Henrik Ødegaard Music by Henrik Ødegaard Vox Clamantis ECM 2767
Eric Whitacre Home Voces8 Decca 485 3970
Here are two outstanding — but very different — examples of contemporary choral music. Henrik Ødegaard’s sacred compositions are a dreamy blend of modernist and ancient sounds; on this collection performed by Vox Clamantis, the featured pieces are sometimes indistinguishable from Gregorian chant, and at other times are characterized by complex harmony. And often, you get a combination of the two, with simple modal melodies surrounded by a cloud of harmonically denser but still ethereal choral accompaniment.
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