Listen & tracks
19 works · 69:57
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1 Pater noster Jacob Handl 3:08
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2 Intonation on the seventh tone Andrea Gabrieli 1:03
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3 Crucifixus à 10 Antonio Lotti 2:36
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4 Cantate Domino Claudio Monteverdi 2:05
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5 Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Claudio Monteverdi Domine ad adjuvandum 2:04
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6 Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich? SWV 415 Heinrich Schütz 3:16
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Missa Aeterna Christi MuneraGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 5 movements18:09
- 7 Kyrie 2:24
- 8 Gloria 2:45
- 9 Credo 5:05
- 10 Sanctus 3:58
- 11 Agnus Dei 3:57
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12 Todesca Giovanni Picchi 1:34
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13 Jubilate Deo Giovanni Gabrieli 4:13
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14 Fugue on the ninth tone Andrea Gabrieli 3:07
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15 In ecclesiis Giovanni Gabrieli 7:03
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16 Steal away 3:04
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17 Nobody knows the trouble I've seen 1:39
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18 Go down Moses 2:57
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19 By and by 1:38
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20 Deep river 3:21
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21 Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel 3:05
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22 There is a balm in Gilead 2:45
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23 My soul's been anchored in the Lord 3:10
The programme pairs cathedral repertoire from Europe with spirituals. Palestrina’s Missa Aeterna Christi Munera sits beside motets by Monteverdi, Schütz and the Gabrielis. Arrangements by Michael Tippett (from A Child of Our Time) and Moses Hogan close the disc.
Several items were recorded live at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park. Elizabeth Anderson contributes solo organ interludes by Andrea Gabrieli and Giovanni Picchi.
Reviews
The choir’s flawless intonation, impeccable blend, marvellously pure intervals, seamless contrapuntal vocal movement and their careful emphasis on text delivered an exceptional concert
Artists
Australian Chamber Choir
choir
The Australian Chamber Choir was founded by Douglas Lawrence in July 2007.
Douglas Lawrence
director
Melbourne organist Douglas Lawrence is Director of Music at The Scots' Church and Teacher of the Organ at the University of Melbourne. He founded the Choir of Ormond College and directed it from 1982 to 2006.
Giovanni Gabrieli
composer
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612) was a Venetian composer and organist of the late Renaissance, a central figure of the Venetian School at the turn toward early Baroque sacred and instrumental music.
Claudio Monteverdi
composer
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player, and a crucial figure between the Renaissance and Baroque. A pioneer of opera and of the expressive seconda pratica, he left madrigals, major sacred works and three surviving operas still central to the repertory.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
composer
Palestrina's sacred polyphony balances proportion and serenity with crystalline text. His masses and motets move in smooth, carefully controlled lines where dissonance yields to consonance and every voice serves the liturgy.
Andrea Gabrieli
composer
Andrea Gabrieli wrote sacred vocal music and instrumental works for the resonant spaces of late Renaissance Venice: ceremonial motets, madrigals, and organ pieces that trade dense counterpoint for clear, antiphonal sonority.
Jacob Handl
composer
Jacob Handl (1550–1591), also known as Jacobus Gallus, was a late-Renaissance composer whose sacred output runs to hundreds of works, from intimate motets to large polychoral writing.
Moses Hogan
composer
Moses Hogan (1957–2003) was an American composer, arranger and conductor best known for his settings of African-American spirituals. His choral arrangements remain central to the concert repertoire.
Antonio Lotti
composer
Giovanni Picchi
composer
Heinrich Schütz
composer
Michael Tippett
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Australian Chamber Choir · choir · all except tracks 2, 12 and 14
- Douglas Lawrence · director · all except tracks 2, 12 and 14
- Elizabeth Anderson · organ · tracks 2, 12 and 14
Technical credits
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Producer
Australian Chamber Choir
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
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Editing Engineer
Vaughan McAlley
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 69 minutes 57 seconds
- Release date
- Jun 2015
- Category
- Classical
- Genres
- Choral & Sacred, Early Music, Baroque
- Musical work copyright
- © 2015 Australian Chamber Choir
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2015 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MCD 523
- EAN
- 9314574052329
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