AGNUS DEI - Music of Inner Harmony

Agnus Dei:

Music of Inner Harmony (The Choir of New College, Oxford)

Label: Erato

Audio CD (February 18, 1997)

Covers and leafleat Included



Tracklist:



1. Agnus Dei, for chorus & organ/piano (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11

Composed by Samuel Barber

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



2. Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



3. Missa Papae Marcelli, for 6 voices Kyrie

Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



4. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



5. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



6. Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37 No.6, Ave Maria

Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



7. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36 Nimrod: Lux aeterna

Composed by Edward Elgar

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



8. Totus Tuus, for chorus, Op. 60

Composed by Henryk Gorecki

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



9. Hear My Prayer ("O for the wings of a dove"), hymn for soprano, chorus & organ or orchestra in G major

Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



10. The Lamb, for chorus

Composed by John Tavener

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



11. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 In paradisum

Composed by Gabriel Faure

with Rebecca Hirsch

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



12. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus

Composed by Gregorio Allegri

with Matthew Beale, Thomas Herford, William Petter, Eamon Dougan

Conducted by Edward Higginbottom



Beyond this recording's new age packaging and title is a splendid sampling of some of the world's finest choral music, sung by one of the world's outstanding choirs. This "anthology of sacred choral music" spans 400 years and includes such masterpieces as Allegri's Miserere, Bach's "Jesu, joy of man's desiring," and Barber's exquisite Agnus Dei, which is the composer's choral setting of his famous Adagio for Strings. Along the way we also hear Mozart's sublime "Ave verum corpus," Elgar's "Lux aeterna," and the Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli. There has been a choir at England's New College, Oxford, since the year 1379, and this impressive line of experience shows in the intelligent, unfaltering, and finely polished performances by today's ensemble of 16 boys and 12 adults.



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