O Guiding Light, a 2011 release by the Sixteen and Harry Christophers, has all the hallmarks that tend to characterize their performances: crystalline intonation, sumptuous tonal luster, expansive dynamic range, and acute musical insight. This album includes nine contemporary works, three each by three British composers, mostly setting texts by 16th century Spanish mystics Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross. Each of the pieces is attractive on its own, but the tracks by Tarik O'Regan leap out because of his ...
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O Guiding Light, a 2011 release by the Sixteen and Harry Christophers, has all the hallmarks that tend to characterize their performances: crystalline intonation, sumptuous tonal luster, expansive dynamic range, and acute musical insight. This album includes nine contemporary works, three each by three British composers, mostly setting texts by 16th century Spanish mystics Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross. Each of the pieces is attractive on its own, but the tracks by Tarik O'Regan leap out because of his especially assured handling of the voices; his control of magical choral textures; his harmonic language, which is exquisitely sweet without being cloying; and the depth of his insight into the texts. The distinctiveness and substance of O'Regan's pieces make the other works, as appealing as they are, pale in comparison. All of the composers set Saint Teresa's famous prayer, "Nada te turbe" (Let Nothing Trouble You), and their settings exemplify the differences in their approaches....
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