John Corigliano: Fern Hill / L'Invitation au Voyage / Cecil Effinger: Four Pastorales / Four Songs about Birds / Mel Powell: Sweet Lovers Love the Spring / Six Love Songs - Oregon Repertory Singers
On this CD:
1. Fern Hill
Composed by John Corigliano
Performed by Oregon Repertory Singers
2. Pastorales (4) for chorus & oboe
Composed by Cecil Effinger
Performed by Oregon Repertory Singers
3. Sweet Lovers Love the Spring, for chorus of treble voices with piano
Composed by Mel Powell
Performed by Oregon Repertory Singers
4. L'Invitation au Voyage
Composed by John Corigliano
Performed by Oregon Repertory Singers
5. Love Songs (6) for chorus
Composed by Mel Powell
Performed by Oregon Repertory Singers
6. Songs (4) About Birds, for chorus & flutes
Composed by Cecil Effinger
Performed by Oregon Repertory Singers
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The question is, how badly do you want a disc of very well-sung but not so great music? Here is a selective survey of relatively recent American choral music--and heaven knows we could use more first-rate recordings that cover such repertoire. The disc features two substantial works by John Corigliano and some relatively minor and unremarkable choral pieces by jazz pianist Mel Powell and band composer Cecil Effinger. The Corigliano selections were first recorded by the Kansas City Chorale (on Nimbus), and even this outstanding choir couldn't elevate the often meandering, clumsy, and ineffective writing beyond the level of merely interesting. Here, the Oregon Repertory Singers show a fine polish and well-rehearsed enthusiasm that would be far better applied to more substantive scores. Dylan Thomas's "Fern Hill" and Baudelaire's "L'invitation au voyage" quite simply embody such music in their texts that it's merely spoiled in settings that miss the poems' inherent sounds and rhythms. --David Vernier
John Corigliano: Fern Hill / L'Invitation au Voyage / Cecil Effinger: Four Pastorales / Four Songs about Birds / Mel Powell: Sweet Lovers Love the Spring / Six Love Songs - Oregon Repertory Singers, Music, John Corigliano, Cecil Effinger, Mel Powell, Oregon Repertory Singers, Gibert Seeley, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Secular Music for Soloist & Chorus
Music Review:
Recommended Music:
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (20 Bit Mastering) [Original recording remastered]
Maxximum [Limited Edition] [Import]
Records [Original recording remastered]
Murfreesboro in the Mix, Vol. 1