Composer: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Randall Thompson
Performer: Polyphony
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67929
Release: 2015
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Thompson: Alleluia
02. Barber: Agnus Dei
Barber: Reincarnations, Op. 16
03. I. Mary Hynes
04. II. Anthony O’Daly
05. III. The coolin’
Bernstein: Missa Brevis
06. I. Kyrie
07. II. Gloria
08. III. Sanctus
09. IV. Benedictus
10. V. Agnus Dei
11. VI. Dona nobis pacem
Copland: Four Motets
12. I. Help us, O Lord
13. II. Thou, O Jehovah, abideth forever
14. III. Have mercy on us, O my Lord
15. IV. Sing ye praises to our king
Barber: Pieces, Op 42
16. I. Twelfth Night
17. II. To be sung on the water
Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13
18. I. A nun takes the veil ‘Heaven-haven’
Barber: Two Songs Op. 18
19. I. The virgin martyrs
20. II. Let down the bars, O death
21. Thompson: Fare Well ‘When I lie where shades of darkness’
An all-too-rare new recording from Polyphony and Stephen Layton presents highlights from the choral repertoire by four twentieth-century American giants: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Randall Thompson. Framed by Thompson’s understated favourites Alleluia and Fare Well, the programme includes Bernstein’s Missa brevis, Copland’s early set of four motets, and—of course—Barber’s inimitable Agnus Dei.