Sacred Evergreens
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Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles-François Gounod, Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel
Label: Philips
Magazine Review Date: 2/1985
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Catalogue Number: 412 629-2PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile, Movement: Sanctus |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor Charles-François Gounod, Composer English Chamber Orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano St Paul's Cathedral Choir |
| Repentir (O Divine Redeemer) |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor Charles-François Gounod, Composer English Chamber Orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano |
| Vesperae solennes de confessore, 'Solemn Vespers', Movement: Laudate Dominum |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano St Paul's Cathedral Choir Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| Ave verum corpus |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra St Paul's Cathedral Choir Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| Anna Magdalena Notenbuch, Movement: Aria, BWV508: Bist du bei mir (? by Stölzel) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano |
| Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', Movement: Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer St Paul's Cathedral Choir |
| (6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (wds. Heine) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano |
| Panis angelicus |
César Franck, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor César Franck, Composer English Chamber Orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano St Paul's Cathedral Choir |
| Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III' |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Franz Schubert, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano |
| (A) Choice Collection of Lessons, Movement: Trumpet Tune in C, Z T698 (Indian Queen, Z630) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Henry Purcell, Composer |
| Samson, Movement: Let the bright Seraphim |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano St Paul's Cathedral Choir |
| Samson, Movement: Let their celestial concerts all unite |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Barry Rose, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano St Paul's Cathedral Choir |
Author:
Writing in February, my colleague JBS expressed mixed reactions to the LP and I too find the singing a little on the subdued side. The soloist balance is adequately forward and clear, while the orchestra is natural in tone and well laid out. The chorus perspective is perhaps too distant, and certainly lacks definition in a rather swamping acoustic. That said, Dame Kiri's many fans will doubt less welcome these arrangements of well-known sacred works. Handel's Let the bright Seraphim, which 600 million television viewers worldwide watched Dame Kiri sing at the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1981, should by itself guarentee this CD's success.'
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