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Winter

10/21/2016, 14 Tracks, 1:05:14

Featuring

  • Mari Samuelsen
  • Håkon Samuelsen
  • Huw Watkins
  • Benjamin Roskams
  • Eleanor Turner
  • Voces8
  • Ólafur Arnalds
  • Jan Sandström
  • Rebecca Dale
  • Francis Pott
  • Arvo Pärt
  • Pēteris Vasks
  • Jeff Alexander
  • Gustav Holst
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Judith Bingham
  • Anonymous (Traditional)

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Album & Artwork

This album, titled Winter, aims to break stereotypical expectations of a seasonal album by focusing on the frosty light, natural beauty, and stillness of the season.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Barnaby Smith is the artistic director for this album, leading the vocal ensemble VOCES8.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album Winter includes a new commission and world premiere recording by Rebecca Dale, a composer whose work represents renewal on the album.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album was recorded at two locations: All Saint's Church, Tooting, and Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, in the summer of 2016.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album Winter was initially inspired by the music of Pēteris Vasks, a composer whose work Plainscapes is described as an epic musical depiction of the Latvian flatlands.

Source: Booklet

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