Melencolia I/Meridian/Ritual Fragment (NMC Audio CD)
Harrison Birtwistle
Melencolia I/Meridian/Ritual Fragment (NMC Audio CD)
Harrison Birtwistle
Catalogue No: NMCD009
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This disc couples two major works composed in the 1970s, Melencolia I and Meridian, a setting of love poetry, with Ritual Fragment, written in 1989. The works display Birtwistle's distinctive and forceful voice and range in mood from austere introspective journeying to moments of unbearable intensity.
Antony Pay - Clarinet
Mary King - Mezzo-soprano
Micjhael Thompson - Horn
Chrisdtopher van Kampen - Cello
London Sinfonietta Voices
London Sinfoniatta
"Needless to say, the performances, as one would expect from Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta, are exemplary... no one should hesitate before acquiring this indispensable disc."
Tempo 1993
