Mary Jane Leach - Celestial Fires (1993)

1 	Bruckstück 	12:42
2 	Feu De Joie	8:51
3 	Green Mountain Madrigal 	8:44
4 	Mountain Echoes 	11:04
5 	Trio For Duo	10:10
6 	Ariel's Song 	10:50

Chorus – The New York Treble Singers (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6)
Conductor – Virginia Davidson (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6)
Vocals – Adrienne Edgar, Arlene Travis, Cynthia Richards-Hewes, Judith Pannill,
  Karen Krueger, Maureen Haley, Nancy Wertsch, Therese McCormick 
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Bassoon – Shannon Peet (2)
Flute [Alto] – Barbara Held (5)
Voice – MJ Leach (5)

Beginning from simple means -- close harmonies with phasing rhythms --, each of the 6 compositions on this CD gradually blossom in the intricacy of their exquisite movement and sound. Each uses an ensemble of instruments or voices of a similar family, which emphasizes the textural binding -- "Bruchstuck," "Green Mountain Madrigal," "Mountain Echoes" and "Ariel's Song" for 8 treble voices, "Feu de Joie" for solo bassoon and 6 taped bassoons, and the illusionary "Trio for Duo" for live and taped alto flute and voice. Truly beautiful. ---"Blue" Gene Tyranny, AllMusic Review

MARY JANE LEACH is a composer/performer whose work reveals a fascination with the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. In many of her works Leach creates an other-worldly sound environment using difference, combination, and interference tones; these are tones not actually sounded by the performers, but acoustic phenomena arising from Leach’s deft manipulation of intonation and timbral qualities: “an acoustic Through the Looking Glass world based on sound that the performer is not making.” ---soundcloud.com

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