The New York Times 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 Earlier this year, when singing together became just about the most dangerous thing you could do, Donald Nally, the magus behind the Crossing, our finest contemporary-music choir, began posting daily recordings from their archives. He called it 'Rising w/ the Crossing', also the title of an album of a dozen highlights... I keep returning to Eriks Ešenvalds's dreamily unfolding appeal to the Earth, its text a prayer of the Ute people of the American Southwest: a work of true radiance, fired by the precision and passion of this spectacular group. (Zachary Woolfe)
The New York Times 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 Earlier this year, when singing together became just about the most dangerous thing you could do, Donald Nally, the magus behind the Crossing, our finest contemporary-music choir, began posting daily recordings from their archives. He called it 'Rising w/ the Crossing', also the title of an album of a dozen highlights... I keep returning to Eriks Ešenvalds's dreamily unfolding appeal to the Earth, its text a prayer of the Ute people of the American Southwest: a work of true radiance, fired by the precision and passion of this spectacular group. (Zachary Woolfe)