A BRIDGE OF DREAMS - ARS NOVA COPENHAGEN; LAWRENCE-KING; HILLIER (HYBRID SACD)

Anne Boyd's As I crossed a bridge of dreams (1975) gives its title to the CD and, with its rapt sostenuto, steals the show. Almost endlessly sustained, immaculately imagined, and - like everything else here - admirably performed. A Bridge of Dreamswith Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Paul Hillier (recitation)Ars Nova Copenhagen Body: Lullabies (5)Boyd: As I Crossed A Bridge Of DreamsEdwards, Ross: Sacred Kingfisher PsalmsHarrison, L: Mass for Saint Cecilia’s DaySola, Liu: The Seafarer Dacapo present scintillating vocal music from the Pacific Rim featuring composers and poets from China, Japan, California, New Zealand, Australia and one ancient Anglo-Saxon Seafarer.This is unusual and lovely music sung by the Grammy Award winning vocal ensemble, Ars Nova Copenhagen, under their conductor Paul Hillier, and with early harp virtuoso Andrew Lawrence-King.These are composers who have consciously looked beyond Western aesthetic traditions to create a musical language with a variety of differen