For those who are dedicated to a greater or lesser extent, to contemporary choral music, say the name of Eric Whitacre is very, very much. American and even thirties, your reputation among the choristers from around the world and lovers of contemporary choral music, without necessarily having to interpret it, which also are many-is brutal, and clearly demonstrate the number of visits and discharges obtained in official website, myspace , Facebook profile, personal blog and countless entries that appear on search engines, shows that it is a global author who has also managed to use the most positive manner possible new technologies to artistic creation.
Trained at the University of Nevada and The Juilliard School, in these last under the foster care of John Corigliano and David Diamond, "this girl is world renowned for his choral works, although he has written and arranged works for various configurations, such as brass ensemble, string ensembles , bands, orchestra and even an electronic opera entitled Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings , in which, on John Milton's epic poem, makes a recreation through electronic music, ambient, trance and techno.
However, his reputation has been forged through his choral works, real gems of the genre, which shows the great heir of Renaissance polyphony, the great choir of romanticism and the best of contemporary schooling. Whitacre has become famous through a very recognizable style, some compare it with that of Morten Lauridsen's great too, although somewhat more novel techniques, "style that has forged based on the use of seventh and ninth chords, with or without suspension of second-and fourth-harmonic series, chord inversions, progressions series ... a long series of techniques that have resulted, even in what has been termed "Whitacre chords, combined with a stunning use of rhythm, using unusual patterns and penchant for mixing and alteration. Beautiful melodies, captivating harmonies and manages to create eerie harmonics, eventually create an atmosphere of peace and quiet really apabuyante-all summing lot, obviously.
Well, the end of this entry today is, apart from to name the figure and extraordinary quality of this composer is none other than make a comparison between the two albums they spend so monograph, the content to the work of this master. The first appeared in 2002 and released under the U.S. label Arsis Audio, entitled The Complete A Cappella Works 1991-2001 and is led by Brigham Young University Singers , Led by Ronald Staheli.
The second in "discord" is the album titled Cloudburst and Other Choral Works , an album appeared on the English label Hyperion in 2006 and is starring Polyphony and Stephen Layton address .
Both discs have the tremendous quality of being devoted entirely to the teacher and choral work but have a very high number of matching pieces, the first containing a book and the second three works that does not contain the other disk. Note that two separate disks are really well played and the singing of both sets is excellent, but the benefits of one of them make the other is overshadowed.
Here is my final comparative analysis and input a sample of three parts, in separate versions-first and then the BYU-Polyphony: Sleep (one of his most known and interpreted. Wonderful) Cloudburst (a works very unique, colorful and chilling) and "When David Heard (his true masterpiece and a monument coral of all time):
Ultimately, Polyphony stands as the most appropriate choice-of-overwhelmingly , as happens with many other contemporary composers. In its ranks, several of England's most renowned singers in the interpretation of Renaissance polyphony -View is to associate those names, automatically, large groups of that repertoire, and that together with voice quality and craftsmanship of the master in these LIDES Layton, make them the best choir in the world in the interpretation of Whitacre, Lauridsen, Pärt, Tavener, MacMillan, Jackson-his last-performed and recorded composer, Rutter ... in view of a server and with the result that his discography offers.
PS Another reason in favor of the version of Polyphony, although not listed in the comparison, is making the disc sound-something always necessary in a disc of classical music, but even more, if possible, on a disk in a chorus is facing the whole recording with their sound quite limited at times, albeit limited at will-quite mediocre in the case of Hyperion Arsis and noteworthy.
Eric Whitacre (1970). Sleep
Album: The Complete A Cappella Works 1991-2001
Brigham Young University Singers - Ronald Staheli
2002 Arsis Audio
Eric Whitacre (1970). Sleep
Album: Cloudburst and Other Choral Works
Polyphony - Stephen Layton Hyperion 2006
Eric Whitacre (1970). Cloudburst
Álbum: The Complete A Cappella Works 1991-2001
Brigham Young University Singers - Ronald Staheli
Arsis Audio 2002
Eric Whitacre (1970). Cloudburst
Álbum: Cloudburst and other choral works
Polyphony - Stephen Layton
Hyperion 2006
Eric Whitacre (1970). When David heard
Álbum: The Complete A Cappella Works 1991-2001
Brigham Young University Singers - Ronald Staheli
Arsis Audio 2002
Eric Whitacre (1970). When David Heard
Album: Cloudburst and Other Choral Works
Polyphony - Stephen Layton Hyperion 2006
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