'...never heard anything like...this' - 8.06.06

[CD Review: Path of Miracles SIGCD078] Classic FM Magazine June 2006, John Brunning, 3*

I predict you will never have heard anything like the first two minutes of this piece: Tenebrae’s voices rise in pitch in a long, throaty glissando, like the gradual tensioning of an enormous cable. Path of Miracles, a work for unaccompanied voices, is based on the pilgrimage from the foot of the Pyrenees to Santiago in northwest Spain. It’s an interesting musical journey for composer, performers and listeners alike.

Joby Talbot is an eclectic artist who composes for both film and television. Incidentally, he also arranged the strings for Paul McCartney’s latest album, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.