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Durufle: Complete Choral Works / Simpson, Cowan, Houston Chamber Choir
Signum Classics

Durufle: Complete Choral Works / Simpson, Cowan, Houston Chamber Choir

$19.99

Details

Composer
DURUFLE, MAURICE
Artist
Cowan, Simpson
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Apr 19, 2019
Catalog #
SIGCD571
UPC
635212057124

About

The choral works of Duruflé, like his organ works, are small in number but beautifully crafted. Frequently written and rewritten until he was completely satisfied, he was a composer who rethought and re-configured his music right up to the moment he had to let go of it. Often described as a man out of step with his times, his pieces look back to Gregorian chant and plainsong at a time when the musical life of his home city of Paris was steeped in radical new compositional ideas – a testament perhaps to Duruflé’s enduring love of France’s choral heritage. In a new recording produced by Grammy® winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, the Houston Chamber Choir are led by artistic director Robert Simpson on their first release with Signum Records.

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REVIEWS:

Recorded in warm, though not too reverberant acoustics, the choir’s tone is open and bright, and they and their conductor are sensitive to Duruflé’s demands. While they can be dramatic when needed, nothing is ever overstated – a temptation in this work, where there is little variety in tempi. The four unaccompanied Gregorian motets show offthe choir’s strengths to their best advantage.

– Choir & Organ

The unique selling point here is the highly polished, virtually flawless sound of the Houston Chamber Choir. Here is a group that clearly enjoys the art of choral singing and in Robert Simpson they have a director whose focus on producing a superbly homogenous sound makes for warm, comfortable listening.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie 03:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  2. 2 Gloria 06:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Eduardo Tercero, Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  3. 3 Sanctus 03:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sanctus
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  4. 4 Benedictus 02:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Benedictus
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Eduardo Tercero, Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  5. 5 Agnus Dei 04:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  6. 6 No. 1. Ubi caritas 02:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Ubi caritas
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  7. 7 No. 2. Tota pulchra es 02:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Tota pulchra es
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  8. 8 No. 3. Tu es Petrus 01:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Tu es Petrus
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  9. 9 No. 4. Tantum ergo 02:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 4. Tantum ergo
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  10. 10 Notre Père, Op. 14 01:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Notre Père, Op. 14
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  11. 11 Introit 03:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Introit
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  12. 12 Kyrie 03:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  13. 13 Domine Jesu Christe 08:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    Domine Jesu Christe
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  14. 14 Sanctus 03:06
    Track
    14
    Title
    Sanctus
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  15. 15 Pie Jesu 03:15
    Track
    15
    Title
    Pie Jesu
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Cecilia Duarte, Norman Fischer, Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  16. 16 Agnus Dei 03:47
    Track
    16
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  17. 17 Lux aeterna 04:15
    Track
    17
    Title
    Lux aeterna
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  18. 18 Libera me 05:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    Libera me
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson
  19. 19 In paradisum 02:47
    Track
    19
    Title
    In paradisum
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Ken Cowan
    Ensemble
    Houston Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Robert Simpson