Bruckner Motets

Editorial Reviews
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Bruckner's sacred vocal works are certainly among the greatest vocal compositions of the 19th century; they shimmer in an otherworldly, almost immaterial glow. The Corydon Singers, under the direction of Matthew Best, have fastidious ears--their sensitive, vibrant sonorities are the crux of this altogether astonishing disc. --Joshua Cody

Tracks:

I. Kyrie - John Alldis Choir
II.: Gloria - John Alldis Choir
III. Credo - John Alldis Choir
IV. Sanctus - John Alldis Choir
V. Benedictus - John Alldis Choir
VI. Agnus Dei - John Alldis Choir
Te Deum Laudamus
Te Ergo Quaesumus
Aeterna Fac Cum Sanctis Tuis
Salvum Fac Populum Tuum
In Te, Domine, Speravi

Tracks:

I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus
V. Benedictus
VI. Agnus Dei
Ave Maria - New Philharmonia Chorus
Christus Factus Est - New Philharmonia Chorus
Locus Iste - New Philharmonia Chorus
Os Justi - New Philharmonia Chorus
Virga Jesse - New Philharmonia Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Massive Music.......2004-10-26

I had Te Deum originally on audio cassette, and played it until it was worn. I am so thrilled that this beautiful and moving piece is now on CD. The quality of soloists is fabulous and the chorus is strong. The string entrance to Te Deum always gives me the chills. Absolutely a wonderful addition to anyone's choral/sacred collection!

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the rare high A sung with love
St. Anton Bruckner
Superior Sacred Music
Rare to find
Review of few words

Bruckner Motets

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ASIN: B000002ZGK
Release Date: 1993-09-01

Tracks:

Gradual: Locus iste a Deo factus est
Gradual: Os justi meditabitur
Offertorium: Afferentur regi
Ave Maria
Vexilla regis
Ecce sacerdos magnus
Antiphon: Tota pulchra es
Virga Jesse floruit
Pange lingua
Offertorium: Inveni David
Gradual: Christus factus est pro nobis

Amazon.com

Bruckner's sacred vocal works are certainly among the greatest vocal compositions of the 19th century; they shimmer in an otherworldly, almost immaterial glow. The Corydon Singers, under the direction of Matthew Best, have fastidious ears--their sensitive, vibrant sonorities are the crux of this altogether astonishing disc. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews:

the rare high A sung with love.......2007-07-19

I bought this CD on the strength of the reviews of others here, and my trust was rewarded. As soon as I heard the sopranos' high A in "Os Justi" NOT going sharp (very difficult to do, as I know from having sung and conducted it) and undergirded by bass/tenor/alto voices that each had a distinct timbre but managed to contribute to a felicitous whole, I knew I was in good hands. The entire CD balances warmth with precision. As a Roman Catholic and a musician I recommend this CD especially to those Catholics who feel dispirited by the mediocre music in much of today's masses--it will give you hope. And for everyone else, it is sheer beauty.

St. Anton Bruckner.......2006-07-23

These wonderful pieces of liturgical music represent the peace and purity Bruckner found through his faith in God. The writing is at times simple...as it should be...but this simplicity only serves to accentuate the tranquility and beauty of these works. Bruckner the symphonist and Bruckner the devout Catholic. Much like Bach, Bruckner's music bears witness to God and I even find myself truly believing when listening. In this day and age of largely agnostic and God-less music, it is Bruckner's music which I find so dear and it will forever remain so for those in need, due to its intrinsic spiritual and faithful character.

Great Recording and Music!

Superior Sacred Music.......2006-05-27

Bruckner is without doubt the best composer of sacred music since the Renaissance. Don't get me wrong, I love the sacred music of Bach, Mozart, even Verdi, but their works are more appropriate for the theater or concert hall than church. These motets could truly enhance the spiritual (and not just aesthetic) experience of a worship service, especially a Mass. Bruckner understood the difference between inspiring art and sacred art. What I just said does not apply to all his sacred music - his Te Deum is another example of "concert hall" sacred music - but it is certainly true of his motets and his E minor Mass for chorus and winds.

The performance on this disc, as others have said, is exquisite.

Rare to find.......2004-08-19

There are not many records of Bruckner motets, so I was happy to find this CD. I bought it together with Naxos Bruckner Motets (ASIN: B000001415)

No critic about performance or recordings quality, but finally I am no singer, just someone who likes classic music and Bruckner.

Review of few words.......2004-04-26

This is one of the greatest choral performances ever set to disc, if not the greatest.

