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Artist: Choir of Merton College & Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
Title: Sleeper's Prayer: Choral Music from North America
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Delphian
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-44.1kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 63:29
Total Size: 245 / 565 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Senex puerum portabat (Version for Brass & Choir) (7:18)
02. Again (After Ecclesiastes) (4:22)
03. The Rev'd Mustard His Installation Prelude (3:05)
04. If I Sing (After Psalm 101) (3:47)
05. A Hymn on the Nativity (4:29)
06. Hudson Preludes: No. 1, Take Care (4:47)
07. I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm (5:07)
08. A Song of Ephrem the Syrian (5:25)
09. Sleeper's Prayer (Arr. for Choir & Organ) (7:20)
10. Satyagraha: Conclusion (Arr. M. Riesman for Solo Organ) (7:44)
11. Cedit, hyems (3:20)
12. Deep River (Arr. G. Hancock for Choir) (3:21)
13. The Road Home (After Graham's "Prospect") (3:28)
In barely a decade of existence, Merton College’s new choral foundation has ambitiously redefined the choral landscape of the great university city of Oxford through its twin commitment to excellence & innovation. Now, focusing entirely on American music of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, this latest in a series of thematically conceived recordings begins as a striking ‘double portrait’ of two composers who have written or arranged works especially for the choir.
David Lang’s austere choral postminimalism, informed by a background of Jewish liturgy and thought, provides a striking foil to Nico Muhly’s more richly referential approach; Muhly fell in love with the Anglican tradition as a young chorister in Rhode Island. Two solo organ works by Muhly, and a transcription from his mentor Philip Glass’s opera Satyagraha, widen the expressive gamut still further – from whimsical allusiveness to meditative calm – and are set in context alongside the more stylistically eclectic yet no less powerfully communicative sound-worlds of Libby Larsen and Abbie Betinis. Two final choral items draw on pre-existing traditions of the spiritual and the Baptist hymnal in moving demonstration of the New World’s ability to honour its past while gazing Firmly ahead.
艺术家:牛津大学默顿学院合唱团、本杰明·尼古拉斯
作品名称:《沉睡者的祈祷:来自北美的合唱音乐》
发行年份:2020年
厂牌:德尔菲安唱片公司
音乐类型:古典音乐
音质:FLAC(分轨)/ 24比特-44.1千赫兹 FLAC(分轨+小册子)
总时长:63分29秒
总大小:245 / 565兆字节
网站:专辑预览
曲目列表:
01. 《老人背负着男孩》(铜管与合唱版)(7分18秒)
02. 《再次》(根据《传道书》创作)(4分22秒)
03. 《可敬的马斯塔德牧师的就职前奏》(3分05秒)
04. 《倘若我歌唱》(根据《诗篇101篇》创作)(3分47秒)
05. 《圣诞赞美诗》(4分29秒)
06. 《哈德逊前奏曲:第一首,保重》(4分47秒)
07. 《我将歌唱并唱起赞美诗》(5分07秒)
08. 《叙利亚人以法莲之歌》(5分25秒)
09. 《沉睡者的祈祷》(为合唱与管风琴改编版)(7分20秒)
10. 《坚持真理:终曲》(由M. 里斯曼改编为管风琴独奏版)(7分44秒)
11. 《冬天消逝》(3分20秒)
12. 《深邃的河流》(由G. 汉考克改编为合唱版)(3分21秒)
13. 《归家之路》(根据格雷厄姆的《展望》创作)(3分28秒)
牛津大学默顿学院新成立的合唱团体在短短十年间,凭借对卓越与创新的双重追求,大胆地重新定义了这座伟大大学城牛津的合唱格局。如今,这一系列基于主题构思的最新唱片,完全聚焦于20世纪末至21世纪初的美国音乐。唱片开篇呈现出两位作曲家的精彩 “双重画像”,这两位作曲家专门为该合唱团创作或改编了作品。
大卫·朗受犹太礼拜仪式和思想背景的影响,其风格质朴的合唱后极简主义音乐,与尼科·穆利更丰富多元、充满参考元素的创作风格形成了鲜明对比;尼科·穆利年轻时在罗德岛担任唱诗班成员时,便爱上了英国圣公会的传统。穆利的两首管风琴独奏作品,以及他的导师菲利普·格拉斯的歌剧《坚持真理》的改编曲,进一步拓宽了音乐的表现力范围——从异想天开的含蓄暗示到沉思冥想的平静——并且与利比·拉森和艾比·贝蒂尼斯风格更为多样却同样极具感染力的音乐世界相互映衬。最后两首合唱作品借鉴了已有的灵歌和浸信会赞美诗集的传统,生动地展示了新大陆在坚定展望未来的同时尊重其历史的能力。
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