The Philadelphia Singers, David Hayes - Thompson: Requiem (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Requiem: Pt. 1, Lamentations
02. Requiem, Pt. 2, The Triumph of Faith: No. 1, Why Make Ye This ado?
03. Requiem, Pt. 2, The Triumph of Faith: No. 2, What Man Is He?
04. Requiem, Pt. 2, The Triumph of Faith: No. 3, Good Tidings to the Meek
05. Requiem, Pt. 3, The Call to Song: No. 1, Be Filled with the Spirit
06. Requiem, Pt. 3, The Call to Song: No. 2, O Let the Nations Be Glad
07. Requiem, Pt. 3, The Call to Song: No. 3, Sing unto Him
08. Requiem, Pt. 3, The Call to Song: No. 4, Utter a Song
09. Requiem, Pt. 4, The Garment of Praise: No. 1, Sing with the Spirit
10. Requiem, Pt. 4, The Garment of Praise: No. 2, Let Everything That Hath Breath
11. Requiem, Pt. 4, The Garment of Praise: No. 3, Let Them Give Glory
12. Requiem, Pt. 4, The Garment of Praise: No. 4, Praise Him All Ye Stars of Light
13. Requiem, Pt. 4, The Garment of Praise: No. 5, I Am Their Music
14. Requiem, Pt. 5, The Leave-taking: No. 1, Ye Were Sometimes Darkness
15. Requiem, Pt. 5, The Leave-taking: No. 2, The Lord Shall Be unto Thee
16. Requiem, Pt. 5, The Leave-taking: No. 3, Return unto Thy Rest
17. Requiem, Pt. 5, The Leave-taking: No. 4, Thou Hast Given Him
18. Requiem, Pt. 5, The Leave-taking: No. 5, Amen and Amen, Alleluia


Randall Thompson’s choral works retain the affection of American choral singers and conductors alike. The Requiem is his masterpiece, written in response to the loss of close friends and colleagues. Using a wide-ranging selection of Biblical verses, it takes the form of a dramatic dialogue between two choirs, a ‘chorus of mourners’ and a ‘chorus of the faithful’, concerning eternal life. Recorded here for the first time in its complete form, this Requiem is an emotional and dramatically intense journey of conflict and resolution, and entirely unique within American music history and the requiem tradition as a whole.

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