Colorado Symphony Chorus, Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton - Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem - Hough: Missa Mirabilis (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Dona nobis pacem: I. Agnus Dei –
02. Dona nobis pacem: II. Beat! Beat! Drums! –
03. Dona nobis pacem: III. Reconciliation –
04. Dona nobis pacem: IV. Dirge for Two Veterans –
05. Dona nobis pacem: V. The Angel of Death Has Been Abroad – O Man Greatly Beloved
06. Missa Mirabilis: I. Kyrie
07. Missa Mirabilis: II. Gloria
08. Missa Mirabilis: III. Credo
09. Missa Mirabilis: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
10. Missa Mirabilis: V. Agnus Dei

Dona nobis pacem became a somewhat unexpected hit for Vaughan Williams. A fervently anti-war plea from the heart composed in 1936 as a pièce d’occasion for the Huddersfield Choral Society, it remains to this day one of the composer’s most widely performed works. Coupled with it here is the first recording of Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis (the title derives from an unfortunate motorway incident), a work which shares with the Vaughan Williams an ability to seem very much greater than the sum of its parts. Andrew Litton directs the Colorado Symphony and all-star soloists Sarah Fox and Christopher Maltman.

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