Thus Angels Sung
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Label: Convivium
Cat No: CR0019
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 5th May 2014
Contents
Works
Drop, drop slow tearsSion's daughter
The Bellman's song
When Jesus Christ was yet a child
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
Turn thy face from my sins
Corpus Christi Carol
The trees they grow so high
My little sweet darling
Evenfall
Sea Pictures, op.37
The Song of Angels
The Holy Boy
I Saw a Maiden
Shakespeare Songs (4), op.30
The rain it raineth every day
O nata lux de lumine
Dirge for Fidele
Mystical Songs (5)
Artists
James Bowman (countertenor)Malcolm Archer (piano, organ)
Works
Drop, drop slow tearsSion's daughter
The Bellman's song
When Jesus Christ was yet a child
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
Turn thy face from my sins
Corpus Christi Carol
The trees they grow so high
My little sweet darling
Evenfall
Sea Pictures, op.37
The Song of Angels
The Holy Boy
I Saw a Maiden
Shakespeare Songs (4), op.30
The rain it raineth every day
O nata lux de lumine
Dirge for Fidele
Mystical Songs (5)
Artists
James Bowman (countertenor)Malcolm Archer (piano, organ)
About
James Bowman has been one of the world’s leading countertenors for over 40 years. His career spans opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals. In May 2011 he made his farewell to the London concert platform with a sold-out recital at London’s Wigmore Hall, singing Purcell and Handel. However, he still appears occasionally at venues away from the capital.
"There is absolutely no rhyme or reason behind the selection of pieces on this recording, and this is intentional. Every piece was chosen at random, simply because I happened to like them and wanted to record them.
I have been lucky enough to have had a recording career that started over 45 years ago, having made my first recording for His Master’s Voice, with King’s College Choir in 1967. Since then I have made some 180 recordings, stretching from black discs through tape cassettes, to CDs. Actually, I made my original demo recording on a wax disc, and this was sent to David Willcocks in Cambridge for his approval.
At the end of a recording career there are always pieces lurking at the bottom of the barrel that you wanted to record, but somehow they never seemed to fit into the scheme of things. So here are those ‘Odds & Ends’ and I have to admit they make a very disparate collection.
The only pieces actually written for counter-tenor are the three songs by Malcolm Archer and the little Grace before Dinner by Christopher Moore. Other pieces have been transposed and rearranged to suit my voice. I’ve always loved Elgar, but he wrote nothing for counter-tenor, so I’ve taken the liberty of including the lovely ‘Where corals lie’ from Sea Pictures. I wonder what Dame Clara Butt would make of this." - James Bowman
Also includes:
- Moore: Oculi Omnium
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