“Paul Moravec’s Amorisms… is ethereal and complements the texts beautifully. I can’t comment on how this works with the ballet, but it works well as music and is given a fine sendoff by these excellent singers. The brilliant Tempest Fantasy (2003) is … freely tonal and spectacularly virtuosic, it deservedly won the Pulitzer in 2004. Sacred Love Songs (2012), also for vocal quintet and string quartet, are three biblical songs, a setting of the Prayer of St Francis, and a brief interlude. It is similar to the Shakespeare pieces of the opening track: expressively tonal, graceful, and stately. It has affinity to contemporary English choral style, but with Moravec’s singular language.” —Allen Gimbel, American Record Guide
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