Simon Holt: …era madrugada Format:Booklet 'powerful and challenging' New Classics

'powerful and challenging' New Classics

Music to Celebrate the Resurrection

… the performance is first rate … a major undertaking that has been realised with great care' The Guardian

The music is performed by the Lithuanian artists for whom it was written

Simon Holt: …era madrugada Format:Booklet 'powerful and challenging' New ClassicsRelease Date: 1 January 1993 Simon Holt is one of Britain's most compelling compositional voices, and this disc showcases his earlier writing: Canciones sets Spanish folk lyrics and a poem by Lorca, while era madrugada is an enigmatic instrumental work based on another Lorca poem, describing a mysterious death. Fiona Kimm mezzo soprano The Nash Ensemble Lionel Friend conductor AUDIOREVIEWS 'These works, all from the 1980s, confirm [Holt] as one of the