Weir: Vanishing Bridegroom
) | Label: NMC Recordings Catalog: NMCD196 Format: CD Tynan; Stéphany; Tortise; Gilhooly; Lemalu; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; BrabbinsComposed by: Weir, Judith Judith Weir's 1990 opera takes three Scottish folktales, all concerned with disappearance: The Inheritance features a runaway bride, a singing forest and a lost sum of gold; The Disappearance tells of a man abducted by supernatural forces; and The Stranger is the story of an independent-minded girl wooed by the devil in disguise. Weir's writing combines lush descriptive soundscapes with ethereal choruses and Gaelic folk melodies; the romanticism of the three tales is offset by the sardonic humor and down-to-earth attitude of their protagonists, and of the composer herself.  Price: $48.98 |