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Earth, Thy Cold Is Keen

7/28/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:16:59

Featuring

  • Lotte Betts-Dean
  • Alice Rickards
  • Sonia Cromarty
  • Stuart MacRae
  • Sequoia

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Recording & Production

Most of the tracks on this album, including "The Captive" and "Earth, thy cold is keen," are premiere recordings.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album was recorded in November 2022 at St Cuthbert's Parish Church in Edinburgh, with Paul Baxter serving as producer and engineer.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stuart MacRae's perception of the natural world ranges from the microscopic scale of lichen to the vastness of the night sky, where distance transforms turmoil into calm.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stuart MacRae's music on this album reflects diverse inspirations from nature and myth, with a particular focus on questions of scale and perspective.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Stuart MacRae, the composer, is Scottish and this album is the fifth installment in a series of composer portraits by the Hebrides Ensemble and Delphian Records.

Source: Booklet

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