Hilliard Ensemble - Arbos: A Collection Including Stabat Mater
STYLE: Classical RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 14338- LABEL: ECM 1325/8319592 FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 1
Reviewed by John Irvine
'Arbos' is a different kind of album, being a collection of seven pieces, vocal and instrumental, including "By The Waters Of Babylon" and "De Profundis" (out of the depths I cry). The highlight of the disc is a 25 minute setting of "Stabat Mater" which is most beautifully and movingly performed. Unfortunately, we are not given the text in the package so one is forced to listen to the music without distraction, which is perhaps no bad thing. I would heartily recommend these discs to one and all but for one thing: the price!! ECM have no subsidiary in the UK so Part recordings are on import only and since sterling has nose dived against the Deutschmark you can expect to pay around £15-£17 for each disc! You could try and persuade your local library to buy a set of Part discs however...
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