Bruckner: Te Deum, Motets, Psalm 150 / Jochum, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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THE OTHER SIDE OF BRUCKNER
One of the most beautiful sacred music recordings!
Fantastic!....mostly
Excellent performance but start with Bruckner's masses

Bruckner: Te Deum, Motets, Psalm 150 / Jochum, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Release Date: 1999-06-15

Tracks:

Te Deum: Te Deum: Allegro
Te Deum: Te ergo quaesumus: Moderato
Te Deum: Aeterna fac: Allegro moderato. Feirelich mit Kraft
Te Deum: Salvum fac populum tuum: Moderato - Allegro moderato
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Ave Maria: 'Ave Maria'
Tota pulchra es, Maria: 'Tota pulchra es, Maria'
Virga Jesse: Alleluja-Vers: 'Virga Jesse' Alleluja-Vers
Ecce sacerdos Magnus - Graduale: 'Ecce sacerdos Magnus' - Graduale
Afferentur regi - Offertorium: 'Afferentur regi' - Offertorium
Pange, lingua - (phrygisch): 'Pange, lingua' - (phrygisch)
Os justi - Gradual: 'Os justi' - Gradual
Vexilla regis - Hymnus: 'Vexilla regis' - Hymnus
Christus factus est pro nobis - Graduale: 'Christus factus est pro nobis' - Graduale
150. Psalm

Customer Reviews:

THE OTHER SIDE OF BRUCKNER.......2005-10-04

Jochum was a prominent advocate of Bruckner, and whether or not there are other available versions of this sacred music I imagine he and his Berlin choir and orchestra will be the first port of call both for committed Brucknerians and for the rest of us. 7 of the 15 pieces here were recorded between 1966 and 1971. The dates of the others, including the final Psalm 150 in which the recording shows a few signs of strain, we are not told.

I found this a fascinating selection. The Te Deum is, I suppose, fairly familiar, the remaining pieces may be familiar to some. If you have good enough French, I recommend strongly reading the original text of the liner-note in that language. What startled me sufficiently to read it for myself was the statement in the English version regarding the motets that 'Their very structure places them all firmly in the tradition of Palestrina'. In fact all that the author says is that they tend towards the Palestrina model, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to say. He emphatically does not say 'all', he does not place anything firmly anywhere, and he does not commit himself to the belief that Palestrina wrote for the trombone. His point is simply that these motets are traditional rather than contemporary and romantic in inspiration, looking back to the unaccompanied polyphonic style of the 16th and 15th centuries via the ecclesiastical style of a later generation in which the voices were accompanied by trombones and by the organ. Bruckner's motets have little or nothing in common with Brahms's. In Bruckner's motets the Catholic in him gets the better of the German in him, whereas in his symphonies he is as exclusively German in manner as Brahms himself is, the Bach-inspired motets very much included. Bruckner's are smaller efforts, intended for actual performance in church I would feel sure, although I wish the liner had had something to say about this. The Berlin Phil is there in all its magnificence in the 150th Psalm (although the recorded sound here is rather less magnificent) and in the Te Deum itself. This is not a large-scale setting like Berlioz's or like Handel's terrific Dettingen Te Deum. It is about as long as Verdi's, although not in my opinion anywhere near as good. The parts for the vocal soloists are fairly small, and they acquit themselves perfectly, the choir is predictably first class, and my only real complaint is about a rather meagre-sounding solo violin in the Psalm, this being of course quite possibly the fault of the recording.

I did not check the translations systematically, and the only misprint I noticed in the Latin was 'et' for 'est' in the fourth line of the Vexilla Regis. Bruckner does not set the full text of the Pange lingua, but he does set the final two stanzas, the dreaded Tantum ergo familiar from some of our schooldays, set at times to some of the worst music in the entire cosmos. What I don't understand is what is wrong with a literal translation of 'cernui'. This is not 'on our knees' nor is it 'le front courbe', but literally 'prostrate'. Nor do I understand why the poet's metaphor of 'patibulo' in the Vexilla Regis has to be given as 'Cross' in English. That is what is referred to of course, but why not keep the metaphor in the English translation as in the German and French?

This sort of music appeals to me, partly from curiosity of course. It doesn't tempt the composer to excessive length, and I have to say that that appeals to me too. I recommend it to enthusiasts for his symphonies who may not know it, because it shows a side of him that is as true a part of his personality as those are. The recording is in general very good, despite some reservations about the last item, and the performances are authenticity itself.

One of the most beautiful sacred music recordings!.......2003-02-22

Bruckner's sacred music is some of the music I hold closest to my heart, including the grandiose TE DEUM and the gorgeous motes. Jochum's interpretations are among the best- the TE DEUM is especially extraordinary, as is...well, everything on this CD. Every true Bruckner fan MUST own this CD...Marvelous!

