L'Estrange: On eagles' wings & other sacred music

Alexander L'Estrange is the added ninth of contemporary church music—his eminently practical music combining the utmost respect for the tradition with a gently subversive wit. Nigel Short and the expert singers of Tenebrae warmly embrace these exciting new works.


SIGCD454  72 minutes 12 seconds
'L'Estrange's works add a jazz-infused chordal depth and a roving harmonic eye to Howell's declamatory muscularity and modal palette. It's attractive, approachable music, with nothing contrived or pat ...
'On the showing of this disc, Alexander L'Estrange is the go-to person for evocative and striking small scale new commissions, something lyrically attractive with some luscious harmonies … each i ...