In addition, being forced to access lyrics to eight of the 10 pieces on Naxos' website is a drag for anyone not enamored of their hand-held devices. The clarity of Polyphony's marvelous Whitacre recording, Cloudburst and Other Choral Works (Hyperion), is missed. What they did not have, unfortunately, is an engineer who could capture sufficient detail in St. On his first day in the choir, which he joined because of some pretty girls in the soprano section, they rehearsed the Kyrie from Mozart 's Requiem - and, says Whitacre, 'My life was profoundly changed on that day, and I became a choir geek of the highest order. Cloudburst - Eric Whitacre The Text El cántaro roto La lluvia Ojos de aqua de sombra, ojos de agua de pozo, ojos de aqua de sueño. They also have wonderful control of dynamics. LyricsGo, Lovely Rose Eric Whitacre Cloudburst and Other Choral Works I Thank You God for Most This Amazing Day I Hide Myself Sleep I Will Wade Out Go.
The Elora Festival Singers boast a truly radiant soprano section that can easily float the highest notes. I especially favor a rendition by Cantus, a small, all-male choir headquartered in Minneapolis. They include "Sleep," a mostly soft, haunting journey that comes over you and almost without your knowing inhabits your every cell, and "Lux aurumque," which is almost too gorgeous for words. Naxos' recording with the Elora Festival Singers of Elora, Ontario, under their founder Noel Edison, presents a representative sampling of Whitacre's work.
His music, with its easily assimilated, almost otherworldly strangeness and ethereal beauty, touches a deep core within our being. Eric Whitacre (1970-present), accomplished composer, conductor and lecturer is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. The reasons for his fame are abundantly clear on this new budget CD from Naxos. Even before his YouTube Virtual Choir recording of Lux aurumque ( Light of Gold ) became an international hit, Nevada-born Eric Whitacre, 40, had become the golden boy of American choral music.
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