Giles Swayne / Dmitri Ensemble/ Ross - Stabat Mater / the Silent Land / Magnificat IThe four pieces on this disc span three decades of Giles Swayne's choral music output, their striking echoes of Latin plainchant, Tudor polyphony and traditional African music providing contrasting and complementary strands characteristic of this much travelled composer. Magnificat I draws on the music of the Senegalese Jola people and the Ba Benezele of the Congo. His moving threnody, This Silent Land, scored for 40 part choir and solo cello,

purposeful wandering follows the need to exchange ideas

with al of it's idiosyncrasies and challenges

but an anecdotal social commentary on their lives and observations which are the subject of many of the songs

As far as forms and movement types are concerned

" "Do Ya" and "I Wanna Go Back" over the course of his eight previous studio efforts - this new collection presents a thoughtful and exciting selection of songs that inspired and helped shape the legendary guitarist

1s "Mexican Joe"

the third compilation on Bear Family Records offering original recordings that inspired Elvis

But the longing in Fuck Death is not romantic

he replied

nominated at the time for a Grammy© as best modern blues album

and screwball comedy

I have given every operetta the style demanded by the space and time in which it is set