Fantastic!....mostly.......2003-02-02

These choral works are, in my opinion, some of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Bar none. They represent, to me, all that a choir can ever hope to be, magnificently displayed.

I have only two criticisms:

First, the trombones which accompany two of the motets are truly pitiful. They are inconsistent in their entrances, use WAY too much, and too wide, vibrato, and (under the circumstances, fortunately) are usually either drowned out by the organ or the choir.

Second, the orchestra is a little bit bombastic. I would prefer a more subtle and graceful interpretation. This may be in conflict with current accepted Bruckneran performance conventions, but I would remind those who set, agree with, or practice these conventions that Bruckner was a deeply religious, thoughtful, and subtle man. His Ave Maria (which I firmly believe to be the single most beautiful, holy, and perfect piece of choral music in existence, and which is proof of God's existence if anything is [however, that's a big if]) proves that much.

The Choir is GREAT, the soloists are great, the music's great. Great Disc, but not perfect. (What is?)

Go on. Get it. You know you want to.

Excellent performance but start with Bruckner's masses.......2000-06-14

The mystical and original sacred music of Anton Bruckner is best conveyed by bruckner authority Eugen Jochum. While the Te deum and 150.psalm are almost as good as his three masses (available as an outstanding two CD in DG's series the originals - legendary recordings, again conducted by Jochum), the motets are much less powerful and less imaginative. I omitted the star for the quality of the music and not the performance. If you want to listen to Bruckner's sacred works, start with the mentioned CD of masses which like this CD features the great soprano Maria Stader.

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Exquisite music, but not the best recording
Wonderful
Heaven on Earth
Poor performance of Great music
Poor performance of Great music

Bruckner: Motets

Manufacturer: Naxos
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Victoria: Masses

ASIN: B000001415
Release Date: 1995-05-23

Tracks:

Os justi
Locus iste
Libera me (f, 1854)
Ave maria
Ecce sacerdos
Vexilla regis
Salvum fac populum tuum (1884)
Afferentur regi
Pange lingua
Tota pulchra es
Virga Jesse
Inveni David
Iam lucis orto sidere (Hymnus, 1868)
Tantum ergo (D, 1888)
Christus factus est

Customer Reviews:

Exquisite music, but not the best recording.......2004-10-21

I bought this disc on the strength of the Penguin Guide's 3-star review. I am sorry to say that this was one of the rare instances where I could not agree with the Penguin's assessment. To be sure, the accoustic's great, and if you are a fan of the great English choral tradition you'll probably love this disc.

However, if you want a recording (especially of the locus iste) that has heart and presence, get the Jochum on Deutsche Grammophon. This Naxos was just too sterile for my taste.

Wonderful.......2004-08-19

There are not many records of Bruckner motets, so I was happy to find this CD. I bought it together with Hyperion Bruckner Motets (ASIN: B000002ZGK)

No critic about performance or recordings quality, but finally I am no singer, just someone who likes classic music and Bruckner.

Heaven on Earth.......2003-09-29

I bought this cd because I wanted these motets all on one disc. Too bad for the other Ryan who put this disc away. The recording is of the highest I have ever heard from Naxos, and which helps even more is that it is recorded in a church (with fantastic acoustics), and sung by the church's own professional choir. It feels as if Bruckner has authorized this himself. The sounds that emerge are clean, clear and beautifully gorgeous. When I first listened to them, I really couldn't believe what I was listening to. I had to stop what I was doing because these motets moved me so much and to the greatest heights that I couldn't believe these sounds were created for the human ear! I also have Jochum doing them, and have heard the Matthew Best recordings but these spoke to me in such a way that I thought that I was listening to miracles! From what I know these are the only complete motets available on one disc. Experiencing these pieces is like being cleansed from all impurities. I seriously urge you to invest in this disc. (I hope the other Ryan reconsiders)

Poor performance of Great music.......2001-12-31

Listening to Bruckner's motets can be very enjoyable. I purchased this CD with high anticipation. Unfortunately, the choir's performance left much to be desired. Poor tuning, strained voices, and a lack of attention to sonority and nuance encouraged me to shelve this CD and look for a replacement.

