[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 21 April 2023
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Choral singing enjoys astonishing vitality in the United States of America. Alongside Bernstein's prodigious Chichester Psalms, Barber's Two Choruses, and Erb's much-loved arrangement of Shenandoah, Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge introduce us to the colourful works of the younger generation of composers on the other side of the Atlantic. A splendid panorama of American choral music from the post-war period to the present day.
1. Leonard Bernstein - 01 - Chichester Psalms - I.
2. Leonard Bernstein - 02 - Chichester Psalms - II.
3. Leonard Bernstein - 03 - Chichester Psalms - III.
4. Leonard Bernstein - 04 - Hashkiveinu
5. Traditional - 05 - Shenandoah (Arr. by James Erb)
6. Samuel Barber - 06 - 2 Choruses, Op. 42 - No. 1, Twelfth Night
7. Samuel Barber - 07 - 2 Choruses, Op. 42 - No. 2, To Be Sung on the Water
8. Herbert Howells - 08 - Take him, earth, for cherishing
9. Jennifer Higdon - 09 - O magnum mysterium
10. Caroline Shaw - 10 - and the swallow
11. David Lang - 11 - Protect yourself from infection
12. Nico Muhly - 12 - A Great Stone
13. Nico Muhly - 13 - A Good Understanding
14. Eric Whitacre - 14 - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine