John Croft: Lost Songs

Featuring

Juliet Fraser
John Croft
Oudom Southammavong

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Recording & Production

This album was engineered and produced by the composer, John Croft, and recorded in 24bit, 96kHz hi-resolution.

Performer Biography

Juliet Fraser, the soprano on this recording, specializes in repertoire ranging from very old music to complex new works, and co-founded EXAUDI vocal ensemble.

Compositional Technique

The electronic sounds in "Lost Songs" are generated in real-time from transformations of vocal sound and physically modelled instruments, not pre-recorded files.

Composer Biography

John Croft, the composer of "Lost Songs", was born in 1971 and studied philosophy and music in New Zealand and the UK.

Composition History

John Croft's "Lost Songs" for soprano and live electronics was premiered by Juliet Fraser at Symphony Hall in Birmingham in November 2017.

Performer Biography

Juliet Fraser actively commissions new music, particularly for voice and tape/live electronics or voice and piano.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The electronic instruments in "Lost Songs" were inspired by the traditional lyre and aulos, which would have accompanied the original Ancient Greek poems.