Composer: Eleanor Alberga, Kerry Andrew, Lili Boulanger, Olivia Chaney, Helen Grime, Emily Hall, Soosan Lolavar, Clara Schumann, Barbara Strozzi, Jeremy Thurlow, Philip Venables, Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Performer: The Hermes Experiment
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34274
Release: 2021
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Chaney: Roman Holiday
02. Strozzi: Diporte di Euterpe, Op. 7: No. 9, Tradimento!
03. Witter-Johnson: Draw the Line
04. Venables: A Photograph
05. Schumann: Liebst du um Schönheit, Op. 12 No. 4
06. Boulanger: Reflets
07. Boulanger: Attente
08. Alberga: Deep Blue Sea
09. Grime: Council Offices (from Bright Travellers)
10. Lolavar: Mâh Didam
Thurlow: Quiet Songs
11. I. La Pierre
12. II. Effacement
13. III. Pluie
Andrew: Fruit Songs
14. I. plum
15. II. blackberry
16. III. cherry
17. IV. apple
18. Hall: Befalling
Hot on the heels of their acclaimed debut project, The Hermes Experiment’s second Delphian album is an equally bold statement. Songs commissioned specially for the ensemble – by Philip Venables, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and others – are interleaved with new arrangements (of composers including Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann and Lili Boulanger) for the group’s distinctive line-up of voice, clarinet, harp and double bass. Moving and original, “Song” reinvents a genre: here every instrument is a voice in its own right, and they all carry the drama.