Choir of Kings College/Heinrich Schutz Choir/Weir
Release Date: 09 September 2013
Label: Australian Eloquence
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0028948024759
Genres: Classical
Description
Mendelssohn's 'Hear my prayer' (or, in its English adaptation also known as 'O for the wings of a dove') is a much loved piece of 'Victoriana', made famous by, among others, Master Ernest Lough. Often sung by boy sopranos, it is here performed by Felicity Palmer, traditionally a mezzo, but using the soprano register of her voice here. She is soloist with the Heinrich Sch tz Choir and Chorale under Roger Norrington, on an Argo LP which also contains the Sechs Spr che (Six Aphorisms), a collection of short motets for particular days in the ecclesiastical year was written in 1845, the year in which Mendelssohn resumed directorship of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra. The three sublime Psalms, Op. 73 are included (shared between the Heinrich Sch tz and King's College choirs) as is the brief but touching Ave Maria, written in Rome in 1830 and whose publication at the time led The Neue Zeitschrift f r Musik said of it at the time that 'the music sings so convincingly of the sanctity of Mary that it could lead a non-Catholic to her.' 'If issued as a pop disc Ave Maria would probably make the top ten' wrote The Gramophone when this recording was first issued.
Tracklisting
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
Josef Krips
Neville Marriner; ASMF
New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists
Wiener Oktett
John Mauceri; The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Julie Andrews
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; LSO; Alfred Brendel
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; VPO; LSO; Sutherland; Backhaus
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Medi?val B?bes
d'Eon
Tsovinar Suflyan
Thomas Sanderling, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
The Viadana Collective, Maximilien Brisson
Sollazzo Ensemble, Anna Danilevskaia
Oxalys
