Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass / Jordan, Westminster Williamson Voices

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Label
GIA
Release Date
June 7, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GJEILO, OLA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Westminster Williamson Voices
    • PERFORMER
      Jordan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2019
    • UPC
      785147004820
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GIACD-1048
    • LABEL
      GIA
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Adult Contemporary
    Works ⌄

    1. The Spheres

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    2. Sunrise

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    3. The City

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    4. Identity

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    5. Ave generosa

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Performer: Micaela Bottari, Olivia Dowden, Lucy Hole, Kate Miksits, Kamala Silvey, Danielle Verguldi, Camille Watson, Alexandra Meakem

      Conductor: James Jordan

    6. Ave generosa

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    7. Ubi Caritas

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    8. Ubi Caritas II, "Through Infinite Ages"

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    9. Sacred Heart, "Ubi Caritas III"

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Performer: Valissa Willwerth, Blake Espy, Pam Fay, Glenn Fischbach

      Conductor: James Jordan

    10. Det hev ei rose sprunge (A Spotless Rose)

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Performer: Jennifer Halliday, Lucy Hole, Alexandra Meakem

      Conductor: James Jordan

    11. Tantum ergo [chant d'adoration]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    12. 4 Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10: No. 4. Tantum ergo

      Composer: Maurice Duruflé

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    13. No. 1. Weihnachten: Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden, MWV B42

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    14. No. 2. Am Neujahrstage: Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht fur und fur, MWV B44

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan

    15. Acclamatio

      Composer: Damijan Močnik

      Ensemble: Westminster Williamson Voices

      Conductor: James Jordan


Sunrise Mass is a magical recording that includes compelling music by Ola Gjeilo along with several complementary selections by Durufle, Mendelssohn, and Mocnik. The title was chosen to hopefully represent the journey of each listener to hear new worlds ot colors in each of the selections. At the heart of this recording is Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, a spiritual, extended work in four movements that will bring you on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth. This recording is expertly sung by the Westminster Williamson Voices and conducted by James Jordan. It is simply exquisite. Jordan writes: “This has been our experience living with this music and, for me, allowing this choir to resonate these sounds in the most honest way we could. Gjeilo’s music allows us to connect to a vast wordless world that speaks directly to each of us in deeply personal and meaningful ways. His music was a gift to us, and hopefully will be a gift to you. All of the music on this recording connected itself to us and tethered each piece, one to the other, inside us. And for that reason, and all the reasons above, we are excited to share the magic we felt through sounding all of these incredible scores.”

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REVIEW:

Norwegian New Yorker Aja Gjeilo's music is thoroughly tonal. He seems to specialize in church music, with quotations in this mass from Duruflé and Mendelssohn. Texts by Hildegard von Bingen are rewritten and freely orchestrated. The others are by the composer. Harmony is clean and conservative, with occasional surprises in the voiceleading. For the most part, this is lovely and very beautiful. There is nothing here that could not be sung by well-schooled amateur choir singers. In fact, choral aficionados will surely enjoy this.

– American Record Guide (Allen Gimbel)