Sowerby: American Master of Sacred Song

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Label
Gloriae Dei Cantores
Release Date
October 5, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SOWERBY, LEO
    • PERFORMER
      Gloriae Dei Cantores
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 05, 2018
    • UPC
      709887013126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GDCD131
    • LABEL
      Gloriae Dei Cantores
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Great Is the Lord

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    2. No. 1. Hear My Cry, O God

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: Richard Pugsley, James Jordan

    3. No. 2. The Lord Is My Shepherd

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: Richard Pugsley, James Jordan

    4. No. 3. How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me?

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: Richard Pugsley, James Jordan

    5. Turn thou to thy God

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    6. Whoso Dwelleth

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: Luke Norman, James Jordan

    7. Carillon

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: David Chalmers

    8. An Angel Stood by the Altar of the Temple

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    9. Arioso

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: David Chalmers

    10. Lovely Infant

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Performer: James Jordan

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    11. Magnificat

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Performer: James Jordan

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    12. Nunc Dimittis

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Performer: James Jordan

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    13. All They from Saba Shall Come

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Performer: Peter Logan, James Jordan

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    14. Jesu, Bright and Morning Star

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Performer: James Jordan

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    15. Canon, Chacony and Fugue

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: David Chalmers

    16. No. 1. O God of Light

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: Christine Helfrich, James Jordan

    17. No. 2. Thou Art My Strength

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: Katherine Mary Hamilton, James Jordan

    18. Prelude on Were You There?

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: David Chalmers

    19. Christians, to the Paschal Victim

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    20. Fanfare

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Brass Ensemble

      Conductor: James Jordan

    21. Chorale

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Brass Ensemble

      Conductor: James Jordan

    22. Toccata on A.G.O.

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Brass Ensemble

      Conductor: James Jordan

    23. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    24. Bright, Blithe and Brisk

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Performer: David Chalmers

    25. O God, the Protector of All

      Composer: Leo Sowerby

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Performer: Christine Helfrich, James Jordan

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson


Originally released on the 100th anniversary of Sowerby's birth in 1995, Leo Sowerby: American Master of Sacred Song celebrates "the Dean of American Church Music" and his contributions to the choral and organ repertory. In the 1920's, Sowerby's music was regularly performed by orchestras (especially the Chicago Symphony) and it is heartening to see so much interest in his works in the 21st century. Gloriae Dei Cantores has selected ten anthems to represent Sowerby as an inspired composer for worship as well as several sacred vocal solos and four of his finest works for organ. The CD set is crowned with a rare performance of Sowerby's Festival Musick for brass and organ. Sowerby's rich harmonies and exciting vocal writing capture the listener in such texts as Great is the Lord, O God, the Protector of All, Come, Holy Ghost and Turn Thou to Thy God. His organ music shows a rare ear for color and texture and his style, attractive and accessible, is timeless. As with many of Gloriae Dei Cantores' recordings, this one contains much music not available elsewhere.