength of this release lies in the variety of the program within these parameters: the contemporary composers, most of whom are Scottish, make different uses of the medieval models. You might find fault with several aspects of this recording if you were in the...
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