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MUSICA INTIMA 20

Composer(s):
Artist(s) Barnes, Ariel, cello • Musica Intima, Choir • Underhill, Owen, Conductor
Period(s) 20th Century • Contemporary • Romantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Chamber Music • Choral - Sacred • Choral - Secular
Catalogue ACD23010
Label ATMA Classique
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 7.99
 

 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



Don't judge this disc by its cover!
Review By JD88992,October 2012

I often gripe about paltry documentation on CDs, and this disc is a grave offender. Since it's a lower-priced sampler, the label has dispensed with a booklet altogether: no texts, no information about the artists or composers. Nothing. If that's a deal-breaker for you, stop here. But you'd be missing out on some very fine singing. Musica Intima is a Canadian chamber choir of a dozen singers, based in Vancouver, which has been performing (conductor-less) for 20 years.

My ears perked right up at the program opener, Pearsall's Lay a garland, which sounds like a Victorian take on a Gesualdo madrigal, with eight parts doing some nifty harmonic crunching. Other good things follow: drawn from the group's previous albums, selections include the obligatory Scandinavians, a more....
Anniversary celebration evokes musical intimacy
Review By EE115671,October 2012

This collection of ballads and songs from Musica Intima marks the 20th anniversary celebration of this Vancouver group. The choir of twelve singers has compiled a “best hits” selection from their previous albums which may provide examples for other choirs and directors. This group is known for unique stage presentation as well as a free kind of singing style, having won competitions and awards for two decades.

This is a modest cover, a cardboard sleeve with red blurred coloring, with “musica intima 20” on the front. On the reverse are listed the tracks, composers, times, and the albums first issued by Musica Intima. It is a current production from Canada. The cover for the CD carries a bare minimum of information, and there is no active website at more....






 

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