COMPOSERS: Burgon
LABELS: ASV
WORKS: Merciless Beauty; A Vision; The Calm; Voices from The Calm
PERFORMER: James Bowman (countertenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Mark David (trumpet), Hugh Webb (harp); City of London Sinfonia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Geoffrey Burgon
CATALOGUE NO: CD DCA 1059
Geoffrey Burgon’s expertise in film and television music spills over into these works, which somehow remain obstinately in the background of one’s attention. But it’s all very gratefully written and well performed, though Bowman has been treated to some rather nasty artificial reverberation. Martin Cotton
Burgon: Merciless Beauty; A Vision; The Calm; Voices from The Calm
Geoffrey Burgon’s expertise in film and television music spills over into these works, which somehow remain obstinately in the background of one’s attention. But it’s all very gratefully written and well performed, though Bowman has been treated to some rather nasty artificial reverberation. Martin Cotton
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:21 pm