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!