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Whether in his original home of Vienna, as a conservatoire director in Germany, or as an émigré in Edinburgh, where he became one of the mainstays of musical life, Hans Gál (1890-1987) championed choral singing as a way of directly involving people in making music he founded and conducted a number of choirs and provided an extensive output of choral compositions. This first volume in a long-term project to record his choral music presents a rich variety of works for a cappella voices, ranging from demanding eight-part choruses to charming folksong settings. Album Tracks 1. Motette, Op. 19 2. Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51~No. 1. Youth and Cupid 3. Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51~No. 2. True Love 4. Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51~No. 3. A Cradle Song 5. Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51~No. 4. Foolish Love 6. Epigramme Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, Op. 27~No. 1. Stillleben 7. Epigramme Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, Op. 27~No. 2. Hymnus 8. Epigramme Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, Op. 27~No. 3. Vita brevis 9. Epigramme Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, Op. 27~No. 4. Irrtum 10. Epigramme Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, Op. 27~No. 5. Grabschrift 11. Four Part-Songs~No. 1. To Spring 12. Four Part-Songs~No. 2. Madrigal 13. Four Part-Songs~No. 3. Hymn to Diana 14. Four Part-Songs~No. 4. Invocation 15. Satirikon Four Aphorisms, Op. 72~No. 1. Weisheit des Schöpfers 16. Satirikon Four Aphorisms, Op. 72~No. 2. Gute Vorsätze 17. Satirikon Four Aphorisms, Op. 72~No. 3. Von der Schicklichkeit 18. Satirikon Four Aphorisms, Op. 72~No. 4. Von der Wahrheitsliebe 19. Four British Folk-Songs~No. 1. Early One Morning 20. Four British Folk-Songs~No. 2. An Eriskay Love Lilt 21. Four British Folk-Songs~No. 3. O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
