Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short – Symphonic Psalms & Prayers (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short – Symphonic Psalms & Prayers (2018)
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The “symphonic” term in this album’s title is to be taken with a grain of salt: Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (1930) relies on a vast wind section, with only a few cellos and double basses, harp and piano, and no violins nor violas; Schoenberg’sFriede auf Erden (Peace on Earth, 1907) is here given in hits original version for choir a cappella; Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965) only require three trumpets and three trombones in addition to the strings and a rather Broadwayian percussions arsenal. Only the (rare and magnificent) Psalm 23 by Zemlinsky, composed in 1910, uses an almost “normal” orchestra for its time. The album’s symphonic honour is safe! It’s worth noting that Schoenberg’s specular and emotional Friede auf Erden is his last great reasonably tonal work, a masterpiece with a tendency for atonality – although a reasoned atonality, never sought for its own sake – that possesses a considerable expressionistic hue. The BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies with great delight the phenomenal Tenebrae Choir under the lead of conductor Nigel Short.

Tracklist:
01. Tenebrae – Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine (03:20)
02. Tenebrae – Symphony of Psalms: II. Expectans expectavi, Dominum (06:23)
03. Tenebrae – Symphony of Psalms: III. Alleluia. Laudate Dominum (11:44)
04. Tenebrae – Friede auf Erden, Op. 13 (10:30)
05. Tenebrae – Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108-Psalm 100 (03:41)
06. David Allsopp – Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23-Psalm 2: 1–4 (05:30)
07. Tenebrae – Chichester Psalms: III. Psalm 131-Psalm 133: 1 (08:22)
08. Tenebrae – Psalm 23, Op. 14 (10:53)

Personnel:
David Allsopp, countertenor
Tenebrae
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nigel Short, conductor

Composers:
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-90)
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Stravinsky, Igor Feodorovich (1882-1971)
Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871-1942)

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