Percy Grainger: The Jungle Book (CD)

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

The Jungle Book

John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Libby Crabtree, Stephen Layton

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Percy Grainger (1882-1961): The Jungle Book, CD

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Künstler: Libby Crabtree, John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Polyphony Choir & Orchestra, Stephen Layton
Label: Hyperion, DDD, 1996
Bestellnummer: 4302001
Erscheinungstermin: 1.2.2011
Serie: Helios

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This reissue commemorates the 50th anniversary of Grainger’s death in February 1961.

Harmonium, four guitars, two mandolas, two mandolins, two ukuleles, piccolo, three clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, two alto saxophones, horn, strings, piano, baritone and choir: and that's just the scoring for one piece, the famous sea shanty Shallow Brown.

Grainger's Jungle Book cycle is here recorded for the first time. The eleven contrasting movements vividly portray the sentiments of Kipling's poetry and Grainger wrote of the cycle that it was 'composed as a protest against civilization'.

Rezensionen

'This disc offers a sympathetic, endearing portrait of a composer too often valued for his wackiness and eccentricity alone' (Classic CD)

'Unquestionably an important and relishable release' (Hi Fi News)

'A capella singing at its very finest' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'Ce superbe album vient confirmer l'extraordinaire intuition de Grainger pour l'écriture chorale. La perfection des solistes, des choeurs et des ensembles instrumentaux permet d'apprécier dans ces moindres nuances le sauvage raffinement de Grainger' (Diapason, France)