"Beautifully thought through and rewardingly eclectic, Tree begins in a melancholy but open style with Islands by Marianne Schofield, the ensemble's bassist, and ends with the title track by Errollyn Wallen, unfolding over a steady bass like something by Purcell. The artwork for Tree by The Hermes Experiment. Photograph: Delphian Clarinettist Oliver Pashley and singer Heloise Werner contribute their own songs while harpist Anne Denholm-Blair provides a subtly textured arrangement of Nicola LeFanu's wistful song The Bourne."
"Schofield is also behind a gorgeous version of Les Rossignols by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, initially halting and ethereal, then coalescing into something approaching its 17th-century original. Abel Selaocoe's Buhle Bendalo is full of beatboxing and vocal rhapsodising that gives Werner a virtuoso workout. But the centre of gravity is perhaps Laura Moody's three Rilke Songs, recorded here for the first time."
Tree opens with Marianne Schofield's melancholy Islands and closes with Errollyn Wallen's title track unfolding over a steady bass reminiscent of Purcell. Oliver Pashley and Heloise Werner contribute original songs while Anne Denholm-Blair arranges Nicola LeFanu's wistful The Bourne with subtle texture. Schofield delivers a gorgeous Les Rossignols by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre that shifts from halting and ethereal to a form approaching its 17th-century original. Abel Selaocoe's Buhle Bendalo features beatboxing and vocal rhapsodising, giving Werner a virtuoso workout. Laura Moody's three Rilke Songs, recorded here for the first time, form a brief cycle of enormous scope.
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