Górecki: Symphony No. 3
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Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish Share Story Behind New Album, 'Narrow Sea'
Composer Caroline Shaw's new album, Narrow Sea, featuring Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, and Gilbert Kalish's performance of the title piece—five parts, each a new setting of a text from The Sacred Harp, the 19th-century collection of shape-note hymns—is due next Friday, January 22, on Nonesuch. Here, the artists talk with writer Matthew Guerrieri about the album, which also includes Sō Percussion's performance of Shaw's Taxidermy. Find out why she tells Guerrieri: "I was telling a friend, half-jokingly, that, in a lot of my music, I’m trying to figure out a way to talk about death and mortality, or think about it."
Nonesuch Records releases its second album from Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Caroline Shaw, Narrow Sea, on January 22, 2021. The title piece was written for Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, and Gilbert Kalish, who perform it on this recording: five parts, each a new setting of a text from The Sacred Harp nineteenth century collection of shape-note hymns. Also on the album is Sō Percussion's performance of Shaw's Taxidermy, which she wrote for the ensemble. A video for Part 2 of Narrow Sea can be seen here.
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About This Album
One of the most affecting works of the late 20th century, Symphony No. 3, featuring the London Sinfonetta and soprano Dawn Upshaw, proved spellbinding to a diverse international audience. TIME calls it “a transcendental meditation on mortality and redemption.”
Credits
MUSICIANS
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman, conductorPRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Colin Matthews
Recorded May 1991 at CTS Studios, London
Recording Engineer: Tony Faulkner
Assistant: Declan McGovern
Editing and Post-production: Marian Freeman
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design by John Heiden
Photograph by Gertrude Käsebier
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
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One of the most affecting works of the late 20th century, Symphony No. 3, featuring the London Sinfonetta and soprano Dawn Upshaw, proved spellbinding to a diverse international audience. TIME calls it “a transcendental meditation on mortality and redemption.”
One of the most affecting works of the late 20th century, Symphony No. 3, featuring the London Sinfonetta and soprano Dawn Upshaw, proved spellbinding to a diverse international audience. TIME calls it “a transcendental meditation on mortality and redemption.”
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Colin Matthews
Recorded May 1991 at CTS Studios, London
Recording Engineer: Tony Faulkner
Assistant: Declan McGovern
Editing and Post-production: Marian Freeman
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design by John Heiden
Photograph by Gertrude Käsebier
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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MUSICIANS
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman, conductor