St.John's College Choir Cambridge - Hear my Words on Super Audio CD
St.John's College Choir Cambridge - Hear my Words
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Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
+Grieg: Ave maris stella
+Pärt: O virgin Mother of God
+Rachmaninoff: O virgin Mother of God
+Parsons: Ave Maria
+Palestrina: Exultate Deo
+Tallis: Agnus Dei aus Missa "Salve intermerata"
+MacMillan: A New Song
+Franck: Panis angelicus
+Stanford: Jubilate Deo
+Vaughan Williams: O taste and see
+Rutter: O Lord, thou hast searched me out
+Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11
+Parry: Hear my words, ye people
- Sound Format:
- stereo & multichannel (Hybrid)
- Artists:
- Helen Scarbrough (Englischhorn),Graham Walker (Cello), Timothy Ravalde (Orgel),Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
- Label:
- Chandos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2009
- Item number:
- 1139615
- UPC/EAN:
- 0095115508527
- Release date:
- 3.12.2010
Chorgeschichte in Surround-Sound
Aus über 500 Jahren Chormusik singt der berühmte Chor des St. John’s College klangvolle Werke. Mit dem intonationssicheren Chor und den stilvollen Interpretationen durch den Dirigenten Andrew Nethsingha taucht der Hörer in die schönsten Chorwerke der Musikgeschichte ein.
Product Information:
Established in the 1670s, the Choir of St John’s has a distinguished tradition of performing religious music. Its main duty is singing the daily services in the College Chapel during the University Term. During the University vacation the Choir carries out engagements in the UK and overseas, as well as undertaking a busy recording schedule. This particular release was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound. The disc not only sounds spectacular, but recreates to an uncanny degree the experience of listening to the Choir perform in the chapel. The music itself represents a time span of nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest piece dates from the first half of the sixteenth century, and the newest was composed as recently as 2007. The styles and genres are varied, but there are clear links between the works throughout. For example, several are based on texts from the psalms, and the works by Pärt, Parsons, and Rachmaninoff offer three radically different interpretations of the Ave Maria. Some of the works also add a solo instrument to the familiar mix of voices and organ. But perhaps most importantly, all the pieces recorded here sit comfortably under the heading of ‘Popular Choral Classics’. Allegri’s Miserere is counted among the great classics of church music. Part of its mystique stems from its origins; for many years the work was performed only in the Sistine Chapel, and as with other works tied to a single place it became an object for pilgrimage. In this case the pilgrims included Mendelssohn, as well as Mozart who famously noted down the work from memory after leaving the Vatican, thereby risking excommunication by the Catholic Church. This new release also features Stanford’s Jubilate, which was written for Trinity College, Cambridge. Intended as part of the service of Morning Prayer, it has long been one of the most popular canticles in the Anglican repertoire. In keeping with the text, Psalm 100, the tone is festive throughout.
Disk 1 von 1 (SACD)
Miserere mei, Deus ((Psalm 51) z. Karfreitags-Lit. d. Päpste)
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1 Auszug
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2 Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella WoO 156, 2 (1898) (Hymnus zu 4 Stimmen)
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3 Arvo Pärt: O Virgin Mother Of God (für Chor)
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4 Sergej Rachmaninoff: O Muttergottes, wachsam betend (1893) ((W molitwach) für Chor)
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5 Robert Parsons: Ave Maria
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6 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Exsultate Deo
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7 Thomas Tallis: Messe / zu 4 Stimmen Agnus Dei
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8 James MacMillan: A New Song (1997) (für Chor)
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9 Cesar Franck: Panis angelicus (verschied. Bearbeitung)
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10 Charles Villiers Stanford: Jubilate B-dur
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11 Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Taste And See (1925) ((Psalm 34, 8) für Chor)
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12 John Rutter: O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me Out (Motette)
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13 Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11 (Orchester -Bearbeitung : Rutter)
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14 Hubert Parry: Hear My Words, Ye People (Anthem)