Poor performance of Great music.......2001-12-31

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Best singing, Best music, Best recording: 3 times 5 Stars

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Ubi Caritas
Justorum Animae
Coelos Ascendit Hodie
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
O Sacrum Convivium
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Best singing, Best music, Best recording: 3 times 5 Stars.......2003-11-06

Here is an excellent example of what a real chorus sounds like in a suitable acoustic space. No gimmicks or tricks, just the real deal, sonically. The choral group, Gaudeamus, is singing very well with true intonation, precision, accuracy. Most of all, these folks seem to actually like the music. The selections are a sort from across major streams of choral writing in western classical; but the delicacy of tone is as awesome here as the larger, massed choral effects. It is of course not easy to record music successfully. If the microphones are too close, you lose the sense of atmosphere and the particular acoustic that is inseparable from live music in the real world. If the microphones are too distant, all you get is the hall sound at the expense of the music. This recording earns high marks for managing everything just right. This disc actually is one of my top, all-time choral favorites. The other two are: Eric Whitacre's a capella choral music (sung by the Brigham Young University Singers); and A Rose in Winter by the Dale Warland Singers. In any case, get this for wonderful singing, and excellent sound. It will show off your system, too. Highly recommended.

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The Westminster Choir -O Magnum Mysterium

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ASIN: B000003GDT
Release Date: 1992-11-09

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O Magnum Mysterium
O Magnum Mysterium
O Magnum Mysterium
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Ave Maria
Ave Maria
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I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me
The Lord Bless You And Keep You

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The Westminster Choir -O Magnum Mysterium.......2000-02-29

The Westminster Choir -O Magnum Mysteriu

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Christus factus est
A fantastic recording
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Hodie Christus natus est
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Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock
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Customer Reviews:

Christus factus est.......2005-09-23

This disc concentrates on images of Christ in a capella music over the centuries. According to Rutter, 'Around the figure of Christ there has grown up over the centuries a body of choral literature that can only be described as among the most remarkable in western civilisation.'

--Music--
Selections on this disc come from all over the Western world. They range from as early as eleventh-century France to twentieth-century Russia, a millennium in song and composition. Rutter has selected five major themes - the Coming of Christ (Advent and Christmas), the Words of Christ (lesson texts and prayers, such as the Lord's Prayer, by Stravinsky), the Passion of Christ (Holy Week and Good Friday), the Resurrection and Ascension (Easter), and Christ in the Eucharist (worship and ongoing presence).

Here is a mixture of sacred compositions ranging from standard Gregorian chant and Sarum chant to medieval compositions from Palestrina, de Victoria and Byrd, up to more modern composers such as Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Bruckner, Barber, and Messiaen. This being said, Rutter states, 'The aim [of this disc] is not a liturgical reconstruction, nor an historical survey, but rather a journey of the imagination.'

--Liner Notes--
The notes for this recording include the titles and words of each anthem or hymn, both in original language and English translation text. The notes for each piece also includes brief biographical information of the composer, and unique information about each work, when particular composers are represented more than once. One thing conspicuously missing is much biographical information about John Rutter, or any descriptive information about the Cambridge Singers. Happily, this disc does have a list of the singers.

--John Rutter--
Rutter was born in London and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. This was where his career as a composer, arranger and conductor began. His early work was with groups at King's College Chapel at Cambridge as well as the Bath Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked for the BBC providing music for educational series such as 'The Archaeology of the Bible Lands', until in 1979 he began forming the Cambridge Singers, and has continued a remarkable career of performance and recording as their director ever since.

--The Cambridge Singers--
The Cambridge Singers are a mixed choir of voices, many of whom were members of choir of Rutter's college, Clare College, Cambridge. While they specialise in English and Latin liturgical pieces, they have a wide range of recordings that span from modern compositions (including a remarkable requiem by Rutter) to English folk songs of the Middle Ages. Many are former members of the choir of Clare College and other Cambridge collegiate choirs (hence the name, Cambridge Singers). In the quarter-century since the founding, the Cambridge Singers have produced an impressive body of recordings.

A fantastic recording.......2000-06-06

This collection of music from the last thousand years is masterful from start to finish. From well-known mainstays of choral repertoire such as Lotti's "Crucifixus" and Casals' "O Vos Omnes" to the more seldom heard pieces, such as Rachmaninov's setting of the Beatitudes, the listener is treated to musically sympathetic and disciplined performances. Even if, like me, you're not of a religious persuasion, you'll love every minute of it.

There are so many highlights to this album it becomes cruel to say any piece was not among them. The Barber Adagio/Agnus Dei is a masterwork, and the Cambridge Singers' discipline and pathos make the arrangement come alive in ways the strings simply can't.. The Lotti "Crucifixus" (an enduring classic), Casals "O Vos Omnes" (a beautiful and moving work, conveying the suffering of the Passion without garishness) and Byrd's enchanting "Viri Gallilei" are fantastic and provide more than enough reason to buy the album. The Messaien "O Sacrum Convivium," with its subtly sensuous harmonies and the Bairstow "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" with its haunting melody and varied textures will silence any who say that church music has become a lost art in the 20th Century. Palestrina's phrases soar as though on the wings of angels (particularly in "Hodie Christus Natus Est.") And Bruckner, as always in his good moments, is as sexy as the Church would let him be.

