The focus of this album by veteran British a cappella choir the Sixteen is a little diffuse, but it hardly matters, for the music is ideally suited to the talents of this fine mixed-gender adult group. The cover with Brueghel's painting of the Tower of Babel suggests one thing while the title The Earth Resounds another, and the booklet comment that "in each case the composer has pushed beyond the normal bounds of artistic and technical orthodoxy to release the dramatic potential of the words" something else yet again. And ...
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The focus of this album by veteran British a cappella choir the Sixteen is a little diffuse, but it hardly matters, for the music is ideally suited to the talents of this fine mixed-gender adult group. The cover with Brueghel's painting of the Tower of Babel suggests one thing while the title The Earth Resounds another, and the booklet comment that "in each case the composer has pushed beyond the normal bounds of artistic and technical orthodoxy to release the dramatic potential of the words" something else yet again. And in fact what the listener finally gets isn't well summarized by any of these ideas: the texts, most of which are conventional, aren't particularly dramatic, and the music doesn't break boundaries in a signficant way. "The Earth Resounds" comes closest: these are substantial, imposing works that gain in impact as the requirements of such a piece are filtered through the languages of Josquin, Brumel (represented by two movements of the 12-part Missa et ecce terraemotus, which perhaps...
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Antoine Brumel; Josquin Des Prez; Orlande de Lassus. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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