5060140211068

Two Voices

Fair Oriana

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Format: CD

Cat No: VCM134

Release Date:  03 September 2021

Label:  Voces8 Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060140211068

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    Two Voices is the debut album from Fair Oriana. It is an intimate and unique collection of chamber music that showcases their "bright, fresh voices", as well as their distinctive programming. Designed to draw the listener into their ethereal soundworld, Two Voices features beguiling music of the English language, mainly from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, with occasional dashes of medieval, folk and contemporary styles, including three new commissions. At its core (and the inspiration for its title) are Thomas Morley's delicate Twelve Canzonets to Two Voices (1595) which weave throughout, interspersed with other, complimentary repertoire that gives a taste of the diversity and subtle theatre of their concert programmes. Included in the album booklet are four original flower paintings by artist Gillian Barrett, inspired by the album. Fair Oriana are a soprano duo known for the purity and blend of their voices. They specialise in singing historical repertoire, and perform chamber concerts with a hint of theatre. Both members of Dame Emma Kirkby's ensemble Dowland Works, Sopranos Angela Hicks and Penelope Appleyard joined forces in 2019 to form Fair Oriana, a duo that mixes their passion for early music with contemporary influences and, at times, a dash of folk, medieval and jazz. The two singers have a natural rapport on stage, a love of musical creativity and ornamentation, and a mutual penchant for doing things a bit differently!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Go Ye My Canzonets
      • 2. When Lo, By Break of Morning
      • 3. Come Live With Me
      • 4. I Go Before My Darling
      • 5. Sweet Nymph Come to Thy Lover
      • 6. Fain Would I Change That Note
      • 7. Flora Wilt Thou Torment Me
      • 8. Lo Here Another Love
      • 9. Now Is The Month of Maying
      • 10. O Thou That Art So Cruel
      • 11. O Mistress Mine
      • 12. Fire And Lightning from Heaven Fall
      • 13. In Nets of Golden Wires
      • 14. Two Daughters of This Aged Stream
      • 15. Miraculous Love's Wounding
      • 16. Midnight Poem
      • 17. Ah Robyn
      • 18. Leave Now Mine Eyes Lamenting
      • 19. I Should for Grief and Anguish
      • 20. O Sweet Woods
      • 21. With Drooping Wings
      • 22. Eternal Source of Light Divine