
Reena Esmail: This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity Barbara Croall: Giishkaapkag The Elora Singers/Mark Vourinen TESR 001 Total time: 54:06 This recording by the two-dozen strong Elora Singers under Mark Vourinen clearly aligns with the contemporary emphasis on cultural diversity. The longer work, by the Indian-American composer Reena Esmail, incorporates multiple languages and attempts to survey the world’s major religions in seven movements – in Indian and Western musical styles. A tall order. The score (involving an orchestra of more than 20, including sitar and tabla) is most convincing in the “Hinduism” section, in which soloists alternate long legato…