A Cabinet of Curiosities features vocal performances by Kevin Walton, Barb Jungr and Natalie Gamsu as well as London choirboy Lewis Batterham and lyrics by novelist Tania Unsworth and theatre directors Gary Carter and John Wright.
The album includes a medieval recipe for an antidote to snake-bite, a list of gruesome tortures, a paean to endangered tigers and a pauper’s lament…
Venice Treacle (10:02)
Her Lidless Eye (3:45)
Strange Places (4:06)
I Shall Have You (1:42)
Ghost Counting (2:45)
Across the Hellespont (4:42)
Tiger, Tiger (4:32)
Six Kingdoms (5:12)
A Cabinet of Curiosities (1:32)
The Numbers of Strangers (7:22)
A Love Letter to Tchaikovsky (2:44)
Hippopotamus Amphibius (5:20)
Close (4:24)
Alleluia (5:00)
Kevin Walton: vocals
Natalie Gamsu: vocals
Barb Jungr: vocals
Lewis Batterham: vocals
Rebecca Brown: violin, viola
Sue Treherne: oboe
Nick Rampley: bassoon
Thangam Debbonaire: cello
Jake Rodrigues: dobro, banjo, ukelele, acoustic, guitar
Daniel Brine: voice
Jonathan Cooper: clarinets, piano, ba-wu, accordion, recorder, sampling and electronics
