| Label: harmonia mundi
Catalog: 807486
Format: SACD / CD Hybrid S. French, guitare; J. Higgins, F. Torpey, bodhran; National Chamber Choir of Ireland, directed by Paul HillierTarik O'Regan
Acallam na Senorach
An Irish Colloguy Paul Hillier leads the National Chamber Choir of Ireland and guitarist Stewart French in this
first recording of Tarik O'Regan's Acallam na Senorach: An Irish Colloquy, a work they
premiered in November 2010. Sung in English, Middle Irish, and Latin and calling for sixteen
voices, guitar and bodhran (Irish frame-drum), the score takes its title from the important
12th/13th-century narrative "Dialogue of the Elders" which follows two legendary heroes, Cailte
and Oisin, in their travels around Ireland as they retell their ancient stories to a newly-arrived
Saint Patrick. "One of the most original and eloquent of young British composers" (The
Observer, UK). "Striking, intense, captivating, are all applicable descriptions of the young
British composer Tarik O'Regan's music" (BBC Music).  Price: $22.98 |
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