Voices Of Our Ancestors

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
August 7, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUSGRAVE, THEA
    • PERFORMER
      The New York Virtuoso Singers, Rosenbaum
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 07, 2020
    • UPC
      5020926038722
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD387
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Rorate Coeli

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Performer: Elizabeth van Os, Aine Hakamatsuka, Suzanne Schwing, Alex Guerrero, Paul Holmes

    2. Kyrie Eleison

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers

      Performer: David Enlow

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    3. Gloria

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers

      Performer: David Enlow

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    4. Sanctus

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers

      Performer: David Enlow

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    5. Benedictus

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers

      Performer: David Enlow

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    6. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers

      Performer: David Enlow

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    7. I. The Creation Hymn - II. Time

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers, American Brass Quintet

      Performer: Sarah Abigail Griffiths, Sishel Claverie, Chad Kranak, Elijah Blaisdell, Tadeusz von Moltke, James Adams

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    8. III. The Royal Crown - IV. From the Zoroaster - V. Inscription on the City of Brass

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers, American Brass Quintet

      Performer: Sarah Abigail Griffiths, Sishel Claverie, Chad Kranak, Elijah Blaisdell, Tadeusz von Moltke, James Adams

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    9. VI. You will die - VII. The Gift of Speech - VIII. Dido's Lament - IX. The Desolate City

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers, American Brass Quintet

      Performer: Sarah Abigail Griffiths, Sishel Claverie, Chad Kranak, Elijah Blaisdell, Tadeusz von Moltke, James Adams

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum

    10. X. Age - XI. Let us drink - XII. The Song of the Harper

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: New York Virtuoso Singers, American Brass Quintet

      Performer: Sarah Abigail Griffiths, Sishel Claverie, Chad Kranak, Elijah Blaisdell, Tadeusz von Moltke, James Adams

      Conductor: Harold Rosenbaum


Paul Conway writes: “One of Musgrave’s most powerfully expressive and lavishly intricate vocal works, Rorate Coeli (1973) is scored for unaccompanied SATB choir. There are also five soloists (SSATB), who sing both as a quintet and as individuals. This dramatic and virtuosic piece shows an inventive approach to text-setting in its use of quasi-improvised musical effects. The Voices of our Ancestors (2014) is scored for brass quintet (horn, two trumpets, trombone and tuba), organ and SATB choir. Substantial and ambitious, The Voices of our Ancestors draws upon ancient texts from a number of linguistic sources, including Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Egyptian and Chinese, all translated into English. Commissioned by Wells Cathedral, Missa Brevis, for SATB choir and organ (2017) was first performed by Wells Cathedral Choir, on the Feast of John the Baptist, Sunday 24 June 2018, in the presence of the composer. This compact setting of the Ordinary of the Mass has a reassuring, positive character with several of the sections concluding brightly on major chords.”