Magnificat through the ages [sound recording]

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublication details: Hayes Middlesex : EMI Classics, 1997Description: 2 sounds discs : 12 cm, external cardboard slipcase, 13 page bookletSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 CD 782.24 MARE
Contents:
Compact Disc 1 : LUCA MARENZIO (1553/4-1599) 1. Magnificat : Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; David Briggs (organ) ; Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [4:56] -- CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) 2. Magnificat (from Vespro della Beata Virgine, 1610) : Taverner Consort, Choir & Players ; Andrew Parrott (conductor) [17:20] -- HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) 3. Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, SWV494 (Magnificat) : The Hilliard Ensemble ; London Baroque ; Knanenchor Hannover ; Dr Heinz Hennig (conductor) [7:46] -- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) - Magnificat, BWV243 : Lucia Popp (soprano) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) ; Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) ; Robert Tear (tenor) ; Thomas Hemsley (baritone) ; New Philharmonic Chorus ; Wilhlm Pitz (chorus master) ; New Philharmonic Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim (conductor) 4. Magnificat (2:57) -- 5. Et exsultavit (2:30) -- 6. Quia respexit (2:50) -- 7. Omnes generationes (1:23) -- 8. Quia facit mihi magna (2:03) -- 9. Et misericordia (4:31) -- 10. Fecit potentiam (2:15) -- 11. Deposuit potentes (2:13) -- 12. Esurientes implevit bonis (3:10) -- 13. Susceipt Israel (2:13) -- 14. Sicut locutus est (2:12) -- 15. Gloria Patri (2:04) -- FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) 19. Magnificat, D.486 in C major : Lucia Popp (soprano) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) ; Adolf Dallapozza (tenor) ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass) ; Chor des Bayrischen Rundfunks ; Joseph Schmidhuber (chorus master) ; Symphonie-Orchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks ; Elmar Schloter (organ) ; Wolfgang Sawallisch ( conductor) [8:55] -- Compact Disc 2 : RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) 1. Magnificat : Helen Watts (contralto) ; Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute) ; Orchestra Nova of London ; Ambrosian Singers (women's voices) ; Meredith Davies (conductor) [13:11] -- KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (b.1933-) - Magnificat: Krakow Philharmonic Chorus Soloists ; Adam Palka (chorus master) ; Krakow Polish Radio Chorus ; Tadeusz Dobrzanski (chorus master) ; Krakow Philharmoni Chorus Boys' Chorus ; Bronislawa Wietrzny ; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra ; Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor) 2. Magnificat - Fuga - Quia Respexit - Misericordia [13:18] -- 3. Fecit Potentiam (Peter Lagger - bass) [7:59] -- 4. Passacaglia - Magnificat [9:07] -- 5. Sicut Locutus Est - Gloria [14:44] -- ARVO PÄRT (b.1935) 6. Magnificat : Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [6:21] -- JOHN TAVENER (b.1944) 7. Magnificat Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [7:01]
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Compact discs (DDD and ADD).
Settings of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) for mixed chorus, with organ (Marenzio work), orchestra (Monteverdi, Schütz, Bach, Schubert, and Penderecki), or unaccompanied (Pärt and Taverner); work by Vaughan Williams for women's voices with orchestra.
Text in Latin, German and English, complete credits, durations, and program notes and glossary in English, German, and French (13 p.) inserted in container.

Various soloists, choruses, orchestras, and instrumental ensembles.

Compact Disc 1 : LUCA MARENZIO (1553/4-1599) 1. Magnificat : Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; David Briggs (organ) ; Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [4:56] -- CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) 2. Magnificat (from Vespro della Beata Virgine, 1610) : Taverner Consort, Choir & Players ; Andrew Parrott (conductor) [17:20] -- HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) 3. Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, SWV494 (Magnificat) : The Hilliard Ensemble ; London Baroque ; Knanenchor Hannover ; Dr Heinz Hennig (conductor) [7:46] -- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) - Magnificat, BWV243 : Lucia Popp (soprano) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) ; Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) ; Robert Tear (tenor) ; Thomas Hemsley (baritone) ; New Philharmonic Chorus ; Wilhlm Pitz (chorus master) ; New Philharmonic Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim (conductor) 4. Magnificat (2:57) -- 5. Et exsultavit (2:30) -- 6. Quia respexit (2:50) -- 7. Omnes generationes (1:23) -- 8. Quia facit mihi magna (2:03) -- 9. Et misericordia (4:31) -- 10. Fecit potentiam (2:15) -- 11. Deposuit potentes (2:13) -- 12. Esurientes implevit bonis (3:10) -- 13. Susceipt Israel (2:13) -- 14. Sicut locutus est (2:12) -- 15. Gloria Patri (2:04) -- FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) 19. Magnificat, D.486 in C major : Lucia Popp (soprano) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) ; Adolf Dallapozza (tenor) ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass) ; Chor des Bayrischen Rundfunks ; Joseph Schmidhuber (chorus master) ; Symphonie-Orchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks ; Elmar Schloter (organ) ; Wolfgang Sawallisch ( conductor) [8:55] -- Compact Disc 2 : RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) 1. Magnificat : Helen Watts (contralto) ; Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute) ; Orchestra Nova of London ; Ambrosian Singers (women's voices) ; Meredith Davies (conductor) [13:11] -- KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (b.1933-) - Magnificat: Krakow Philharmonic Chorus Soloists ; Adam Palka (chorus master) ; Krakow Polish Radio Chorus ; Tadeusz Dobrzanski (chorus master) ; Krakow Philharmoni Chorus Boys' Chorus ; Bronislawa Wietrzny ; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra ; Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor) 2. Magnificat - Fuga - Quia Respexit - Misericordia [13:18] -- 3. Fecit Potentiam (Peter Lagger - bass) [7:59] -- 4. Passacaglia - Magnificat [9:07] -- 5. Sicut Locutus Est - Gloria [14:44] -- ARVO PÄRT (b.1935) 6. Magnificat : Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [6:21] -- JOHN TAVENER (b.1944) 7. Magnificat Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury (conductor) [7:01]

Schütz work sung in German; Vaughan Williams and Tavener works sung in English; the others sung in Latin.

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