Houston Chamber Choir- Complete Choral Works (CD)
The choral works of Duruflé, like his organ works, are small in number but beautifully crafted. Frequently written and rewritten until he was completely satisfied, he was a composer who rethought and re-configured his music right up to the moment he had to let go of it. Often described as a man out of step with his times, his pieces look back to Gregorian chant and plainsong at a time when the musical life of his home city of Paris was steeped in radical new compositional ideas - a testament perhaps to Duruflé's enduring love of France's choral heritage. In a new recording produced by Grammyr winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, the Houston Chamber Choir are led by artistic director Robert Simpson on their first release with Signum Records.
Tracklist:
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: I. Kyrie
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: II. Gloria
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: III. Sanctus
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: IV. Benedictus
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: V. Agnus Dei
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op.10: I. Ubi Caritas
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op. 10: II. Tota Pulchra Es
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op. 10: III. Tu Es Petrus
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op. 10: IV. Tantum Ergo
- Notre Père Pour Choeur A Cappella
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: I. Introit
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: II. Kyrie
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: III. Domine Jesu Christe
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VI. Agnus Dei
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VII. Lux Aeterna
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VIII. Libera Me
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: IX. In Paradisum
The choral works of Duruflé, like his organ works, are small in number but beautifully crafted. Frequently written and rewritten until he was completely satisfied, he was a composer who rethought and re-configured his music right up to the moment he had to let go of it. Often described as a man out of step with his times, his pieces look back to Gregorian chant and plainsong at a time when the musical life of his home city of Paris was steeped in radical new compositional ideas - a testament perhaps to Duruflé's enduring love of France's choral heritage. In a new recording produced by Grammyr winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, the Houston Chamber Choir are led by artistic director Robert Simpson on their first release with Signum Records.
Tracklist:
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: I. Kyrie
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: II. Gloria
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: III. Sanctus
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: IV. Benedictus
- Messe “cum Jubilo” Pour Choeur De Barytons Et Orgue, Op. 11: V. Agnus Dei
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op.10: I. Ubi Caritas
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op. 10: II. Tota Pulchra Es
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op. 10: III. Tu Es Petrus
- Quatre Motets Sur Des Thèmes Grégoriens Pour Choeur A Cappella, Op. 10: IV. Tantum Ergo
- Notre Père Pour Choeur A Cappella
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: I. Introit
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: II. Kyrie
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: III. Domine Jesu Christe
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VI. Agnus Dei
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VII. Lux Aeterna
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VIII. Libera Me
- Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: IX. In Paradisum