AN EASTER ALBUM

 

A Timeless Selection of Easter Classics

 

CD 1 

MILLER When I survey the wonderous cross  

MOZART Requiem: Lacrimosa  

BACH O sacred head sore wounded  

VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Largo  

PERGOLESI Stabat Mater: Stabat mater dolorosa  

MOZART Requiem: Confutatis  

BACH Easter Oratorio: Adagio  

HANDEL Messiah: I Know that My Redeemer Liveth  

HANDEL Messiah: Hallelujah!  

HAYDN The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ: Introduction  

BACH St. John Passion: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine  

GIBBONS Drop, drop slow tears  

PALESTRINA Lesson I for Maundy Thursday  

DUNSTABLE Veni Sancte Spiritus  

GREGORIAN CHANT Alleluia, Haec dies

 

CD 2

IRELAND My song is love unknown  

STAINER The Crucifixion: God so loved the world & Litany of the Passion  

FAURÉ Requiem: Pie Jesu  

ELGAR Ave verum corpus 6 & 7

RACHMANINOV Vespers: Troparion of the Resurrection 1 & 2  

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture  

PÄRT Passio: Passio Domine nostri Jesu Christi  

LEIGHTON Crucifix pro nobis: Christ in his Passion 11 & 12

TAVENER The Protecting Veil & Christ is Risen

RUTTER Requiem: The Lord is my shepherd 

 

Like Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter have provided composers from every generation with a wealth of material to set to music, either drawn from the Bible itself or associated with the themes of the season: penitence, suffering, reflection, solace and joy. This 2 CD collection features a variety of music inspired by Easter, from early Gregorian Chant to Bach’s majestic Passion settings to selections from the popular Requiems by Mozart, Fauré and Rutter.

 

The collection features a wonderful array of Naxos artists such as the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge conducted by Christopher Robinson, the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge conducted by Timothy Brown, Oxford Camerata conducted by Jeremy Summerly and Tonus Peregrinus conducted by Antony Pitts.

 

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