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Two Thousand Years - Music From The Major Television Series

	Release Date: 11/09/1999 Label: Conifer Catalog #: 51353 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Hartshorne,, Hildegard of Bingen, Philippe Le Chancelier, Anonymous, Josquin Des Préz, William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, Henry Purcell, Gregorio Allegri, Claudio Monteverdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Hubert Parry, Gabriel Fauré, Sergei Rachmaninov, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Meredith Monk, Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, Orlando de Lassus, John Tavener, Romanos the Melodist Performer: Trevor Burley, Shelley Van Loen, Sue Frost, Marie-Claire Brockshaw, Harriet Poyer-Sleeman, Claire Courtney, Camilla Otaki, Alison Gascoigne, Simon Carrington, David Hurley, Robert Chilcott, Alastair Hume, Stephen Connolly, Bruce Russell, Rebecca Daldorph, Louisa Keily, James Elias, Reiner Schneider-Waterburg, Patrizia Kwella, Ruth Ziesak, Silas Standage, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Uwe Heilmann, Jadwiga Rappé, Luba Orgonasova, Philip Rushforth, Carol Vaness, Marie-Claire Brookshaw, Frances Kelly, Katie Geissinger, Alexandra Montano, Doreen DeFeis, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson Conductor: Richard Marlow, Konrad Junghänel, Thomas Hengelbrock, Mark Stephenson, Michael Schneider, Sir Colin Davis, Valeri Polyanskii, Richard Westenburg, Adrian Leaper, Oleg Yanchenko Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra, Chorus, Cambridge Trinity College Choir, Sequentia, King's Singers, Concerto Palatino, Cantus Cölln, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Balthaser-Neumann Choir, London Musici, La Stagione, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, Musica Sacra, Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra, Madrigal Ensemble of Moscow Number of Discs: 2 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 2 Hours 10 Mins.	List Price: $31.99 ArkivCD $24.99 In Stock On sale!

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The English television program TWO THOUSAND YEARS charts relative chronologies in world history, religion, art and science as seen from the perspective of the end of the second millenium, and this two disc anthology taken from the soundtrack follows that progress in music, specifically sacred choral music ranging from the 6th century chant of the Russian Saint Romanus to the late 20th century minimalism of Henryk Gorecki. The selection is admirably chosen and well distributed through the centuries, especially generous in the amount of earlier music included. There are a few surprises, such as the deeply affecting "Woe is me" of English renaissance composer Thomas Tomkins or the uplifting "Dawn" of current-day New Yorker Meredith Monk, as well as the moving Agnus Dei of Samuel Barber, which is a lesser-known vocal arrangement of his famous Adagio for Strings. The performances, featuring the Choir of Trinity College, the King's Singers and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis, are all first rate and well-recorded.


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1.	Two Thousand Years: Theme by Hartshorne,
	Performer: Trevor Burley (Cello), Shelley Van Loen (Violin), Sue Frost (Oboe) Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra, Chorus Period: 20th Century	Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.


2.	O ignee Spiritus by Hildegard of Bingen
	Performer: Marie-Claire Brockshaw (Voice), Harriet Poyer-Sleeman (Voice), Claire Courtney (Voice) Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Medieval Written: 12th Century; Germany	Venue: Ttrinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs. Language: Latin


3.	Luto carens et latere a 1 by Philippe Le Chancelier
	Orchestra/Ensemble: Sequentia Period: Medieval Written: France	Date of Recording: 11/1986 Venue: St Amandus-Kirche, Köln-Rheinkassel Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. Language: Latin


4.	Edi be thu, heven-queenë by Anonymous
	Performer: Camilla Otaki (Soprano), Alison Gascoigne (Soprano) Conductor: Richard Marlow Period: Medieval Written: circa 1270; England	Length: 0 Minutes 51 Secs. Language: English


5.	Absolve, quaesumus, Domine/Requiem aeternam by Josquin Des Préz
	Performer: Simon Carrington (Baritone), David Hurley (Countertenor), Robert Chilcott (Tenor), Alastair Hume (Countertenor), Stephen Connolly (Bass), Bruce Russell (Baritone) Orchestra/Ensemble: King's Singers Period: Renaissance Written: France	Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. Language: Latin


6.	Rejoice unto the Lord by William Byrd
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: 1586; London, England	Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 1 Minutes 2 Secs. Language: English


7.	Songs of 3-6 parts: Woe is me that I am constrained by Thomas Tomkins
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: by 1622; England	Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: English


8.	Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15 by Henry Purcell
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Baroque Written: circa 1680-1682; England	Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs. Language: English


