Release Date: 1 January 1993
This album couples two major works composed in the 1970s, Melencolia I and Meridian, a setting of love poetry, with Ritual Fragment, written in 1989. The works display Birtwistle's distinctive and forceful voice and range in mood from austere introspective journeying to moments of unbearable intensity.
Antony Pay clarinet
Mary King mezzo-soprano
Michael Thompson horn
Christopher van Kampen cello
London Sinfonietta Voices
London Sinfoniatta
Oliver Knussen conductor
AUDIO
REVIEWS
'Needless to say, the performances, as one would expect from Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta, are exemplary ... no one should hesitate before acquiring this indispensable disc.' Tempo
RECORDING CREDITS
Engineers: Tryggvi Tryggvason, Andrew Hallifax, Geoffrey Miles for Modus Music
Producers: Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews
Editing & mastering: Marian Freeman for Modus Music