Composer: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Jennifer Higdon, Herbert Norman Howells, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw, Eric Whitacre
Performer: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Conductor: Graham Ross, Iestyn Davies
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM905362
Release: 2023
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
01. I.
02. II.
03. III.
04. Bernstein: Hashkiveinu (Sabbath prayer for peace)
05. trad.: Shenandoah
Barber: Pieces, Op 42
06. No. 1, Twelfth Night
07. No. 2, To Be Sung on the Water
08. Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing
09. Higdon: O magnum mysterium
10. Shaw: And the Swallow
11. Lang: Protect yourself from infection
12. Muhly: A Great Stone
13. Muhly: A Good Understanding
14. Whitacre: Leonardo dreams of his flying machine
Choral singing enjoys astonishing vitality in the United States of America. Alongside Bernstein’s prodigious Chichester Psalms, Barber’s Two Choruses, and Erb’s much-loved arrangement of Shenandoah, Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge introduce us to the colourful works of the younger generation of composers on the other side of the Atlantic. A splendid panorama of American choral music from the post-war period to the present day.