Parry: Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound

Sarah Fox (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone) & Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann

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Hubert Parry's Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound was een opdracht voor het Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester in 1880. Ondanks talloze revivals, die allemaal lovende kritieken kregen, raakte het werk in de vergetelheid. Deze wereldpremière-opname is de eerste kans voor ons om deze echte insider's tip te ervaren - en in top opnamekwaliteit!

Parry:
 Blest Pair of Sirens
 Scenes from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'

"Worthy and welcome as earlier recordings are, they pale in energy, in precision and conviction beside the performances here."
Gramophone Magazine - October 2023

"Vann has mustered a fine team of soloists. Neal Davies is a commanding Prometheus, while David Butt Philip relishes the ringing Wagnerian Heldentenor declamation Parry allots to Jupiter...Vann’s pacing is almost unerringly adroit; and Parry’s rolling paragraphs are shaped with abiding, affectionate insight. An auspicious Promethean ‘first’."
BBC Music Magazine - November 2023 ****(performance) / *****(recording)

"Overall, Scenes from Shelley’s “Prometheus Unbound” is music of grandeur and beauty. Conductor William Vann and his choral and orchestral forces give their all. The same energy and passion are apparent in Blest Pair of Sirens, a brief (10 minutes) choral work."
Fanfare - Jan/Feb 2024