This is the studio recording of composer Geoffrey Gordon's setting of the John Keats poem, Ode to a Nightingale, for mixed choir (SATB) and solo cello, featuring the Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir and cello soloist Toke Moldrup. Recorded in Copenhagen and released on the BIS records label in April 2020:
https://bis.se/performers/moldrup-toke/cello-libris-works-by-geoffrey-gordon
From reviews of the studio recording of Ode to a Nightingale:
“…luminous and astringent by turns….. ecstatic.”
Richard Whitehouse
Gramophone
"… flashes of vocal writing which recall Britten at his best.”
Richard Hanlon
MusicWeb International
“ …sheer sonic gold - a gorgeous setting of the Keats poem.”
Colin Clarke
Fanfare
“…full of activity, warmth of feeling, and virtuosity.”
David Moore
American Record Guide
