Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen wrote songs of love, loss, faith and betrayal in spare, hymn-like lines that singers keep returning to. On these recordings Hallelujah and Famous Blue Raincoat sit beside early music and theatre, treated as chamber and art-song repertoire.
Across six decades the writing moved from folk minimalism through jazz and Mediterranean colours toward darker political unease and quiet prayer. The voice is deliberate and plain, circling desire, regret and redemption without hurry. Arrangers here set the songs for voice and small ensemble, placing them next to Machaut and Josquin so the shared ground of jealousy and longing becomes audible.
Compositions by Leonard Cohen appear on
Old Wine, New Bottles
Floyd Williams and JANUS illustrate the cross-fertilisation of folk, popular and jazz idioms within classical music. The premise was to play early music of the 14th–16th centuries on modern instruments, free of purist historical constraints.
Silver: Celebrating 25 Years
Pot-Pourri marks twenty-five years with Silver, a seventh album that mixes contemporary classics, Broadway, and opera into one sparkling programme.