9.	Miserere mei Deus by Gregorio Allegri
	Performer: Rebecca Daldorph (Soprano), Louisa Keily (Soprano), James Elias (Bass), Reiner Schneider-Waterburg (Countertenor) Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: by 1603; Italy	Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs. Language: Latin


10.	Vespro della Beata Vergine: Excerpt(s) by Claudio Monteverdi
	Conductor: Konrad Junghänel Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Palatino, Cantus Cölln Period: Baroque Written: by 1610; Mantua, Italy	Date of Recording: 09/1994 Venue: Evangelic Church, Gönningen, Germany Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. Language: Latin


11.	Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus by Johann Sebastian Bach
	Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Balthaser-Neumann Choir Period: Baroque Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany	Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs. Language: Latin


12.	Messiah, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth by George Frideric Handel
	Performer: Patrizia Kwella (Soprano) Conductor: Mark Stephenson Orchestra/Ensemble: London Musici Period: Baroque Written: 1742; London, England	Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs. Language: English


13.	Salve Regina in F minor: Excerpt(s) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
	Performer: Ruth Ziesak (Soprano) Conductor: Michael Schneider Orchestra/Ensemble: La Stagione Period: Baroque Written: 1736; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. Language: Latin


14.	Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria	Date of Recording: 03/1991 Venue: Hercules Hall, Munich, Germany Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. Language: Latin


15.	Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: Silas Standage (Organ) Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Classical Written: 1791; Austria	Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs. Language: Latin


16.	Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123: Sanctus by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performer: Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass), Uwe Heilmann (Tenor), Jadwiga Rappé (Alto), Luba Orgonasova (Soprano) Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus Period: Classical Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria	Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. Language: Latin


17.	L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: L'adieu des bergers by Hector Berlioz
	Performer: Philip Rushforth (Organ) Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1850-1854; France	Date of Recording: 10/1988 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs. Language: French


18.	Requiem Mass: Dies irae by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: Carol Vaness (Soprano) Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1874; Italy	Date of Recording: 10/1991 Venue: Hercules Hall, Munich, Germany Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs. Language: Latin


19.	Jerusalem by Charles Hubert Parry
	Performer: Philip Rushforth (Organ) Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1916; England	Date of Recording: 1989 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. Language: English


20.	Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum by Gabriel Fauré
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir, London Musici Period: Romantic Written: 1887-1890; France	Date of Recording: 1989 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs. Language: Latin

	Notes: Composition written: France (1877 - 1890).


21.	Vespers, Op. 37: no 6, Hail, Virgin, Mother of God by Sergei Rachmaninov
	Conductor: Valeri Polyanskii Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1915; Russia	Date of Recording: 1986 Venue: Cathedral of the Dormition, Smolensk Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. Language: Slavonic


22.	English Hymnal: no 24, God that madest earth and heaven by Ralph Vaughan Williams
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: by 1906; England	Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs. Language: English


23.	Agnus Dei, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1967; USA	Date of Recording: 1993 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 9 Minutes 29 Secs. Language: Latin

	Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.'


24.	A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Balulalow by Benjamin Britten
	Performer: Marie-Claire Brookshaw (Soprano), Frances Kelly (Harp) Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1942; England	Length: 1 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: English


25.	Book of days: Dawn by Meredith Monk
	Performer: Katie Geissinger (Alto), Alexandra Montano (Mezzo Soprano) Conductor: Richard Westenburg Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Sacra Period: 20th Century Written: 1985; USA	Date of Recording: 1995 Venue: St. Ignatius Loyola Church, New York, NY Length: 5 Minutes 28 Secs.


26.	Symphony no 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
	Performer: Doreen DeFeis (Soprano) Conductor: Adrian Leaper Orchestra/Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1976; Poland	Date of Recording: 04/11/1995 Venue: Telde, Gran Canaria Length: 9 Minutes 27 Secs. Language: Polish


27.	Timor et tremor venerunt by Orlando de Lassus
	Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: by 1564; Munich, Germany	Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 6 Minutes 8 Secs. Language: Latin


28.	Funeral Ikos by John Tavener
	Performer: Stephen Connolly (Bass), David Hurley (Countertenor), Nigel Short (Countertenor), Robert Chilcott (Tenor), Bruce Russell (Baritone), Philip Lawson (Baritone) Orchestra/Ensemble: King's Singers Period: 20th Century Written: 1981; England	Date of Recording: 02/1995 Venue: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England Length: 7 Minutes 11 Secs. Language: English


29.	Today the Virgin by Romanos the Melodist
	Conductor: Oleg Yanchenko Orchestra/Ensemble: Madrigal Ensemble of Moscow Period: Medieval Written: 6th Century; Byzantium	Length: 4 Minutes 59 Secs. Language: Greek

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