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Anthony Payne: Phoenix Mass

Bbc Singers; Phillip Jones Bra

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Format: CD

Cat No: NMCD159

Release Date:  20 May 2013

Label:  NMC Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5023363015929

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary  

  • Description

    Phoenix Mass, written in 1965, was originally intended for school choir, but rapidly turned into a much bigger and more demanding work, incorporating English as well as Latin Mass texts (notably in the Gloria) and mixing spoken phrases with sung; it's scored, similarly to Stravinsky's Mass, for chorus and brass ensemble. Two other early works are The World's Winter - a chilling Tennyson setting written for soprano Jane Manning and the Nash Ensemble - and Paean, a forceful and virtuosic piano work in three sections. These three works are accompanied by Payne's 2006 Horn Trio, commissioned to celebrate a diamond wedding.

    Phoenix Mass, Paean and The World's Winter have been transferred from LP in the absence of the original masters. The Horn Trio was recorded live for BBC Radio 3

    BBC Singers

    The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / John Poole conductor

    Susan Bradshaw piano

    Jane Manning soprano

    The Nash Ensemble / Lionel Friend conductor

    Jane's Minstrels

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Kyrie - BBC Singers/The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      • 2. Gloria - BBC Singers/The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      • 3. Sanctus - BBC Singers/The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      • 4. Agnus Dei - BBC Singers/The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      • 5. Toccata - Susan Bradshaw
      • 6. Aria - Susan Bradshaw
      • 7. Paean - Susan Bradshaw
      • 8. Nothing Will Die - Jane Manning/The Nash Ensemble
      • 9. All Things Will Die - Jane Manning/The Nash Ensemble
      • 10. Horn Trio - Jane's Minstrels