“Sure, you could just play Handel’s “Messiah” between now and Christmas. Or for a fresh-yet-almost-ancient-sounding alternative, dip into this quietly mesmerizing recording of choral works — some with subtle instrumental accompaniment — by Matthew Brown. Using texts by Donne, Byron, Burns and Cummings, as well as the Wintu people, a native Californian tribe now extinct, Mr. Brown spins delicate harmonies that build up like gentle snowdrifts.”
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times
“[Brown] moves and surprises with its outbursts of ecstatic harmony…the unusual harmonic progression to the ecstatic and unresolved alleluias raises shivers.
The chorus sings gloriously throughout, with a faultless sense of style to complement the faultless technique, even in the pop tune.”
Ronald E. Grames, Fanfare
Antioch Chamber Ensemble
1. Though Love Be a Day
2. Another Lullaby for Insomniacs
3. A Red, Red Rose
4. Sweet Was the Song
5. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
6. It May Not Always Be So
7. Daybreak
8. Above: I. There Above
9. Above: II. Dandelion
10. Above: III. You and I Shall Go
11. Sitivit Anima Mea
12. O Magnum Mysterium
13. O Ecclesia
14. Table Grace
15. True Colors
Total Time: 61:00
