Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New Choral Sounds


As always, John Schaefer has raised the bar for me this week.

This past weekend, I was listening to his exceptional radio program "New Sounds" and discovered another batch of incredible choral music that ranges from this century back to the 11th Century. What I love about John Schaefer is that he combines the new and the old, and its seamless, wonderful, and better than anything you could every expect. The man is a musical genius.

Since most of you are not fortunate to have New Sounds on your local NPR station, I have posted a recent episode (#2811) for your listening pleasure. In this episode, you will hear the following artists:

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek

Officium

Parce Mihi Domine [6:30]

ECM #1525
www.ecmrecords.com
*

Alfred Schnittke

Concerts for Mixed Chorus

Sabran je pesen sikh [8:00]

Chandos 9332 www.chandos.net OR Download from Emusic.com

Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek

Officium

Beata Viscera [6:30]

See above.

Eric Whitacre

Cloudburst

Cloudburst [8:30]

Hyperion #67543
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
*

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Sacred Works for Mixed Chorus

Canticum Mariae Virginus [7:30]

Ondine #935 **
www.ondine.net
*

Sequentia

Saints-Music of Hildegard von Bingen

O Euchari, in leta via ambulasti [7:00]

Deutsch Harmonia Mundi #77378 Available at Amazon.com*

Shirley Rumsey

Music from the Time of the Templars

Viderunt Omnes, excerpt [3:00]

Naxos 8.503192 www.naxos.com
OR Download from Emusic.com




Enjoy!

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