Performer: Phoenix Chorale
Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD885
Release: 2025
Size: 2.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Koppin: I Found Night
02. Koppin, Teasdale: There Will Come Soft Rains
Ticheli: 3 Poems of Sara Teasdale, “Consolation”
03. I. From the Sea
04. II. A Falling Star
05. III. There will be stars
06. Yanesh: The Astronomer
07. Brown, Mvula: Sing To The Moon
08. Lloyd: Cells, Planets
09. Rutter: Be not afeard
10. Harris: April Rain Song
11. Trumbore: Little You, Looking Up
12. Elgar: As torrents in summer
13. Forrest: The Sun Never Says
14. Rusby: Underneath The Stars
15. Whitacre: With a lily in your hand
16. Hession: She Walks in Beauty
17. Sullivan: The Sun whose rays are all ablaze
18. Whitacre: Water Night
For their second album for Signum Classics, Christopher Gabbitas and the Phoenix Chorale present ‘Sun Moon Stars Rain’ – a new album of vocal works all linking how these pivotal elements shape our cultures, beliefs, and understanding of the world.
“This enduring fascination speaks to something fundamental in the human experience – a mix of awe at the natural world, a quest for understanding our place within it, and a recognition of our dependence on forces far greater than ourselves. This is nothing new: Shakespeare, Lord Byron, and Octavio Paz are amongst the literary greats who have brought this awe to bear in their poetry and prose and inspired composers Sir John Rutter, Toby Hession and Eric Whitacre in their contributions to this programme”’ – Christopher Gabbitas
