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The Hermes Experiment: SONG | Delphian DCD34274

The Hermes Experiment: SONG

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34274

Barcode: 0801918342745

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 22nd October 2021

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

About

Hot on the heels of their acclaimed debut HERE WE ARE, The Hermes Experiment’s second Delphian album is an equally bold statement. Songs commissioned specially for the ensemble – by Philip Venables, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and others – are interleaved with new arrangements (of composers including Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann and Lili Boulanger) for the group’s distinctive line-up of voice, clarinet, harp and double bass.

Moving and original, SONG reinvents a genre: here every instrument is a voice in its own right, and they all carry the drama.

The Hermes Experiment:
- Anne Denholm (harp)
- Héloïse Werner (soprano)
- Oliver Pashley (clarinet, bass clarinet)
- Marianne Schofield (double bass)

Reviews

The performances are impeccably realised, each player a virtuoso in his or her own right, with impeccable intonation and sense of ensemble. Delphian’s sound is first-rate, catching the full dynamic, ranging from the sepulchral bass notes of Anne Denholm’s harp to every nuance of [Héloïse] Werner’s voice or [Marianne] Schofield’s bass.  Guy Rickards
Gramophone February 2022

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