Robert Saxton : Ancora: Caritas/ Violin Concerto & other works

The latest addition to NMC's Ancora series, this disc reissues Robert Saxton's opera Caritas - based on Arnold Wesker's drama about a walled-up anchoress of the 13th century - alongside his Violin Concerto, Music to Celebrate the Resurrection, In the Beginning and the set of choral motets I Will Awake the Dawn.

"NMC's Ancora series, salvaging deleted recordings, does Saxton proud with this double set. ... The first disc comprises four works, each a journey from darkness to light: Music To Celebrate the Resurrection begins with a crash and proceeds through sinous argument to a sunburst of octave Es."
The Sunday Times 2004

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Track Listing	Track Time	MP3
Music to Celebrate the Resurrection	10'17
I Will Awake the Dawn: I - Slow, sustained	5'27
I Will Awake the Dawn: II - Fleeting	4'26
I Will Awake the Dawn: III - Sustained, luminous	4'19
I Will Awake the Dawn: IV - Flowing, moving onwards	4'36
Violin Concerto: I - Vivo, agitato	8'54
Violin Concerto: II - Tempo guisto	5'58
Violin Concerto: III - Subito piu mosso	9'47
In the Beginning: I - Slow, sustained, mysterious	6'11
In the Beginning: II - Agitated, quick	4'26
In the Beginning: III - Fast, joyful, dancing	8'47
Caritas: Act 1 scene 1	12'06
Caritas: Act 1 scene 2	5'09
Caritas: Act 1 scene 3	3'15
Caritas: Act 1 scene 4	2'29
Caritas: Act 1 scene 5	4'11
Caritas: Act 1 scene 6	5'16
Caritas: Act 1 scene 7	1'52
Caritas: Act 1 scene 8	4'53
Caritas: Act 1 scene 9	4'22
Caritas: Act 1 scene 10	2'32
Caritas: Act 1 scene 11	1'02
Caritas: Act 1 scene 12	11'33
Caritas: Act 2	19'34

Composers on this disc

Robert Saxton