SACRED

Great Sacred Music for Choir & Orchestra

Tracklist:

1. Maurice Durufle: Ubi caritas from Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op. 10 (NM)

2. Durufle: Lux aeterna from Requiem, Op. 9 (RS)

3. Gabriel Faure: Sanctus from Requiem, Op. 48 (RS)

4. Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (RS)

5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (RS)

6. Franz Schubert: Kyrie from Mass No. 2, D.167 in G major (RS)

7. Brahms: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen from Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (RS)

8. Mendelssohn: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains from Elijah (RS)

9. Mendelssohn: He Watching over Israel from Elijah (RS)

10. Szymanowski: Spraw niech placze z Toba razem from Stabat Mater (RS)

11. Traditional: Take Time to Be Holy (MT)

12. Harrison Millard: Abide with Me; ‘Tis Eventide (MT)

13. Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditsye Devo, Raduisya from Vespers (RS)

14. Faure: Pie Jesu from Requiem (RS)

15. Traditional: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (excerpt) (MT)

16. Berlioz: Sanctus from Requiem (RS)

Sacred brings together works performed by not only Shaw and the amazing Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, but also the legendary Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Both choral entities have garnered numerous GRAMMY Awards for Telarc.

It’s rare when Telarc delves into its vault of treasured Robert Shaw recordings to re-release music that is cherished by choral enthusiasts worldwide. The Shaw catalog is near and dear to the heart of Robert Woods, president of Telarc, who handles the late conductor’s legacy with great reverence.

Artists in order of appearance:

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Norman Mackenzie (NM) – director, Robert Shaw (RS) - conductor, William Preucil – violin (3), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, Dawn Upshaw – soprano (6), Christine Goerke – soprano (10), Marietta Simpson -- mezzo-soprano (10), Mormon Tabernacle Choir (MT), Orchestra at Temple Square, Craig Jessop - conductor, Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Judith Blegen – soprano (14), John Aler – tenor (16)

Telarc CD80671