Not no faceless Angel
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GABRIEL JACKSON
Not no faceless Angel
Polyphony / Stephen Layton
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 December 2010
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"There are many striking features of this ravishing disc, beautifully and imaginatively performed by Stephen Layton and Polyphony. There are hints here and there of Monteverdi, Stravinsky, Poulenc perhaps, yet I sense Jackson's profound affinity with English choral music from the time of the Eton Choirbook to the present."
(Gramophone)
"full-blooded in sonority, ... emphatic and beefy bass sound"
(Daily Telegraph)
"Not no faceless Angel', which takes a poem on bereavement as its basis. …is triumphantly holistic in its impact, with some soaring, ecstatic soprano writing particularly catching the ear, and a wistful, touchingly deployed harmonic scheme etching out the poem's poignant emotions. ...Salve regina 2, is quite different in style and character, with trill-like and nimbly arpeggiated effects built into the divided soprano writing, a more conservative use of harmony, and a predominantly bright, cheerful disposition. In this particular repertoire, it's difficult to imagine performances of greater distinction."
(BBC Music Five Stars)
"There are many striking features of this ravishing disc, beautifully and imaginatively performed by Stephen Layton and Polyphony. There are hints here and there of Monteverdi, Stravinsky, Poulenc perhaps, yet I sense Jackson's profound affinity with English choral music from the time of the Eton Choirbook to the present."
(Gramophone)
Tracks:
To Morning 'O holy virgin! clad in purest white'
Song (I gaze upon you)
Cecilia Virgo
Orbis patrator optime
Ave Maria
Hymn to the Trinity 'Honor, virtus et potestas'
Not no faceless Angel 'Another photograph to put on a shelf'
(with Clare O'Connell, cello, & Katherine Bicknell, flute)
O sacrum convivum
Lux mortuorum 'Crystal points tug on million year filaments'
Salve Regina
Salve Regina 2
