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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, |
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Performer:
Trevor Burley (Cello),
Shelley Van Loen (Violin),
Sue Frost (Oboe)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra, Chorus Period: 20th Century |
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Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs. |
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O ignee Spiritus by Hildegard of Bingen |
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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 |
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Venue: Ttrinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Luto carens et latere a 1 by Philippe Le Chancelier |
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sequentia
Period: Medieval Written: France |
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Date of Recording: 11/1986 Venue: St Amandus-Kirche, Köln-Rheinkassel Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Edi be thu, heven-queenë by Anonymous |
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Performer:
Camilla Otaki (Soprano),
Alison Gascoigne (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Marlow Period: Medieval Written: circa 1270; England |
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Length: 0 Minutes 51 Secs. Language: English |
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Absolve, quaesumus, Domine/Requiem aeternam by Josquin Des Préz |
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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 |
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Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Rejoice unto the Lord by William Byrd |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: 1586; London, England |
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Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 1 Minutes 2 Secs. Language: English |
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Songs of 3-6 parts: Woe is me that I am constrained by Thomas Tomkins |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: by 1622; England |
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Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: English |
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Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15 by Henry Purcell |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Baroque Written: circa 1680-1682; England |
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Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs. Language: English |
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Miserere mei Deus by Gregorio Allegri |
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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 |
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Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Vespro della Beata Vergine: Excerpt(s) by Claudio Monteverdi |
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Conductor:
Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Palatino, Cantus Cölln Period: Baroque Written: by 1610; Mantua, Italy |
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Date of Recording: 09/1994 Venue: Evangelic Church, Gönningen, Germany Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus by Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Conductor:
Thomas Hengelbrock
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Balthaser-Neumann Choir Period: Baroque Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany |
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Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Messiah, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth by George Frideric Handel |
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Performer:
Patrizia Kwella (Soprano)
Conductor: Mark Stephenson Orchestra/Ensemble: London Musici Period: Baroque Written: 1742; London, England |
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Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs. Language: English |
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Salve Regina in F minor: Excerpt(s) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi |
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Performer:
Ruth Ziesak (Soprano)
Conductor: Michael Schneider Orchestra/Ensemble: La Stagione Period: Baroque Written: 1736; Italy |
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Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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Conductor:
Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 03/1991 Venue: Hercules Hall, Munich, Germany Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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Performer:
Silas Standage (Organ)
Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Classical Written: 1791; Austria |
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Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123: Sanctus by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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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 |
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Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. Language: Latin |
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L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: L'adieu des bergers by Hector Berlioz |
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Performer:
Philip Rushforth (Organ)
Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1850-1854; France |
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Date of Recording: 10/1988 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs. Language: French |
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Requiem Mass: Dies irae by Giuseppe Verdi |
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Performer:
Carol Vaness (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1874; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 10/1991 Venue: Hercules Hall, Munich, Germany Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Jerusalem by Charles Hubert Parry |
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Performer:
Philip Rushforth (Organ)
Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1916; England |
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Date of Recording: 1989 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. Language: English |
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Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum by Gabriel Fauré |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir, London Musici Period: Romantic Written: 1887-1890; France |
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Date of Recording: 1989 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs. Language: Latin |
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| Notes: Composition written: France (1877 - 1890). | |||||
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| 21. |
Vespers, Op. 37: no 6, Hail, Virgin, Mother of God by Sergei Rachmaninov |
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Conductor:
Valeri Polyanskii
Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir |
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Date of Recording: 1986 Venue: Cathedral of the Dormition, Smolensk Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. Language: Slavonic |
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| 22. |
English Hymnal: no 24, God that madest earth and heaven by Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: by 1906; England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs. Language: English |
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| 23. |
Agnus Dei, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1967; USA |
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Date of Recording: 1993 Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 9 Minutes 29 Secs. Language: Latin |
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| Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.' | |||||
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| 24. |
A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Balulalow by Benjamin Britten |
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Performer:
Marie-Claire Brookshaw (Soprano),
Frances Kelly (Harp)
Conductor: Richard Marlow Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1942; England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: English |
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| 25. |
Book of days: Dawn by Meredith Monk |
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Performer:
Katie Geissinger (Alto),
Alexandra Montano (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Westenburg Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Sacra Period: 20th Century Written: 1985; USA |
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Date of Recording: 1995 Venue: St. Ignatius Loyola Church, New York, NY Length: 5 Minutes 28 Secs. |
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| 26. |
Symphony no 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement, Lento e largo by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki |
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Performer:
Doreen DeFeis (Soprano)
Conductor: Adrian Leaper Orchestra/Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1976; Poland |
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Date of Recording: 04/11/1995 Venue: Telde, Gran Canaria Length: 9 Minutes 27 Secs. Language: Polish |
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| 27. |
Timor et tremor, motet for 6 voices, M. iii (S. xix/6) by Orlando de Lassus |
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Conductor:
Richard Marlow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: by 1564; Munich, Germany |
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Venue: Trinity College, Cambridge, England Length: 6 Minutes 8 Secs. Language: Latin |
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| 28. |
Funeral Ikos by John Tavener |
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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 |
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Date of Recording: 02/1995 Venue: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England Length: 7 Minutes 11 Secs. Language: English |
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| 29. |
Today the Virgin by Romanos the Melodist |
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Conductor:
Oleg Yanchenko
Orchestra/Ensemble: Madrigal Ensemble of Moscow Period: Medieval Written: 6th Century; Byzantium |
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Length: 4 Minutes 59 Secs. Language: Greek |
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