Release Date: 30 September 2006
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363012126
Genres: Classical Contemporary
Description
This disc from Julian Anderson celebrates his residency with Birmingham's ensembles from 2001-2005.
Book of Hours, one of three live recordings on the disc, combines ensemble and live electronics in a tribute to two great glories of late medieval art - the illuminations of the Très riches heures du Duc de Berry and the Dame à la licorne tapestries held in Paris; it uses electronic sound as (in the composer's words) 'an extra colour … rather as gold-leaf might be applied in a Medieval manuscript'.
Tracklisting
Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz
Freya Waley-Cohen, Manchester Collective, Heloise Werner, Katie Bray, Fleur Barron, Tamsin Waley-Co
Slide Action
Siwan Rhys
BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Alice Farnham
Lisa Illean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, GBSR Duo, Juliet Fraser, Explore Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth, Huw Wa
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
