Signum: SIGCD128Songs of Innocence |
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Andrew Swait (treble), James Bowman (counter tenor) & Andrew Plant (piano) "I was particularly keen to make this CD as I wanted a newer record of my treble voice: it has changed
significantly since my previous recordings as a chorister. I also wished to promote items which are not
normally associated with the standard treble repertoire.Through my association with Andrew Plant,The
Britten-Pears Foundation generously supported the creation of the recording and allowed me the immense
privilege of recording unpublished works by Britten, therefore greatly increasing the documental importance
of this CD... Mr Bowman's voice had been one of the first I had heard in recordings and live concerts. Later,
as a chorister, I was lucky enough to sing with him when he was a soloist in performances of Messiah and the
St John Passion.The chance to work with him made the prospect of the disc better than I could have
imagined." Andrew Swait “The voice of experience meets the voice of youth in this album contrasting the voices of Bowman, a countertenor, and Swait, a boy chorister.
Swait's voice is clear, bright and tuned with innate precision, ringing with carefree but studious childhood. Appealingly, he focuses on the mechanics of his singing, maintaining a childish ignorance of the full tragedy of Britten's Little Sir William. Bowman is the uncle, worldly and artistic, duetting with restraint and phrasing with a characteristic elegance and expressivity that Swait duly and sensibly mimics. The pianist Andrew Plant accompanies with sensitivity.” The Times, 12th July 2008 *** | 
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