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Around the figure of Christ there has grown up over the centuries a body of choral literature that can only be described as among the most remarkable in western civilization. The music of this recording, all for a cappella choir, is grouped loosely according to the themes of its texts (The coming of Christ, Words of Christ, The Passion of Christ, Resurrection and Ascension, Christ in the Eucharist), drawing together composers as far apart in time and space as eleventh-century France and twentieth-century Russia and America. The aim is not a liturgical reconstruction, nor an historical survey, but rather a journey of the imagination.
Around the figure of Christ there has grown up over the centuries a body of choral literature that can only be described as among the most remarkable in western civilization. The music of this recording, all for a cappella choir, is grouped loosely according to the themes of its texts (The coming of Christ, Words of Christ, The Passion of Christ, Resurrection and Ascension, Christ in the Eucharist), drawing together composers as far apart in time and space as eleventh-century France and twentieth-century Russia and America. The aim is not a liturgical reconstruction, nor an historical survey, but rather a journey of the imagination. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Singers
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Language: Latin
2.
Agnus Dei, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1967; USA
Language: Latin
Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.'
3.
O vos omnes by Pablo Casals
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: ?1932
Language: Latin
4.
Viri Galilei by William Byrd
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
Language: Latin
5.
Christus factus est by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Singers
Period: Romantic
Language: Latin
6.
Gregorian Chant(s) by Anonymous
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Singers
Period: Medieval
Language: Latin
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