American Polyphony

An all-too-rare new recording from Polyphony and Stephen Layton presents highlights from the choral repertoire by four twentieth-century American giants: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Randall Thompson. Framed by Thompson’s understated favourites Alleluia and Fare Well, the programme includes Bernstein’s Missa brevis, Copland’s early set of four motets, and—of course—Barber’s inimitable Agnus Dei.

CDA67929  74 minutes 5 seconds
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE'S RECORDING OF THE MONTH (AUGUST 2015)
PRESTO CLASSICAL DISC OF THE WEEK (6TH JULY 2015)
‘It was put together from recycled material—and it shows—but it does offer an insight into unfamiliar Bernstein with echoes of before and after … there are some attractive solos, beautifully sung ...
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