Thompson: Requiem / Hayes, Philadelphia Singers
Details
- Composer
- THOMPSON, RANDALL
- Artist
- Philadelphia Singers, Hayes
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- May 13, 2016
- Catalog #
- 8559789
- UPC
- 636943978924
About
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Randall Thompson’s choral works retain the affection of American choral singers and conductors alike. The Requiem is his masterpiece, written in response to the loss of close friends and colleagues. Using a wide-ranging selection of Biblical verses, it takes the form of a dramatic dialogue between two choirs, a "chorus of mourners" and a "chorus of the faithful", concerning eternal life. Recorded here for the first time in its complete form, this Requiem is an emotional and dramatically intense journey of conflict and resolution, and entirely unique within American music history and the requiem tradition as a whole.
REVIEW:
The performance is very well done by The Philadelphia Singers, a professional choir that after 43 years disbanded in 2015, the year after this recording was made. Although it’s an often strange and imperfect work, we’re fortunate to have the recording, as it fills an important gap in Thompson’s recorded catalog and gives a first-class opportunity to experience aspects of his compositional style that we don’t hear anywhere else in his output.
-- ClassicsToday.com (David Vernier)
The Philadelphia Singers, under the tireless, polished leadership of David Hayes, sustain an impressively high level of musicianship over the course of this long and demanding unaccompanied piece. Thompson’s Requiem is revealed here as a major work, unique and masterful, by an important American voice of the last century. I highly recommend it.
-- Opera News
Tracklist 18 tracks
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1 Part I: Lamentations 06:29
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part I: Lamentations
- Duration
- 06:29
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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2 Part II: The Triumph of Faith: Why make ye this ado? 01:49
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part II: The Triumph of Faith: Why make ye this ado?
- Duration
- 01:49
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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3 Part II: The Triumph of Faith: What man is he? 06:04
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part II: The Triumph of Faith: What man is he?
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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4 Part II: The Triumph of Faith: Good tidings to the meek 02:47
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part II: The Triumph of Faith: Good tidings to the meek
- Duration
- 02:47
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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5 Part III: The Call to Song: Be filled with the spirit 01:36
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part III: The Call to Song: Be filled with the spirit
- Duration
- 01:36
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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6 Part III: The Call to Song: O let the nations be glad 02:30
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part III: The Call to Song: O let the nations be glad
- Duration
- 02:30
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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7 Part III: The Call to Song: Sing unto Him 02:59
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part III: The Call to Song: Sing unto Him
- Duration
- 02:59
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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8 Part III: The Call to Song: Utter a song 02:57
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part III: The Call to Song: Utter a song
- Duration
- 02:57
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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9 Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Sing with the spirit 01:14
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Sing with the spirit
- Duration
- 01:14
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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10 Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Let everything that hath breath 00:46
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Let everything that hath breath
- Duration
- 00:46
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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11 Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Let them give glory 02:23
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Let them give glory
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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12 Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Praise Him all ye stars of light 03:21
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part IV: The Garment of Praise: Praise Him all ye stars of light
- Duration
- 03:21
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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13 Part IV: The Garment of Praise: I am their music 02:29
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part IV: The Garment of Praise: I am their music
- Duration
- 02:29
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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14 Part V: The Leave-taking: Ye were sometimes darkness 05:19
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Part V: The Leave-taking: Ye were sometimes darkness
- Duration
- 05:19
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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15 Part V: The Leave-taking: The Lord shall be unto thee 01:06
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Part V: The Leave-taking: The Lord shall be unto thee
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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16 Part V: The Leave-taking: Return unto thy rest 02:36
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Part V: The Leave-taking: Return unto thy rest
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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17 Part V: The Leave-taking: Thou hast given him 02:25
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Part V: The Leave-taking: Thou hast given him
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes
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18 Part V: The Leave-taking: Amen and amen, alleluia 06:27
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Part V: The Leave-taking: Amen and amen, alleluia
- Duration
- 06:27
- Composer
- Randall Thompson
- Ensemble
- Philadelphia Singers
- Conductor
- David Hayes