Muhly Seeing is Believing
An electric violin concerto by this much-vaunted American composer
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Composer or Director: Nico Muhly, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 9/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 4782731
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Seeing is Believing |
Nico Muhly, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ Nico Muhly, Composer Thomas Gould, Violin |
Miserere mei, Deus |
William Byrd, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ William Byrd, Composer |
Motion |
Nico Muhly, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ Nico Muhly, Composer |
This is the record of John |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ Orlando Gibbons, Composer |
By All Means |
Nico Muhly, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ Nico Muhly, Composer |
Bow thine ear |
William Byrd, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ William Byrd, Composer |
Step Team |
Nico Muhly, Composer
Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Organ Nico Muhly, Composer |
Author: Richard_Whitehouse
Perhaps due to their relative brevity, Motion and By All Means seem more satisfying: the former a pithy study in rhythmic punning, the latter suffuses an unlikely take on Weelkes and Webern with an unpredictability intriguing in its deft provocation. Less inventive though hardly less resourceful than, say, Adès’s Couperin transcriptions, the Elizabethan realisations are tailor-made encores ensembles such as the Aurora no doubt seize upon gratefully. John Rutter’s production, together with the informative notes and stylish packaging, enhance a disc that can hardly be faulted for first impressions.
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