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The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers - A la Gloire de Dieu: Works by Ives, Stravinsky, Tippett & Poulenc (1995)

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The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers - A la Gloire de Dieu: Works by Ives, Stravinsky, Tippett & Poulenc (1995)

À la Gloire de Dieu: Works by Ives, Stravinsky, Tippett & Poulenc (1995)
The Sixteen; BBC Philharmonic; Harry Christophers, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 212 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 156 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Collins | # 14462 | Time: 01:03:15

The Sixteen, bright stars of the Baroque, have plenty to say on 20th-century repertoire (witness their excellent Britten series on Collins). Underpin them with the BBC Philharmonic and it might seem a magic formula. Ives’s unearthly The Unanswered Question holds few problems for instrumental players weaned on Maxwell Davies – no more than do the brilliant wind roulades of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms. Deft BBC teamwork and a chamber articulation to woodwind and brass helps this Koussevitzky-commissioned masterpiece to shed its often hammy ‘big band’ sound, creeping closer to the subtle, leaner sonorities of his later choral works. It gains. The singing varies. Too many dynamic shifts sound prosaic or under-prepared; fortes are forced, with muddy results. The vocal blend (happier in lower voices) can seem haphazard and colours the Tippett, where the men’s roars – contrast the lovely, sensual soprano solo – seem crude. Get this disc, instead, for the rare, late Poulenc – his New York-commissioned Sept répons. It is a curiously under-recorded devotional work, bleeding with pathos yet pumping energy, its exoticism enhanced by slightly breathy, tender solos, and scintillatingly sung with just those crucial missing qualities of awe and freshness. A million times more refined than what goes before.

Review by Roderic Dunnett, BBC Music Magazine

The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers - A la Gloire de Dieu: Works by Ives, Stravinsky, Tippett & Poulenc (1995)



The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers - A la Gloire de Dieu: Works by Ives, Stravinsky, Tippett & Poulenc (1995)



Tracklist:

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
01. The Unanswered Question (5:14)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Symphony of Psalms
02. Part I (3:00)
03. Part II (6:46)
04. Part III (10:28)

Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
Five Negro Spirituals from 'A Child of Our Time'
05. 1. Steal Away (2:46)
06. 2. Nobody Knows (1:29)
07. 3. Go Down, Moses (2:47)
08. 4. By and By (1:26)
09. 5. Deep River (3:32)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sept Répons des Ténèbres
10. I. Una hora (3:30)
11. II. Judas, mercator pessimus (2:37)
12. III. Jesum tradidit (4:25)
13. IV. Caligaverunt (2:40)
14. V. Tenebrae factae sunt (4:03)
15. VI. Sepulto Domino (2:55)
16. VII. Ecce quomodo (5:37)


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The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Harry Christophers / Poulenc - Sept Répons des Ténèbres - Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms - Ives - The Unanswered Question

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DR17 -12.89 dB -42.02 dB 5:14 01-Ives - The Unanswered Question
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DR14 -0.95 dB -24.20 dB 6:46 03-Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms - Part II
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The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers - A la Gloire de Dieu: Works by Ives, Stravinsky, Tippett & Poulenc (1995)

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