Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey - The Lamb's Journey. A Choral Narrative from Gibbons to Barber (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Worthy is the Lamb
02. Requiem: Salvator Mundi
03. The Lamb
04. Mass in G Major, FP 89: V. Agnus Dei
05. Responsoria Tenebrae: IV. O vos omnes
06. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
07. Crucifixus a 8 voci
08. Mass No. 2 in E Minor, WAB 27: VI. Agnus Dei
09. Were You There? (Arr. for Choir by Michael Garrepy)
10. Cantiones sacrae: Surrexit Christus hodie, SSWV 18
11. O Clap Your Hands
12. Panis Angelicus
13. O sacrum convivium!
14. O salutaris hostia
15. Agnus Dei (From Adagio for Strings)



The American countertenor Christopher Lowrey founded the vocal ensemble Altera 'to form the beating heart of professional choral music in the United States'. Now regarded as one of the finest and most enterprising choirs on the North American continent, Altera has devised this musical tour through sacred territories which focuses on epic narratives from various periods, from Renaissance music to the present day. The programme includes timeless works by Gibbons, Lotti, Scheidt and Bruckner, as well as twentieth-century compositions by Poulenc, Messiaen and others. Barber's celebrated Adagio sits alongside the moving Salvator Mundi, taken from Herbert Howells's Requiem. Not forgetting three world premiere recordings of works written or arranged for Altera by composers Joanna Marsh, Zuzanna Koziej, and Michael Garrepy, who has arranged Were you there?

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