Durante: Requiem

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Durante: RequiemOpis:Product description In an exciting new collaboration, Oxfords Christ Church Cathedral Choir, one of the worlds oldest and best-known cathedral choirs, joins forces with soloists from The Sixteen and Oxford Baroque on this new recording of Francesco Durantes Requiem Mass in C minor. Despite its enduring popularity in the 18th century this beautiful and majestic work was never published but survives through over 50 manuscript copies scattered across Europe. It is a remarkable work which can justly be described as one of the most important orchestral Requiem settings of the 18th century. This is the premiere recording of Stephen Darlingtons new edition of the work which shows durante to be a composer of considerable skill and invention, who combined his mastery of counterpoint with an elegance of melody, a richness of harmony and an imaginative instinct for structure. This album also features Durantes exquisite Organ Concerto in B flat major- a rare example of an Italian keyboard concerto of the period- performed by celebrated organist Clive Driskill-Smith. Although 500 years old, Christ Church Cathedral Choir is justly famous for the youthfulness of its sound and its daring and adventurous musical programming. Unique in the world as both Cathedral and college choir, the intimate acoustic of its musical home, Oxfords 12th century Cathedral has given it a relationship with early sacred music and the rhythm and vigor of contemporary idioms which is second to none.

Review This first collaboration between Oxford's Christ Church Cathedral Choir, members of the Sixteen and Oxford Baroque a tremendous combination, much to be encouraged reveals Francesco Durante s never-before published Requiem in C minor in all its 18th-century glory. Stephen Darlington has produced a performing edition, drawing on manuscript copies scattered across Europe, and conducts the elegant, richly melodic score with unique understanding. The soloists are uniformly excellent, and the string playing as crisp and alert as the fresh young voices of the Christ Church trebles. --Observer, 30/10/16Sometimes singing in five parts and elsewhere in eight, Christchurch Church Cathedral Choir are on superb form in this skilfully woven music. --Gramophone,Jan'173* Durante's 1746 post-Baroque Requiem is no great masterpiece, but it does have moments of elegance and charm which are beautifully rendered. The likeable Organ Concerto benefits from sparkling registration and articulation. /// The instrumental writing is descriptive and sensitive to the text, the perceptive playing of Oxford Baroque giving depth to the performance. There is skilled singing throughout: there are some very fine voices among the male students at Christ Church, and the matchless voices of soloists from The Sixteen fit effortlessly...

It s just sheer delight. --BBC Music Magazine, May'17/// Choir and Organ, May/June'17Autor:Christ Church Cathedral ChoirNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: Data wydania: 2016Waga: 0.22 gramWysokość: 0.3 cmSzerokość: 5.1 cmDługość: 5.6 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.