Fiona Kimm, Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend - Simon Holt: Canciones, Shadow Realm & Sparrow Night

Simon Holt is one of Britain's most compelling compositional voices, and this disc showcases his earlier writing: Canciones sets Spanish folk lyrics and a poem by Lorca, while ...era madrugada is an enigmatic instrumental work based on another Lorca poem, describing a mysterious death.'These works, all from the 1980s, confirm [Holt] as one of the most distinctive and successful composers of his generation.' Gramophone Critics' Choice