Allegri: MIserere; Britten, etc / Short, Filsell, Tenebrae

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Album Summary

Composers

• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Alexander Sheremetiev (1859 - 1931)
• Antonio Lotti (Composer) (1667 - 1740)
• Traditional
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Pawel Lukaszewski (1968 - )
• Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967)
• William H. Harris (1883 - 1973)

Notes & Reviews:

"Once again, Tenebrae and their director, Nigel Short, have put together a programme that ranges from the Renaissance to the 21st century, from the neglected to the familiar, with no sense of strain. Some of the familiar pieces are, perhaps, rather too familiar. I wish I had a million dollars for every recording of the two Tavener pieces in my collection, let alone every time I've heard them sung. They are radiantly beautiful and emotionally affecting, but perhaps their space would have been better given over to something less often performed. Moreover, while Tenebrae's readings are typically impeccable, displaying fastidious craftsmanship, there are other versions (St John's College Choir, Cambridge, for example, on Naxos, 1/01) that are warmer, more transcendental. Tenebrae's special merits, their exceptional diction and sharp focus, are better suited elsewhere, not least on the two Russian liturgical pieces and Britten and Auden's Cecilian homage, which reminds us how the composer brought out the best in the poet. The singing here is particularly crisp and agile. The most recent composition is Lukaszewski's Ave Maria, a more-than-worthy addition to the considerable list of settings of this prayer. The earliest is Allegri's Miserere. The celebrated solo part with its top C is here entrusted to soprano Grace Davidson (placed rather far back in the reverberant middle-distance) who sings well enough to disarm purists preferring the part to be taken by a treble. Other highlights in this interesting recital are the pieces by Lotti, Kodaly and Harris, and Nigel Short's setting of the tune widely known as Barbara Allen."

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Works Details

Tavener, John : Song for Athene

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1993

Ireland, John : Ex ore innocentium

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1944

Tavener, John : The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"

• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1982

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31 :: Hymn to the Cherubim

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Sheremetiev, Alexander : Rejoice now heavenly powers

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Britten, Benjamin : Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

• Running Time: 10 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1942

Lukaszewski, Pawel : Ave Maria, for double chorus

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1992

Lotti, Antonio [Composer] : Crucifixus à 8

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1690-1739

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 11 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Kodály, Zoltán : Evening Song

• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1938

Traditional : The Dying Soldier, for chorus

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.

Holst, Gustav : Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us) :: Psalm 148, Lord who has made us for Thine own

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Harris, William H. : Faire Is the Heaven, for chorus

• Notes: St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London, England (01/05/2006/01/07/2006)
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1925