Margaret Rizza: Choral Works "Mysterium Amoris" / Gaudete Ensemble

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	Ave Maria - Ave Maria
	O Magnum Mysterium - O Magnum Mysterium
	In the Silence - In the Silence
	Mary Slept - Mary Slept
	Fire of Love - Fire of Love
	O Sapientia - O Sapientia
	Christ be Near - Christ be Near
	Mysterium Amoris - Mysterium Amoris
	Veni Jesu - Veni Jesu
	Sanctus Dominus - Sanctus Dominus
	O Speculum Columbe - O Speculum Columbe
	Rising Prayer - Rising Prayer
	Mysterious Night - Mysterious Night
	Oculi Mei - Oculi Mei
	Ave Generosa - Ave Generosa

Album Summary

Rizza, Margaret : Ave Maria, for chorus

Rizza, Margaret : O magnum mysterium, for chorus, organ & cello

Rizza, Margaret : In the Silence, for chorus, oboe, clarinet, cello & organ

Rizza, Margaret : Mary Slept, for chorus

Rizza, Margaret : Fire of Love, for chorus, string quartet & organ

Rizza, Margaret : O sapientia, for chorus

Rizza, Margaret : Christ be near, for chorus

Rizza, Margaret : Mysterium amoris, for chorus, string quartet, oboe, clarinet & organ

Rizza, Margaret : Veni Jesu, for chorus, cello & organ

Rizza, Margaret : Sanctus Dominus, for chorus, oboe, clarinet, cello & organ

Rizza, Margaret : O speculum columbe, for chorus

Rizza, Margaret : Rising Prayer, for chorus, string quartet & organ

Rizza, Margaret : Mysterious Night, for chorus

Rizza, Margaret : Oculi mei, for chorus, string quartet & organ

Rizza, Margaret : Ave generosa, for 2 voices & chorus

Conductor

Dougan, Eamonn

Ensemble

Gaudete Ensemble (Vocal Ensemble)

Composer

Margaret Rizza (1929 - )

Notes & Reviews:

Margaret Rizza sang professionally for twenty-five years, before teaching at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has directed music groups, making many recordings. She began composing in 1997 and has since earned huge admiration for her 'Classical Contemporary' sound world, works of spiritual contemplation and great beauty. Hers is music of great spiritual depth and, whether a cappella or for vocal and instrumental forces, it generates a sense of lyricism and healing resolution.

International Record Review
Rizza is a composer with a voice of her own... The Gaudete Ensemble is very much more than [an amateur group], and the composer will surely be thrilled to hear her music sing with such skill and sensitivity. The instrumental playing is faultless too, and the whole is ably held together by conductor Eamonn Dougan... if 'contemplative and spiritual' is your think... this will fit the bill.

BBC Music Magazine
Sweetly consolatory and reassuring.

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
Here we have a very enjoyable survey of lovely sacred choral pieces and a very unusual human-interest story to go along with it. While this music sounds distinctly modern, it is well rooted in the sacred classical tradition, with distinct mystical and contemplative qualities. As these consistently worthwhile pieces will be new to most of us. My favorites include Rizza's sweetly pastoral and mystic-toned setting of 'O Magnum Mysterium', as well as her nicely layered and ecstatic 'Fire of Love'. Performances, whether from the singers or players, are admirably well crafted, with no appreciable weaknesses. Choral textures and sound are typically English: bright and clear, with cool, yet committed spiritual sincerity.

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Recording information: Saint Silas Church, Kentish Town, London, UK.

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