When Sleep Comes

Name: When Sleep Comes
SKU: SIGCD708
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Virtuoso saxophonist Christian Forshaw is joined by a consort of Tenebrae singers, in an ethereal sequence of penitential settings for Passiontide. Combining elements of ancient and modern to stunning effect, Forshaw and Tenebrae bring new colours and context to music by Gibbons, Tallis and Hildegard von Bingen in a series of new arrangements and compositions.

Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Maga- zine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision. Award-winning conductor Nigel Short has earned widespread acclaim for his recording and live performance work with leading orchestras and ensembles across the world.

“Thought-provoking and beautifully recorded disc” – Gramophone

5 stars “Taken as a whole, the album offers a soothing journey through the stillness of the hours or darkness” – Choir and Organ

“Victoria Meteyard’s duetting with Forshaw is terrific in Short’s reworking of Hildegard von Bingen’s “O Vos Imitatores”, and “straight” takes on music by Victoria and Owain Park are beautifully done…the performances can’t be faulted, and the acoustic of All Hallows, Gospel Oak, casts a warm glow over proceedings” – The Arts Desk

SKU: SIGCD708

Tenebrae

Christian Forshaw saxophone

Nigel Short Director

Release date: 08/04/2022

Catalogue number: SIGCD708

Barcode: 635212070826

“The spatiality of the sound, exquisitely directed by Nigel Short, creates a psychic closeness between the voice and the saxophone, between the artists and the listeners” – Sonograma

“Mesmerising evening meditation from Signum” – BBC Radio 3

“A series of deeply beautiful meditations, some of which are on nocturnal themes, blending voice and saxophone sensationally lovely ways to create a thing of beauty…This is one I think I’ll be dipping into again and again, and not just on sleepless nights” – Musicweb International

“It is a privilege for me to hear these pieces through to life by one of the finest choirs I know, and I hope the listener will find stillness and reflection in the album”. – The Arts Desk

“This is a highly imaginative disc… The performances are of the highest quality; Tenebrae’s renowned blend and clarity are as impressive as ever, while Forshaw’s playing is mesmerically beautiful. Their combination is startlingly good; the textural and timbral possibilities are seemingly endless, and this disc is also a fine tribute to Nigel Short’s skills as a choral director and the sensitivity of the recording engineers and producer” – Organist’s Review

“[Tenebrae] undeniably one of the best vocal ensembles of the world at the moment…Every dissonance becomes a delight, so pure are the voices, so perfectly attuned to each other and resonating together…The singers are really quite amazing – listening to Tenebrae, one experiences what unique sounds are possible with a totally traditional mixed choir…balm for the troubled soul in these disturbing times” – SWR2

[1] Drop, drop slow tears Orlando Gibbons
[2] In paradisum Christian Forshaw
[3] O vos imitatores Hildegard von Bingen arr. N. Short
[4] Te lucis ante terminum Chant arr. C. Forshaw
[5] Sancte Deus Thomas Tallis
[6] Psalm 121 Chant arr. C. Forshaw
[7] O nata lux Thomas Tallis arr. Christian Forshaw
[8] Renouncement Christian Forshaw
[9] Reproaches Tomás Luis de Victoria
[10] Night Prayer Owain Park
[11] Te lucis ante terminum Thomas Tallis arr. C. Forshaw
[12] Abide with me Henry F. Lyte & William H. Monk, arr. C. Forshaw
[13] Lamentations Antoine Brumel