Esenvalds: Northern Lights. Trinity College Choir/
Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA 68083 Format: CD Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen LaytonEsenvalds: O salutaris hostia, The new moon, Psalm 67, Trinity Te Deum, Northern Lights, The heavens’ flock, The earthly rose, Merton College Service, Rivers of light, Ubi caritas, Amazing grace, O Emmanuel, Who can sail without the wind?, Stars, Only in sleep - Northern Lights The choral music of the young Latvian composer Eriks Ešenvalds is steadily gaining appreciation across the world. The works on this new album owe their genesis to commissions from the United States, England and northern Europe and encompass ethereal expressions of uniquely arctic phenomena, American ballads and several works in the Anglican tradition - the fruits of the composer’s recent residency at Trinity College Cambridge. Trinity College Choir Cambridge here returns the compliment, as it were, with superlative performances of these varied and engaging works, all recorded under the watchful eye of the composer and conductor Stephen Layton. Price: $22.98 |