James MacMillan: Mass auf CD
Mass
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
+Geistliche Chorwerke
- Künstler:
- Reid, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Baker
- Label:
- Hyperion
- Aufnahmejahr ca.:
- 2000
- Artikelnummer:
- 3657368
- UPC/EAN:
- 0034571172194
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 18.5.2001
Product-Information:
The major work on this recording is the Mass. This was commissioned by Westminster Cathedral and was first performed on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 2000. MacMillan has chosen vernacular text rather than the Latin Mass and builds on the tradition of modern vernacular choral settings espoused by Britten with his Missa Brevis, also written for Westminster Cathedral.
Gaudeamus in loci pace is the first substantial organ work in MacMillan's output and appears to also have a connection with the Cathedral in that it was written for the Scottish organist Joseph Cullen, a former Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral. Many of the pieces on this recording have been commissioned by well-known choirs such as St Paul's Cathedral and King's College, Cambridge. The singing throughout is of the great standard we have come to expect from this choir. The use of soaring treble lines (such as in Christus vincit) is particularly special. This is the first recording of Westminster under their new Master of Music, Martin Baker.
All of the works are premiere recordings and the disc is sure to be popular with followers of James MacMillan's music and The Choir of Westminster Cathedral alike.
Rezensionen
'From the moment this CD begins, the senses tingle with the magical, spiritual nature of the music' (The Sunday Herald)
'This music, the Mass in particular, is virtually guaranteed a passage into the central repertoire of choirs around the world; it could hardly have had a better springboard than this recording' (International Record Review)
'A busy railway carriage is probably not the ideal environment in which to listen to James MacMillan’s music. But the fact that it transported me to another place is proof of the power of his music' (Classic FM Magazine)
'Performances throughout are exceptionally fine and the recorded sound radiantly atmospheric' (Gramophone)
Rezensionen
D. Klug in FonoForum 12/01: "In dieser Aufnahme gehen sakrale Feierlichkeiten und packende Expressivität eine überzeugende Verbindung ein."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 A new song
Mass
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2 Kyrie
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3 Gloria
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4 Alleluia
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5 Sursum corda and preface
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6 Sanctus - Benedictus
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7 Eucharistic prayer and acclamations
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8 Agnus dei
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9 Christus vincit
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10 Gaudeamus in loci pace
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11 Seinte mari moder milde
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12 A child's prayer
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13 Changed
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