Composer: Augusta Read Thomas
Performer: Joey Brink, Joseph Min, Emily Kim, João Francisco Shida, Kristina Bachrach, Brian Hong, Alexander Hersh, Jordan Bak, Benjamin Baker, John Corkhill, Carmen Pelton, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Third Coast Percussion
Orchestra: Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Norman Scribner, Scott Speck
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Nimbus
Catalogue: NI6427
Release: 2022
Size: 317 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Crescat Scientia; Vita Excolatur
Upon Wings of Words
02. I. Playful, Buoyant and Spirited
03. II. Lyrical and Resonant
04. III. Energized and Animated
05. Bebop Riddle for solo marimba
06. Ring Out Wild Bells To The Wild Sky
07. Enchanted Invocation
Sonorous Earth
08. I. Invocation
09. II. Prayer
10. III. Mantra
11. IV. Reverie
For composers beyond counting, the sound of bells has been a source of magnetic fascination since time immemorial (figures as disparate as Rachmaninoff and Jonathan Harvey immediately come to mind), but few have hardwired it in their creative psyche as deeply as Augusta Read Thomas. Previous releases in this series have already included a number of such works (Carillon Sky, Resounding Earth, Bells Ring Summer, Ripple Effects), but the present volume is the first one to concentrate upon this long-standing preoccupation. Each of the three major works gathered here is prefaced by a short miniature. On the process of composition, Thomas has said that “it’s like living inside of a poem… I think of myself, and have been described as, a poet-composer. I sculpt my music akin to how poets create, refine, and polish their poems”.