One doesn't often find a CD with this kind of depth and variety. Here are friends who have never met but have collaborated in so many ways to produce a fascinating CD of beautiful music beautifully performed. Canary Burton is an artist as well as a composer, and when she sent several of her paintings to Joan Yakkey, Joan was so impressed and moved that she used them as inspiration for several of her songs. Anybody listening to this CD will be impressed not only by the quality of the composition, but also by the excellence of the vocal ensemble.
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This CD features "Tempus Floridum," a ten-voice women's chorus based in Florence, Italy. Their singing is rich, warm and consistently engaging.  You can hear their passion.  The 19 tracks of this CD move about in an astonishing range of musical styles.  There are arrangements of Italian folksongs but also a slew of very original pieces.  The inventiveness never ceases.  Much of the music is a cappella but there are surprising accompaniments featuring harp, cello, piano, et al. The stylistic influences are many but the influence of jazz is the most predominant.  Yet you would never call this music "jazz" as such.  Some of this music is probing, some of it light and humorous, some of it poignant and affecting, most notably Canary Burton's "American Lullabye."  All of it rewards careful listening.
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Just lovely...the voices ebb and swell...not unlike the sounds of the sea. Canary has done it again, and this time in tandem with Joan...together they have melded notes and sounds and produced candy for the ears.
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