As the Dale Warland Singers wind down their long and successful run, the scene has been wide open for a high-quality small choir performing distinctly American material. With this release, the Texas-based group Conspirare take a big step toward filling that gap. To take one detail that's indicative of the care that has gone into the whole project, note the recording location -- the group traveled from Austin to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, an acoustically famed space in Troy, in upstate New York, on the second floor of ...
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As the Dale Warland Singers wind down their long and successful run, the scene has been wide open for a high-quality small choir performing distinctly American material. With this release, the Texas-based group Conspirare take a big step toward filling that gap. To take one detail that's indicative of the care that has gone into the whole project, note the recording location -- the group traveled from Austin to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, an acoustically famed space in Troy, in upstate New York, on the second floor of a bank. The results are stunning: voices soar into the space but remain absolutely distinct. The program selected by director Craig Hella Johnson is accessible and innovative. All the texts reflect the somber theme of death and loss, with the opening Requiem mass of Herbert Howells emerging as the product of the composer's experiences in the wake of his 9-year-old son's death from polio. Yet the variety of spiritual approaches reflected in the various compositions and their texts...
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