Hanson: Endless Border & other choral works
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BO HANSSON
Hanson: Endless Border & other choral works
Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 April 2012
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The Swede Bo Hansson is a man of many talents: a guitarist, and a composer of a wide range of music in folk and jazz idioms. Choral music might be a relatively recent departure for him but its roots run deep, back to the days of his childhood.
"the eight pieces on this CD (four of which are first recordings) fall very pleasantly on the ear, and every so often Hansson will deliver a phrase, a gesture, a passage that is genuinely striking; there's also a Waltonian matter-of-factness to the writing which can be attractive." (International Record Review)
"the composer finds in [the Choir of Royal Holloway] sympathetic advocates, and his music shows off their strengths to great advantage...It is their confident and committed performance that warrants a recommendation from the objective listener; those to whom an appreciation of this idiom comes naturally will find much to enjoy." (Gramophone)
"The three dozen voices of the Royal Holloway Choir bring impressive reserves of stamina and concentration to bear on these sometimes difficult pieces." (BBC Music)
Tracks:
Salve Regina
Som när hander (Text: Annika Hultman)
Then I heard the singing
For as the rain (with William Baldry, organ)
The place amongst the trees
Missa brevis (with William Baldry, organ)
Lighten mine eyes
Endless border
