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St Martin's Voices

Ned Rorem: Choral Works [CD]

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Street Date: 2025-06-20

Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin's Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven decades. From the playful intricacies of Festive Alleluias (1992) to the lush harmonies of Two Psalms and a Proverb (1962), Rorem's music for chorus-often imbued with religious texts despite his devout atheism-reveals his gift for blending homophony with subtle counterpoint. The album includes pieces like the lyrical Sing my soul, his wondrous love (1955), the haunting Canticle of the Lamb (1971), and the entrancing O Magnum Mysterium (1978), offering a compelling cross-section of Rorem's choral imagination. With rich emotional depth, innovative text-setting, and surprising rhythmic shifts, these works-many previously overlooked-finally receive the attention they so richly deserve.

Tracklist:

  1. Festive Alleluias
  2. How lovely is your dwelling place
  3. Sing my soul, his wondrous love
  4. O magnum mysterium
  5. Canticle of the Lamb
  6. Little lamb, who made thee?
  7. Seven Motets for the Church Year~While all things were in quiet silence (Christmas)
  8. Seven Motets for the Church Year~Before the morning star begotten (Epiphany)
  9. Seven Motets for the Church Year~Lay up yourselves (Ash Wednesday)
  10. Seven Motets for the Church Year~Praise him who was crucified (Easter)
  11. Seven Motets for the Church Year~God is gone up (Ascension)
  12. Seven Motets for the Church Year~Today the holy spirit appeared (Pentecost)
  13. Seven Motets for the Church Year~Rejoice we all in the lord (All Saints)
  14. Two Psalms and a Proverb~Behold how good and how pleasant it is
  15. Two Psalms and a Proverb~Wounds without Cause
  16. Two Psalms and a Proverb~How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord
  17. Four Madrigals~Parting
  18. Four Madrigals~Flowers for the Graces
  19. Four Madrigals~Love
  20. Four Madrigals~An Absent Friend
  21. Ode to Man~Strophe A
  22. Ode to Man~Antistrophe A
  23. Ode to Man~Strophe B
  24. Ode to Man~Antistrophe B
  25. Love divine, all loves excelling

UPC: 5060262793978
Label: Resonus Classics
Release Date: 6.20.25
Format: CD

SKU: 237656
UPC: 5060262793978