Kyr: The Cloud Of Unknowing / Conspirare
) | Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: 807577 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Estelí Gomez (soprano), David Farwig (baritone), Conspirare, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra, Craig Hella JohnsonKyr: The Cloud of Unknowing, Songs of the Soul, The Singer's Ode Craig Hella Johnson leads Conspirare, soprano Estelí Gomez, baritone David Farwig and the Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra in this first recording of three choral works by Robert Kyr. Exploring the relationship between human and divine love, his cantatas The Cloud of Unknowing and Songs of the Soul transfixed audiences and critics alike when Conspirare premiered them. In a concert review, The Wall Street Journal hailed them as, “a powerful new achievement in American music that vividly traces a journey from despair to transcendence.”  Price: $20.98 |