The title of the album suggests that this is a random hodgepodge of unknown music and little-known composers. However, the music is often surprisingly good. The program may look random. In terms of musical experience, there is indeed a kind of line, and that partly thanks to the beautiful singing of Clare Wilkinson and the beautiful recorder playing of John Turner. The latter is also the brain behind
… this release. In the Library of Congress, Washington, he managed to locate the long-lost manuscript of Rawsthorne's Chamber Cantata. This find is therefore surrounded by other comparable 'rarities' (rarities). Including an early String Quartet by Rawsthorne and an unpublished song for voice and bamboo flute by Vaughan Williams. (HJ)more
