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Robin Holloway: The Lovers' WellSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Words have lain at the heart of Robin Holloways music throughout half a century of prolific composing. Released on the day of his seventy fifth birthday, this album brings together six stellar performers associated with Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge where Holloway is a Fellow in celebration of the lyrical and dramatic qualities of his abundant output, as well as its profound symbolism. The Lovers Well draws on

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is a revelation

cellist Alexandra Mackenzie and pianist Ingrid Sawers devoted much time instead to furthering their longstanding interest in unfamiliar repertoire

confirms that it is now

from its pre-echoes of early classicism to sparks of undeniable romantic mood-painting

Some off the beaten track repertoire that should not be missed

and thus this is both a swansong and a recording debut

yet religious texts have always been of fundamental importance to the composer

"treated with real imagination

the playing astonishingly clean

This is a very fine disc indeed to introduce Bernard Hughes intelligently and sympathetically written choral music'