While the inclusion of some Stanford or Tallis would have been fantastic, this album stands as one that should be in the library of anyone who loves choral music, along with "Hail Gladdening Light" and "Faire is the Heaven."

In short, BUY THIS ALBUM. You'll love it.

Exquisite!.......1999-03-08

The selections are gorgeously sung and spiritually moving beyond anything I can think of, right up there with Verdi's Requiem. My teen, who thinks rock music is the only music, was so moved by Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei, that she asked for her own copy of the CD. If you are already a believer, this music will remind you why you are. If not, it might just take you there.

Another sterling Cambridge Singers disc.......1998-09-10

This is a marvelous collection of choral music, notably Lotti's Crucifixus (in eight parts), and a stunning rendition of Barber's Agnus Dei (his choral arrangement of the Adagio for Strings, which was itself his arrangement for string orchestra of the Adagio from his String Quartet). Highly recommended!

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Bruckner: Motets

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Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

Os Justi
Christus Factus Est
Ave Maria
Afferentur Regi
Tantum Ergo
Tantum Ergo
Tantum Ergo
Tantum Ergo
Tantum Ergo
Vexilla Regis
Virga Jesse
Locus Iste
Ave Maria
Pange Linqua
Tota Pulchra
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Libera Me

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Good Variety

I Sing of a Maiden: A Mosaic of Motets to the Virgin Mary

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Release Date: 2000-04-25

Customer Reviews:

Good Variety.......2005-12-19

The Shrine Choir sings very nicely for the most part on this recording. The variety of Marian texts and settings are interspersed with some organ improvisations. The are some really exquisite moments, such as "Virgin Great and Glorious" and Britten's "Hymn to the Virgin." The Reichwein "Ave Maris Stella" is the most tonally ambiguous work on the recording, and contributes an avant-garde element.

But perhaps in late-night recording sessions, some really poor vocalism has slipped inder the radar, notably in the Palistrina "Ave Maria."

Overall, the Shrine Choir has chosen the repertoire they do best and expoited it to full potential on this album. Certainly worth your fifteen bucks.

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Excellent choir; excellent music

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ASIN: B00000E7S1
Release Date: 1989-10-01

Tracks:

Were You There?, Spiritual, arr. Norman Luboff
Crucifixus (8-part), Antonio Lotti
Christus Factus est, Anton Bruckner
Arma Lucis (Beth Asbjornson: Soprano solo), Jackson Berkey
O Vos Omnes, Tomas Lodovico da Vittoria
Kyrie ("Thanksgiving Mass", Julian Klaczynsky, Ron Noecker: Chant), Knut Nystedt
Ubi Caritas, Maurice Durufle
Cherubim Hymn, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Chester, A Song of the Revolution, William Billings
More Love, Shaker Hymn, setting by Sid Davis
Deep River, Fold Hymn (Phyllis Noble: Alto solo), arr. Norman Luboff
All my Trials, Bahamian Spiritual (Sara Brooks O'Neil: Alto solo), arr. Norman Luboff
Wearing of the Green, Irish Folk (Jackson Berkey: Field Snare), arr. Norman Luboff
Wade in the Water, Spiritual (Catherine Vouk: Soprano solo, Jackson Berkey: Tuned Drums), arr. Norman Luboff

Customer Reviews:

Excellent choir; excellent music.......2002-07-30

First, you probably haven't heard of this group, the Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum. Think of them as a midwestern "farm team" for Norman Luboff. The Berkeys, Almeda (the conductor), and her husband Jackson (composer of the title piece) were good friends of Luboff. They lived in Nebraska, and Luboff suggested they create their own choir to do the same kind of music (and have the fun) that Luboff did. The SDG Cantorum was the result.

"Arma Lucis", the title cut of the recording, is a modern, but quite accessible work. Other selections include 5 spirituals, all arranged by Luboff, and a wide variety of other styles, from Lotti's Crucifixus from the early 18th century to a Kyrie by Knut Nystedt (circa 1970), and some early American music thrown in as well ("Chester" from the time of the American Revolution). The selections show off the versatility of the choir. They are well trained, with a solid tone, and are up to the demands of the wide range of music. Bruckner's "Christus Factus Est" and the spiritual "Wade in the Water" are especially thrilling....

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