Shared Ground
Ex Cathedra
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Catalogue number
- SIGCD 270
- EAN / barcode
- 0635212027028
- Release date
- 31 October 2011
- Number of CDs
- 2
Shared Ground is a set of works by the British composer Alec Roth, featuring several poems and sung texts by the Indian writer Vikram Seth. The title piece of the same name is inspired by Seth’s poetry following a decision to buy and live in the Old Rectory in Bemerton – the former home of the 17thcentury poet and priest George Herbert. Other works on the disc expand this idea of a shared home or dwelling, with Earthrise – the reflections of Apollo astronauts on viewing the planet from orbit – and Hymn to Gaia. This disc follows the 2008 release of Roth’s Songs in Time of War featuring the tenor Mark Padmore with Philippe Honoré, Alison Nichols (harp) and Morgan Szymanski (guitar).
Tracklist
- 01 Earthrise: Part I: Man’s Drive To Explore And Exploit 07:36
- 02 Earthrise: Part II: Contemplation Of The Earth Seen From Space 05:47
- 03 Earthrise: Part III: A Plea For True Wisdom And Understanding 11:28
- 04 Hymn To Gaia I (Homeric Text) 07:28
- 05 Hymn To Gaia II (Orphic Text) 06:08
- 06 Sol Justitiae 04:00
- 01 Shared Ground: 1. Lost 03:50
- 02 Shared Ground: 2. Oak 04:32
- 03 Shared Ground: 3. And 03:56
- 04 Shared Ground: 4. Host 03:44
- 05 Shared Ground: 5. Flash 02:43
- 06 Shared Ground: 6. This 04:46
- 07 Ponticelli: 1. Flat Bridge 03:35
- 08 Ponticelli: 2. Bridge Of Sighs 02:04
- 09 Ponticelli: 3. Arched Bridge 05:24
- 10 Ponticelli: 4. Bridge Of Sleepers 03:41
- 11 Ponticelli: 5. Rustic Bridge 07:30
- 12 The Flower 03:13
