Ned Rorem: Choral Works

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Label
Resonus Classics
Release Date
June 20, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ned Rorem
    • PERFORMER
      St Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 20, 2025
    • UPC
      5060262793978
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RES10356
    • LABEL
      Resonus Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral
    Works ⌄

    1. Festive Alleluias

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    2. How lovely is your dwelling place (arr. T. Shorter for choir and string quartet)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    3. Sing my soul his wondrous love

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    4. 3 Choruses for Christmas: O magnum mysterium

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    5. Canticle of the Lamb

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    6. Little lamb who made thee? (arr. T. Shorter for choir and string quartet)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    7. No. 1. When all things were in quiet silence (Christmas)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    8. No. 2. Before the morning star begotten (Epiphany)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    9. No. 3. Ly up for yourselves (Ash Wednesday)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    10. No. 4. Praise him who was crucified (Easter)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    11. No. 5. God is gone up (Ascension)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    12. No. 6. Today the Holy Spirit appeared (Pentecost)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Performer: Daisy Walford

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    13. No. 7. Rejoice we all in the Lord (All Saints)

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    14. No. 1. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Toby Hughes

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    15. No. 2. Wounds without Cause

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Toby Hughes

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    16. No. 3. How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord?

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Toby Hughes

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    17. No. 1. Parting

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    18. No. 2. Flowers for the Graces

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    19. No. 3. Love

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    20. No. 4. An Absent Friend

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    21. Strophe A

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    22. Antistrophe A

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    23. Strophe B

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    24. Antistrophe B

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis

    25. Love divine, all loves excelling

      Composer: Ned Rorem

      Ensemble: St. Martin's Voices

      Conductor: Andrew Earis


Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin's Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven decades. From the playful intricacies of Festive Alleluias (1992) to the lush harmonies of Two Psalms and a Proverb (1962), Rorem's music for chorus-often imbued with religious texts despite his devout atheism-reveals his gift for blending homophony with subtle counterpoint. The album includes pieces like the lyrical Sing my soul, his wondrous love (1955), the haunting Canticle of the Lamb (1971), and the entrancing O Magnum Mysterium (1978), offering a compelling cross-section of Rorem's choral imagination. With rich emotional depth, innovative text-setting, and surprising rhythmic shifts, these works-many previously overlooked-finally receive the attention they so richly deserve.