Composer: Benjamin Britten, Dietrich Buxtehude, Trish Clowes, Peter Maxwell Davies, Brian Eno, Nico Muhly, Astor Piazzólla, Henry Purcell, Ottorino Respighi, Max Richter, Yann Tiersen
Performer: Victoria Brawn, Guy Schalom, Trish Clowes, Nicky Spence, Francesca Moore-Bridger, Jim Moray, David Le Page, David Gordon, Mark Ashford, Diane Clarke, Eleanor Turner, Sally Harrop
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan
Conductor: Daniele Rosina
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD694
Release: 2021
Size: 1.25 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Richter: On The Nature Of Daylight
02. Respighi: Gli Uccelli: La Columba
03. anon.: La Rotta
04. Buxtehude: Mit Fried und Freud, ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76 / 1
05. Purcell: What power art thou? (from King Arthur, Z628)
06. Page: A Prayer
07. Muhly: Confessions: Dog and Frog
08. anon.: William of Barbary
09. Tiersen: Comptine d’Un Autre Été: l’après-midi
10. Piazzólla: Oblivion
11. Curtis, Sumner, Morris, Hook: New Dawn Fades
12. Clowes: Bounce
13. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings: II. Pastoral
14. Barrett: See Emily Play
15. Davies: Farewell to Stromness
16. Eno: An Ending (Ascent)
Following the success of their last album, “Timelapse”, this new album from Orchestra of the Swan is a collection of extraordinary works connected by ideas of pilgrimage, contemplation, exploration and enlightenment through the works of composers such as Richter, Respighi, Britten, Piazzolla, Brian Eno, Nico Muhly, Joy Division and more. As with “Timelapse”, the joy is to be found in discovering the surprising and delightful connections between culturally disparate and musically contrasting time periods.
Labyrinths have been an important part of humanity’s cultural landscape for thousands of years; from the Ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur to the intriguing stories of Jorge Luis Borges and Umberto Eco. Our overwhelming desire to find patterns and “the hidden truth” is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the subversive and complex vistas of music. Formed in 1995, Orchestra of the Swan is a British chamber orchestra which, under the artistic direction of David Le Page, is passionate about audience inclusivity and blurring the lines between genres, through its adventurous and accessible programming.