Choral Meditation
Nothing captures music's spiritual qualities more evocatively than massed human voices. Humans have been singing together in harmony for well over six centuries, and in that time composers have gifted them countless gems. From music meditating on religious belief and life after death, to evocations of sunset, the sea and nature, we present some of the most reflective and moving choral music of the last five hundred years, in up-do-date performances that combine technical excellence with expressive soul.
- Barber•Agnus Dei for Chorus and Organ (Piano) ad libitum (1967)•Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi
- Fauré•Requiem in D minor op. 48 (Arr. for Solo Voice, Chorus and Organ)•7. In paradisum
- Bach•Cantata 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele' BWV 180•No. 1 Chorale 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele' (Chorus)
- Morales•Lamentabatur Jacob•
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part I • 1. Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part I • 2. Aleph. Quomodo sedet
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part I • 3. Beth. Plorans ploravit
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part II • 1. De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part II • 2. Ghimel. Migravit Judas
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part II • 3. Daleth. Omnes persecutores
- Tallis•The Lamentations of Jeremiah•Part II • 4. Heth. Facti sunt
- Weelkes•When David Heard•When David heard
- Rachmaninoff•Liturgiia sviatogo Ioanna Zlatousta (Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) op. 31•8. Izhe kheruvimy (Cherubic Hymn)
- Grieg•Psalms op. 74•3. Jesus Kristus er opfaren (Jesus Christ Our Lord Is Risen)
- Howells•Requiem (1932)•5. Requiem aeternam II
- Panufnik•All Shall be Well (2009)•
- Grigorjeva•In Paradisum (2012)•In paradisum deducant te angeli
- Whitacre•When David Heard (1999)•When David Heard
- Lauridsen•O Magnum Mysterium (1994)•O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum
- Ley•A Prayer of King Henry VI•
- Duruflé•Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens op. 10 (1960)•1. Ubi caritas et amor
- Martin•Songs of Ariel (from Shakespeare's The Tempest) for Chorus (1950)•2. Full fathom five thy father lies
- Sørensen•Lacrimosa (1985)•
- Silvestrov•Alleluia•1. Evening
- Silvestrov•Alleluia•2. Morning
- Silvestrov•Alleluia•3. Night
- Bryars•Ave regina gloriosa (2003)•
- Parry•Songs of Farewell (1916-1918)•6. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
- Stanford•Eight Part-Songs op. 119•3. The Blue Bird
- Lotti•Crucifixus à 10•Crucifixus etiam pro nobis
- White•Lamentations of Jeremiah, à 5•
- Byrd•Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae II)•16. Infelix ego / Quid igitur faciam / Ad te igitur
- Victoria•Missa Pro Defunctis•III. Graduale. Requiem æternam – In memoria æterna
- Pärt•Magnificat for Mixed Chorus a cappella (1989)•
- Weir•All the Ends of the Earth (1999)•