The Edge of Time: Palaeolithic bone flutes from France & Germany (EMAP Vol 4)

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The Edge of Time: Palaeolithic bone flutes from France & Germany (EMAP Vol 4)SUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Around 40,000 years ago, towards the end of the last Ice Age, the upper Danube region was settled by anatomically modern humans. Traces of their daily life have been found at several cave sites in the south of modern Germany, including fragments of perforated bird bones and mammoth ivory. Representing the oldest evidence of musical creation worldwide, these prehistoric flutes two from caves at Geissenklsterle, one

The Windsor Harrison turns out to be a remarkably good vehicle for this oh-so-French of French composers

Each marked in its own way by a world at war

unflamboyant conducting from Neville-Towle

plumbing their depths with glass-cut diction and a glorious range of colours

including a bleak yet salty account of Ireland’s Sea Fever and an aching resignation in Michael Head’s Limehouse Reach

to give this composer’s rich and varied output its first dedicated recording

"Their style is bold

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There is delicacy

"Opening this superb collection of Anglican anthems with Edward Bairstow’s finely detailed orchestral arrangement of his Blessed city

no idea that he would only be with us for a further two years

"Nicholas displays his Elgarian credentials in a typically unfussy and well-balanced selection"