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John Potter etc.(ECM)The tenor John Potter has been a Genesis fan since the 1970s, and there’s an audible dose of mutual fandom at the heart of this moody collection of lute songs old and new, plus the worthy breakdown of distinctions between “art song” and “pop song”. The disc mixes sumptuous Campion and Picforth originals with arrangements of Warlock and Moeran and rather earnest settings by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. Potter sings with a straight, breathy voice, determined not to sound too classical. He’s well-matched in duets by Anna Maria Friman, who also provides gentle drones on Hardanger fiddle. Lutists Ariel Abramovich and Jacob Heringman strum pliantly. Best of the new numbers is Sting’s Bury Me Deep in the Greenwood, written for the 1991 film Robin Hood and full of those twisting melodies and tugging rhythms that make Sting such a phenomenal songwriter. Continue reading... […]
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EarlyMusicNews.org
2012-06-27 02:00:00
(UK) Local Secrets Guide Review: "Trio Mediaeval Trio meets Trinity in an ethereal Smorgasbord" by By Jane Bower (3 jun 2012)
“Three women’s voices and a trumpet in Trinity College Chapel - my mind had already decided what sound we were in for. But this was Trio Mediaeval and Arve Henriksen - a very different kettle of Gravadlax. Part of the heart-lifting Festival of the Voice series run by Cambridge Early Music, this was a banquet of Scandinavian fare featuring, like any good spread, the unexpected as well as the traditional. Trio Mediaeval - Sweden's Anna Maria Friman, and Norway's Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Berit Opheim Versto …
2012-05-03 17:04:27
[…] turn poignant and lugubrious. More affecting was the sequence of six of the Laude that Bryars has based on a manuscript collection from 13th-century Cortona and set primarily for soprano and tenor with a quartet of instruments. Viola, cello and double bass – the composer himself the ever-dignified presiding figure on bass – might be ghostly viols, but the addition of electric guitar added a metallic edge to balance the bewitching voice of Anna Maria Friman. Lauda 42, Salutiam Divotamente, given its premiere here, was testimony to the inspiration Friman's sound quality has been for Bryars.Philip Glass and Qigang Chen figure large in the festival; so, too, does the Danish Per Nørgård, who celebrates his 80th birthday in July. His compatriots, the dynamic young Ensemble MidtVest, gave performances of Images of Arresø for oboe and piano, and of Spell for clarinet, cello and piano. Each had moments of haunting, flowing […]
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EarlyMusicNews.org
2012-02-21 01:00:00
(UK) Ciconia Ensemble
EarlyMusicNews.org Weblinks Revisited The Ciconia Ensemble is dedicated to the music of the late 14th/early 15th centuries, especially the so-called Ars Subtilior, that uniquely difficult and wonderful music that flourished briefly in France and northern Italy. The group consists of Anna Maria Friman (soprano), John Potter (tenor), Susanna Pell and Jacob Heringman (lutes & vielles) and made its debut in York in 2006.
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