Seven Responses Archive

“Seven Responses” The Crossing/ Donald Nally – Innova/ EDIE HILL: Clay Jug – The Crossing/Donald Nally – Navona

by Audiophile Audition | Feb 3, 2017 | Classical CD Reviews

Two new and amazing releases from this wonderful vocal ensemble. “Seven Responses” = CAROLINE SHAW: To the Hands; HANS THOMALLA: I come near you; PELLE GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN: Ad cor; ANNA THORSVALDSDOTTIR: Ad genua/To the knees; DAVID T. LITTLE: dress in magic amulets, dark, from My feet; SANTA RATNIECE: My soul will sink within me; LEWIS SPRATLAN: Common Ground – The Crossing/International Contemporary Ens./Donald Nally – Innova 912, (2 CDs) 55:12, 50:40 (2/03/17) [Distr. by Naxos] ****: EDIE HILL: Clay Jug – The Crossing/Donald Nally – Navona NV6073 (2/10/17) [Distr. by Naxos] 47:44 ****: There seems to be a bit of a renaissance in chamber vocal ensembles and, in particular, those that specialize in contemporary music. Composer and vocalist Caroline Shaw’s own “Roomful of Teeth” is a prime example as is the Houston Chamber Choir and so many others. These two new and very impressive releases by The Crossing and their conductor/composer Donald Nally illustrate why they need to be included in the discussion of the very best of their kind in the country. These two releases are thematically a bit different and use – as their inspiration – very different source material. “Seven Responses” is a two-disc compilation of seven different […]