Sacred Songs of Life & Love / Schmidt, South Dakota Chorale

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
February 10, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PAERT MARTINAITIS NYSTEDT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      South Dakota Chorale
    • PERFORMER
      Schmidt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 10, 2015
    • UPC
      827949053061
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186530
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Magnificat

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    2. Bogoroditse Djevo (Mother of God and Virgin)

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    3. No. 1. O Weisheit

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    4. No. 2. O Adonai

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    5. No. 3. O Spross

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    6. No. 4. O Schlussel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    7. No. 5. O Morgenstern

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    8. No. 6. O Konig

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    9. No. 7. O Immanuel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    10. Alleluia

      Composer: Algirdas Martinaitis

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Performer: Douglas Dodson

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    11. No. 3. Great Are You, O God!

      Composer: Knut Nystedt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Performer: Natalie Campbell

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    12. No. 6. Father in Heaven! You Loved Us First!

      Composer: Knut Nystedt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    13. No. 1. Let Him Kiss Me

      Composer: Sven-David Sandström

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    14. No. 2. Until the Daybreak

      Composer: Sven-David Sandström

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    15. No. 3. Awake, o North Wind

      Composer: Sven-David Sandström

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    16. No. 4. His Left Hand

      Composer: Sven-David Sandström

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    17. I Am the Rose of Sharon

      Composer: Ivo Antognini

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    18. O salutaris Hostia

      Composer: Ēriks Ešenvalds

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Performer: Natalie Campbell, Julianna Emanski

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt

    19. Nunc dimittis

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: South Dakota Chorale

      Performer: Amber Wellborn

      Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt


Recorded in January 2014 in the grand acoustical environment of St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, by Grammy Award-winning producer Blanton Alspaugh of Soundmirror, this recording once again testifies the stature of South Dakota Chorale as a first-rate ensemble that delivers no less than sublime choral performances.

Sacred Songs of Life and Love features some of the most beautiful works in contemporary Scandinavian and Baltic choral music, including Arvo Pärt’s Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen, selections from Kunt Nystedt’s Prayers of Kierkegaard, Sven-David Sandström’s Four Songs of Love and Algirdas Martinaitis’ Alleluia.

Review:

The South Dakota Chorale are more than well suited to this full-bodied repertoire. They address the common lyricism of the music through a warmth of sound and sonority that is not only notably varied in tone and color but which is all but perfect in blend, ensemble and intonation.

– Gramophone