Andrew Lawrence-King, The Harp Consort - Les Travailleurs de la Mer (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 443 Mb | Total time: 76:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907330 | Recorded: 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 443 Mb | Total time: 76:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907330 | Recorded: 2003
The Baltimore Consort used to do programs similar to this one, but The Harp Consort takes the production values and vocal artistry to an even higher level. From the opening, a highly rhythmic, sensuously melodic traditional Breton number, you're drawn into a world of earthy, folk-based music that's filled out with the colors of period instruments and brought to life by the expressive voices of singers who allow the flow and pulse of the language to shape phrases and create natural accents and inflection. The result is affecting, engrossing performances that convey what we can only surmise is a reasonably accurate realization of these ancient and justifiably enduring tunes.