Tapestry, the Boston-based women's trio, is joined by five other singers and instrumentalists in the album of music devoted to women's stories. The selections range from Medieval motets to European and American folk song to Romantic choral music to newly composed pieces. Most of the pieces have an early music/folk-like simplicity and purity that give them an immediate, direct appeal. The performances are wonderfully appealing as well; the singing is impassioned and unaffected, and the instruments -- harp, vielle, fiddle, ...
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Tapestry, the Boston-based women's trio, is joined by five other singers and instrumentalists in the album of music devoted to women's stories. The selections range from Medieval motets to European and American folk song to Romantic choral music to newly composed pieces. Most of the pieces have an early music/folk-like simplicity and purity that give them an immediate, direct appeal. The performances are wonderfully appealing as well; the singing is impassioned and unaffected, and the instruments -- harp, vielle, fiddle, and cello -- provide a colorful, atmospheric accompaniment. Singers Laurie Monahan, Cristi Catt, and Daniela Tosic, joined on several tracks by Carolann Buff, Diana Brewer (and bass Darrick Yee in the excerpts from Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) sing with clear, straight tone and flawless intonation, and their voices are colorfully varied. The programming of complementary repertoire is inspired -- the contemporary pieces by Marcos Krieger, Ivan Moody, Joan Szymko,...
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Add this copy of Faces of a Woman to cart. $33.22, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Md&G Records.
Add this copy of Tapestry to cart. $43.01, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by MDG.