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Into the Light: Music for Guitar and ChorusThe Sixteen Chorus/Choir, Kaori Muraji Guitar
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Into the Light is something of a departure for Harry Christophers and the Sixteen, the British mixed ensemble specializing in vocal music of the Renaissance. In this album they join forces with guitarist Kaori Muraji in a program made up of a variety of risky-sounding arrangements, including an abbreviated choral version of Pachelbel's Canon in D to a text by Oscar Wilde, and a section of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances with guitar accompaniment, in addition to a few unaltered Renaissance works. Perhaps it should not be surprising that a group as distinguished as the Sixteen and a conductor of such impeccable taste as Christophers is able to bring off this kind of daring enterprise with such success. There is no cheesiness in evidence at all, and even the most dubious ventures, such as Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5, originally for voice and eight celli, arranged here for chorus and guitar, are fully persuasive. This is largely due to the skillful and ingenious arrangements of Bob Chilcott, a fine composer in his own right. Credit also must go to the Sixteen and Christophers for their beautifully nuanced and vocally pure performances. Muraji's playing is self-effacing or flamboyantly virtuosic, as the music requires, and she shines in several solos. Among the most effective pieces are the Pachelbel/Wilde Canon, the Villa-Lobos, and a lusty arrangement of Gaspar Fernandez's A negrito de cucurumbé. Decca's sound is clean and ideally balanced. This might be classified as a crossover album, a genre that flirts with the possibility of being unsatisfactory to audiences on either side of the divide it's intended to straddle, but this is the rare album that ought to be pleasing to both. © Stephen Eddins, All Music Guide
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Juan de Anchieta ComposerCon amores, la mi madre for 4 voices Work |
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| 1 | Con amores, la mi madre for 4 voices | 2:35 |
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| 2 | 1.Canon | 3:37 |
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Tomás Luis de Victoria ComposerO quam gloriosum est regnum (a4) Work
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Harry Christophers Chorus/Choir Director,
Jonathan Arnold Bass,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Libby Crabtree Soprano,
Kaori Muraji Guitar
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| 3 | 1.Part 1 | 4:12 |
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| 4 | 2.Part 2 | 2:25 |
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Harry Christophers Chorus/Choir Director,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Kaori Muraji Guitar,
Grace Davidson Soprano
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| 5 | 1.Prelude No.1 in E-: Andantino expressivo (Melodia lírica: Homenagem ao sertanejo brasileiro) | 4:50 |
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| 6 | 3.Prelude No.3 in A-: Andante (Homenagem a Bach) | 3:43 |
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| 7 | 2.Prelude No.2 in E: Andantino (Melodia capadócia. Melodia capoeira: Homenagem ao malandro carioca) | 2:59 |
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| 8 | 4.Prelude No.4 in E-: Lent. Animato (Homenagem ao índio brasileiro) | 3:53 |
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| 9 | 5.Prelude No.5 in D: Poco animato (Homenagem à vida social: Aos rapazinhos e mocinhas fresquinhos que frequenta) | 3:44 |
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Gaspar Fernandez ComposerA negrito de cucurumbé (villancico) Work
Harry Christophers Chorus/Choir Director,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Libby Crabtree Soprano,
Kaori Muraji Guitar,
Frances Bourne Alto
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| 10 | A negrito de cucurumbé (villancico) | 2:53 |
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| 11 | 1.Aria (Cantilena) | 7:10 |
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Francisco Tárrega ComposerRecuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar Work
Kaori Muraji Guitar
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| 12 | Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar | 4:12 |
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Harry Christophers Chorus/Choir Director,
Eamon Dougan Bass,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Kaori Muraji Guitar
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| 13 | 3.Procesión | 1:57 |
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| 14 | 4.Paso | 2:25 |
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| 15 | 5.Saeta | 2:27 |
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| 16 | 8.God grant we grace (canon) | 2:17 |
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Tomás Luis de Victoria ComposerAlma Redemptoris mater (a5) Work
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Harry Christophers Chorus/Choir Director,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Libby Crabtree Soprano,
Kaori Muraji Guitar
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| 17 | 1.Part 1 | 2:12 |
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| 18 | 2.Part 2 | 2:49 |
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Kaori Muraji Guitar
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| 19 | Cançó del Lladre, for guitar (from Canciones populares catalanas) | 1:59 |
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| 20 | Polovtsian Dances (excerpt arr. for guitar and chorus) | 4:14 |
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