Finzi. Intimations Of Immortality. Corydon Singers
Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDH 55432 Format: CD John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew BestFinzi: Intimations of Immortality, Dies natalis This reissue brings together two of Finzi's most characteristic works. Dies natalis, a setting of prose and verse by the seventeenth-century metaphysical poet Thomas Traherne, vividly suggests the vision of a child's innocence and unsullied perception of the world. Intimations of Immortality is by contrast a lament for the lost joys of Traherne's idealized childhood. Finzi uses Wordsworth's famous ode to convey his view that "a dead poet lives in many a live stockbroker" and the result is a work of arresting beauty. Price: $13.98 |