seeline Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 the cover art looks like it's pre-Raphaelite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) the cover art looks like it's pre-Raphaelite... Yes, Hyperion know their stuff and would have chosen carefully. I don't know a great deal about Boughton but suspect he was part of that world (or the early 20thC version). Edited December 6, 2013 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Been enjoying Britten's A Boy is Born on this BBC CD from ten years ago. It also includes Respighi's L'Adorazione dei Magi and Honegger's Une Cantate de Nöel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re. Honegger's politics there's this http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/arts/music/29chant.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Been enjoying Britten's A Boy is Born on this BBC CD from ten years ago. It also includes Respighi's L'Adorazione dei Magi and Honegger's Une Cantate de Nöel. Try listening to 'A Boy Was Born' after midnight in Christmas week. The way those voices just seem to weightlessly lift and freely intermingle is positively spooky. Enjoying another Britten disc for this time of year: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Litweiler Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Berlioz:L'Enfance du Christ - especially the trio for 2 flutes and harp, one of my very favorite pieces. The 2-CD album I have seems to be OOP. It's Charles Munch / Boston Symphony and includes Les nuits d'ete by Leontyne Price w. Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Another beautiful one. Not recommended for the office Xmas party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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