Notes and Editorial Reviews
"(Plant) is that rarest of modern composers, someone who writes sympathetically for the voice...Listening to this reveals a major talent that deserves to crop up in international recitals... Sound is airy and well defined.. MSR’s admirable presentation extends to good notes, texts, and translations..."
Rayfield,
Fanfare - January / February 2011
"Plant’s music is striking... the writing for solo piano and chamber orchestra, in the accompaniments, is colorful and well crafted. The three longer pieces on the album display a natural sense for theatrical vividness."
Burwasser,
Fanfare - January / February 2011
"[This] is beautiful, thoughtful music... Jocelyn
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Fleury's diction is clear... [she has a] rich voice... her singing is expressive... Composer Plant is the fine pianist, and Melanie Leonard leads sensitive playing by her Montreal-based Ensemble Prima."
Kilpatrick,
American Record Guide - September / October 2010
"[John Plant has] a regard for language that is purely metaphysical and a skill in handling words musically which is uniquely his own... It is an inspiring sampling of music... Everything is sung by Jocelyne Fleury with a sense of wonder and a voice that seems to feel no fear at exploring timbres combined with a relish for words that reach into the poets' hearts. In addition to his deeply sensitive piano playing, Plant contributes evocatively descriptive liner-notes which are so beautifully written they can almost be read as poetry themselves. The recordings have a slightly dusky, penetrating air."
Laurence Vittes,
Gramophone - July 2010
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Works on This Recording
1.
La notte bella, for voice & piano by John Plant
Performer:
John Plant (Piano),
Jocelyne Fleury (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Contemporary
Venue: Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Concordia U
Length: 10 Minutes 12 Secs.
2.
Romance sonámbulo, for voice & ensemble by John Plant
Performer:
Jocelyne Fleury (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Mélanie Léonard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Prima
Period: Contemporary
Venue: Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Concordia U
Length: 19 Minutes 17 Secs.
3.
Babel is a blessing, songs (8) in eight languages for voice & piano by John Plant
Performer:
Jocelyne Fleury (),
John Plant (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Venue: Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Concordia U
Length: 29 Minutes 22 Secs.
4.
In the world of zero, for voice & ensemble by John Plant
Performer:
Jocelyne Fleury ()
Conductor:
Mélanie Léonard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Prima
Period: Contemporary
Venue: Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Concordia U
Length: 17 Minutes 51 Secs.
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