NAUMANN, SIEGFRIED - IL CANTICO DEL SOL (CD)

This is Siegfried Naumann's music for the Canticle of the Sun, by the 13th century St Francis of Assissi. Harsh instrumental sounds mingle with gentle cantilenas and vocal dissonances. Together with the Mass for the Madonna of Loreto, the other piece on this CD, the Canticle of the Sun ranks among the most idiosyncratic and interesting of Swedish church music. Both pieces were inspired by Italy, Naumann's second country (label info)