- Gothic Voices
Gothic Voices is a
United Kingdom based vocal ensemble specialising in repertoire from the 11th to the 15th century. The group was formed in 1981 by scholar and musicianChristopher Page .Gothic Voices has recorded twenty-five CDs for
Hyperion Records featuring composers such asGuillaume de Machaut ,Guillaume Dufay ,John Dunstaple andLeonel Power , of which three have won the prestigiousGramophone Award given byThe Gramophone magazine. The group's first disc: "A Feather on the Breath of God – Hymns and Sequences by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen" remains one of the best-selling recordings of pre-classical music ever made. Recently Gothic Voices has recorded a disc of the complete works of the relatively obscure 14th century composerSolage on the Avie label. Their most recent recording is "A Laurel for Landini - 14th Century Italy’s Greatest Composer", with music byFrancesco Landini .As well as performing medieval repertoire, Gothic Voices also commission contemporary works for its unusual vocal forces, with recent performances of works by
Bayan Northcott ,John Tavener andAndrew Keeling .The current line up of singers in Gothic Voices is
Catherine King (mezzo-soprano),Steven Harrold (tenor),Julian Podger (tenor),Leigh Nixon (tenor) andStephen Charlesworth (baritone), a line-up which has been consistent since1995 . Other notable singers who have performed and recorded with Gothic Voices includeEmma Kirkby ,Emily van Evera , Charles Daniels,Rogers Covey-Crump ,James Gilchrist ,Paul Agnew ,Andrew Parrott ,John Mark Ainsley andPeter Harvey .External links
* [http://www.gothicvoices.co.uk Gothic Voices official website]
* [http://www.rayfieldartists.com/gothicvoices.html Rayfield Artists biography]
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