Quite Hypnotic Choral music by William Averitt - recommended by GEOFF PEARCE '... the depth of sound is rich and satisfying, and the performances solid.'

I hadn't previously heard of composer William Averitt (born 1948) or poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967), and I am not particularly familiar with the genre of choir with piano 4 hands. This was quite an exciting disk, however, and has a lot to recommend it. You will need to select your listening volume carefully, though, as there are times, particularly in the first cycle, where I felt that the music was a little too closely recorded, with levels a little high at times. This seems to be less of a problem with the following two cycles...

MSR CLASSICS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CHORAL MUSIC

PIANO MUSIC

VOCAL MUSIC

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC