Adoramus Vocal Ensemble - Solemn Splendor - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Veni Sancte Spiritus, for Chorus 2. Tristes Erant Apostoli, for Chorus 3. Magnificat V, for Chorus 4. Veni Creator Spiritus, for Chorus 5. Ave Maria, for Chorus 6. Hostis Herodes, for Chorus 7. Rorate Coeli, for Chorus 8. Iste Confessor Domini, for Chorus 9. Christe Redemptor Omnium, for Chorus 10. Cantata Domino, for Chorus 11. Tenebrae Factae Sunt, for Chorus 12. Lauda Sion, for Chorus 13. Qua Vocat Me, for Chorus 14. Ave Maris Stella, for Chorus 15. Te Deum Laudamus, for Chorus

Album Tracks 1. Amicus Meus 2. Ludas Mercator Pessimus 3. Unus Ex Discipulis Meis 4. Eram Quasi Agnus 5. Una Hora 6. Seniores Populi 7. Tamquam Ad Latronem 8. Tenebrae Factae Sunt 9. Animam Meam Dilectam 10. Tradiderunt Me 11. Lesum Tradidit Impius 12. Caligaverunt Oculi Mei 13. Recessit Pastor Noster 14. O Vos Omnes 15. Ecce Quomodo Moritur 16. Astiterunt Reges 17. Aestimatus Sum 18. Sepulto Domino

Monteverdi, Scarlatti and Verdi -all three were opera composers. Their letters very clearly show this was how they saw themselves. How fortunate then that they also turned their hand to church music! Whether by choice or for financial reasons hardly matters, since they thereby abolished the artificial separation between the secular and religious spheres. But what about the religious dimension of these works? None of them ever mentioned it. Yet their brilliant inspiration turned these sacred texts into musical masterpieces -music as vividly of it's time and as timeless as their operatic creations.