Simon Holt - Sparrow Night

ID: NMCD008 (EAN: 5023363000826)  | 1 CD | DDD
Released in: 2007

LABEL:

NMC

Collection:

Vocal Collection

Subcollection:

Voices and Chamber Ensemble

Composers:

HOLT, Simon

Interprets:

KIMM, Fiona (mezzo-soprano)

Ensembles:

Nash Ensemble

Conductors:

FRIEND, Lionel

Other info:

Simon Holt is one of Britain's most compelling compositional voices, and this disc showcases his earlier writing: Canciones sets Spanish folk lyrics and a poem by Lorca, while ...era madrugada is an enigmatic instrumental work based on another Lorca poem, describing a mysterious death.

Simon Holt:
...era madrugada
Canciones: Fiona Kimm (mezzo- soprano)
Shadow Realm
Sparrow Night

"These works, all from the 1980s, confirm [Holt] as one of the most distinctive and successful composers of his generation."
Gramophone Critics' Choice 1993