The texts on this collection of partsongs by John Ireland and E.J. Moeran come mostly from the 16th century, and indeed the music represents a kind of expansion on the English, neo-madrigal of the Romantic era. Both composers ventured into chromatic territory, but the essential spirit of the madrigal remains. Ireland was Moeran's teacher, but outlived his student and continued to develop his style in interesting ways. The last Ireland piece here, The Hills, dates from after Moeran's death. The Carice Singers, a small, ...
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The texts on this collection of partsongs by John Ireland and E.J. Moeran come mostly from the 16th century, and indeed the music represents a kind of expansion on the English, neo-madrigal of the Romantic era. Both composers ventured into chromatic territory, but the essential spirit of the madrigal remains. Ireland was Moeran's teacher, but outlived his student and continued to develop his style in interesting ways. The last Ireland piece here, The Hills, dates from after Moeran's death. The Carice Singers, a small, youthful choir named after Edward Elgar's daughter, have just the right jubilant, collegiate sound for this music; there are a few rough edges that actually enhance the performances rather than detract from them. There are a few pieces that demand the genre designation of choral music rather than partsong, but sample the pure madrigalian spirit of Moeran's collection Phyllida and Corydon, perhaps "Said I that Amaryllis", for a taste of both the spirit of the whole and the pedestrian...
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