Opening of the Mouth

1999 / 2008

performers

Richard Barrett: composition

ELISION Ensemble
Ute Wassermann: voice
Simon Hewett: conductor

Huddersfield in November may not be able to match the Australian heat, but this premiere marks the occasion that an important piece of British music, born on the other side of the world, is now coming back to us. We should feel lucky.

Tim Rutherford-Johnson, The Guardian 2009

ABC Classics - 465268-2

Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK, 1998