Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems
) | Label: Linn Records Catalog: CKD 427 Format: Hybrid SACD Phantasm; Choir of Magdalen College Oxford; HydeComposed by: Ward, John Featuring ambitious and accomplished music for voices and viols, ‘Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems’ offers a privileged glimpse of a special moment in English music history. + The four-part viol fantasies show a fluent and skillful style exemplifying Jacobean consort fantasy at its best. + The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Emily Ashton and Christopher Terepin join Phantasm to perform Ward’s verse anthems that contain an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of textures and generous word painting amidst a polyphonic swirl of viols. + This recording is a fitting tribute to John Ward, whose efforts have been rediscovered in our own time and whose mellifluous music deserves a closer look. + The award-winning ensemble has been applauded across the globe for its moving performances and is recognized as the most exciting viol consort active on the world scene today. + Critics have described their performances and recordings as 'intoxicating', 'revelatory', 'electrifying', and ‘interpretations pervaded by a truly burning spirit'.  Price: $33.98 |