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The BBC Concert Orchestra – The Way of Light (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:25 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics
Stage and screen would be the poorer without the award-winning soundtrack scores of Nigel Hess. The acclaimed British composer’s melodious music for stage, film and television has touched millions around the world over the past forty years. His latest album turns the spotlight on works written for the concert hall or conceived without onscreen images in mind. “The Way of Light – The Music of Nigel Hess” boasts a stellar cast of performers, among them pianists Piers Lane and Nicholas McCarthy, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Singers and Sir Derek Jacobi, with rousing contributions from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Portsmouth.
It comprises everything from a bold ballet suite to the sublime Arise My Love, a haunting setting of words from the Song of Solomon, and the equally seductive Live With Me and Be My Love.
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Seckou Keita, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Mark Heron – African Rhapsodies (A Work for Kora & Symphonic Orchestra) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:17 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Claves Records
Nottingham based Senegalese composer and kora player Seckou Keita is proud to present African Rhapsodies: an epic project created in collaboration with Italian composer and musician Davide Mantovani, due to be released via Swiss label Claves Records on 26th May 2023. African Rhapsodies is a magnificent, kora-led work, enhanced by the power of The BBC Concert Orchestra.
Seckou’s enchanting work for kora and orchestra celebrates Africa’s magical 22-stringed harp and gives it the position of prominence granted for centuries to the violin, piano and flute. It makes us wonder if Bach or Beethoven might have composed for kora had they traveled to Africa in their lifetime. Seckou builds on that notion by way of his own imagination, which is greatly sparked by his lengthy fascination with crossing cultural borders. The result is a majestic work showcasing a whirlwind of virtuosity, but above all a sublime poetic journey where music is pure emotion.
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