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Voices 1900/2000: A Choral Journey through the 20th Features
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Voices 1900/2000 a choral journey through the twen
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brand: DELOS.
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manufacturer: Delos
About Voices 1900/2000: A Choral Journey Through The 20th
Review Most of the music chosen glows with spiritual life... Vance George is a top-flight choral conductor who knows how to create a gorgeously hushed choral sound, then takes his time with the music so we can revel in its beauty right along with him. -- American Record Guide The beautiful singing of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (including some exceptional solo work), the subtly nuanced sound, and texts that speak of the gently redemptive links between love and death, make a tremendous effect. The recording, made in Davies Symphony Hall where the San Francisco Symphony performs, has a natural sense of space as if it were illuminated by an audio equivalent of light. -- Gramophone Magazine Product description Oeuvres de Tavener, Ligeti, Debussy, Badings, Poulenc, Rütti, Thompson, Copland, Kernis, Susa, Lauridsen, Barber, Monk, Kern & Bernstein / Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de San Francisco, dir. V. George From the Artist Voices 1900/2000 is a choral portrait of the past century. It is a story of Romanticism, Expressionism, Impressionism and Minimalism. The twentieth century invented new music and searched for truth in other cultures and religions. It was a century of experimentation, a kind of "anything goes." But, any style eventually exhausts itself: Schoenberg's atonality, Stravinsky's neo-classicism, Orff's neo-medievalism, folk-flavored nationalism of Kodály, Hindemith's Gebrauchsmusik, the neo-Romanticism of Prokofiev and Britten, or the avant-garde of Cage, Berio, Penderecki and Lutoslawski. Listeners and composers created a dartboard effect; one composer would suggest an idea or style and others would throw darts at the same bull's-eye... The repertory for this retrospective was chosen for its quality and because it represents a major style. We hope you will find this an engaging view of the 20th century. It has provided us with humbling insights as we look back and smile. To paraphrase Beethoven: May this go from our hearts to your heart. -- Vance George
