Signum Classics
A Knight's Progress
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- PARRY WALTON MUHLY TAVENER
- Artist
- Morris, Sayer
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Released
- Mar 10, 2015
- Catalog #
- SIGCD410
- UPC
- 635212041024
About
• The Temple Church Choir gives the world premiere recording of Nico Muhly's Our Present Charter - a brand new fourmovement work commissioned by the choir to celebrate 800 years since the sealing of the Magna Carta. • Directed by Roger Sayer and featuring organist Greg Morris, the recording also features choral works by Parry, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Bairstow, Tavener and Haydn. • The Temple Church Choir, founded 1841, consists of eighteen boy choristers and twelve professional choirmen. • It is still considered to be one of the finest choirs in London, a reputation it quickly gained after it's founding. • The American composer Nico Muhly (b. 1981) received his Masters in Music from the Juilliard School where he studied under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano. • He also spent several years working for Phillip Glass as a MIDI programmer and editor. • His wide scope of work for soloists, ensembles, and organizations covers multiple genres, including music for film, opera, choral, chamber, orchestral, vocal and electronic forces in solo or combinations there of.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 I was glad when they said unto me, Op. 51, "Psalm 122" 04:57
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I was glad when they said unto me, Op. 51, "Psalm 122"
- Duration
- 04:57
- Composer
- Hubert Parry
- Performer
- Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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2 The Twelve 11:49
- Track
- 2
- Title
- The Twelve
- Duration
- 11:49
- Composer
- William Walton
- Performer
- Oscar Simms, Benedict Davies, Tom Williams, Thomas Guthrie, Christopher Dixon, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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3 I. First 04:02
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I. First
- Duration
- 04:02
- Composer
- Nico Muhly
- Performer
- Max Todes, William Towers, Christopher Dixon, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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4 II. Thy Kingdome Come, O God 04:21
- Track
- 4
- Title
- II. Thy Kingdome Come, O God
- Duration
- 04:21
- Composer
- Nico Muhly
- Performer
- Max Todes, William Towers, Christopher Dixon, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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5 III. The Beatitudes 04:22
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. The Beatitudes
- Duration
- 04:22
- Composer
- Nico Muhly
- Performer
- Max Todes, William Towers, Christopher Dixon, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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6 IV. Nullus Liber Homo Capiatur 04:45
- Track
- 6
- Title
- IV. Nullus Liber Homo Capiatur
- Duration
- 04:45
- Composer
- Nico Muhly
- Performer
- Max Todes, William Towers, Christopher Dixon, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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7 Mother of God, here I stand 02:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Mother of God, here I stand
- Duration
- 02:30
- Composer
- John Tavener
- Performer
- Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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8 Valiant for Truth 05:02
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Valiant for Truth
- Duration
- 05:02
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performer
- David Allsopp, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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9 Blessed City, heavenly Salem 08:33
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Blessed City, heavenly Salem
- Duration
- 08:33
- Composer
- Edward C. Bairstow
- Performer
- Emerson Murphy, Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer
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10 Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese, Hob.XXIIIc:2 08:17
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese, Hob.XXIIIc:2
- Duration
- 08:17
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Greg Morris
- Ensemble
- Temple Church Choir
- Conductor
- Roger Sayer