American Voices

Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms

I. Psalm 108:2; Psalm 100
II. Psalm 23, Psalm 2:1-4
III. Psalm 131, Psalm 133:1

Randall Thompson
Alleluia

Aaron Copland
In The Beginning

Nico Muhly
Bright Mass with Canons

I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Sanctus & Benedictus
IV. Agnus Dei

Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei

Daniel Castellanos
Eternal Light

Ned Rorem
Sing My Soul
O God, My Heart is Ready

Gerre Hancock
Deep River

Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York

Format: 1 CD
Release date: 1/4/2017
Barcode: 5060262790922 Categories: ,

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   in Choir & Organ (Jul, 2017)
A reissue of a 2009 recording, this CD continues the ongoing series of CDs on Resonus from Saint Thomas’s and the late John Scott. This disc pays tribute to Scott’s adopted land, celebrating the very finest of American choral music from the last seven decades. A tidy reading of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms in its watered down version for organ, harp and percussion leads to more successful renditions of Randall Thompson’s Alleluia and Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning. Nico Muhly’s Bright Mass with Canons was written for Saint Thomas’s in 2005. It shows Muhly’s admiration for the Tudor composers and 20th-century figures such as Britten, while remaining personal and direct. …

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