Martin / Sonoro - Sacred Choral Music By Frank Martin & James - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The fresh and vibrant style of composer Matthew Martin (b. 1976) has established him as one of today's leading sacred choral composers. Here the renowned Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford perform a selection of his works, included amongst them six World Premiere Recordings, celebrating liturgical music in all it's variety; from the reticent carol Dormi, Jesu! And the imposing St John's College Service to settings of the Mass, motets and anthems, including the award-winning Festival Anthem In the year that King Uzziah died. Mr. Martin is closely associated with Magdalen College, Oxford, as a former organ scholar. He has held positions as organist and/or choir master at New College, Oxford, Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral. Album Tracks 1. Jubilate Deo 2. Festival Anthem In the Year That King Uzziah Died 3. Christe Redemptor Omnium 4. Kyrie 5. Gloria 6. Sanctus & Benedictus 7. Agnus Dei 8. Te Lucis Ante Terminum 9. Magnificat 10. Nunc Dimittis 11. Justorum Animae 12. Dormi, Jesu 13. A Hymn of St. Ambrose 14. Kyrie 15. Gloria 16. Sanctus & Benedictus 17. Agnus Dei 18. A Song of the New Jerusalem 19. Laudate Dominum

Album Tracks 1. Ave Maria, S.20 - 1 2. The Beatitudes, S.25 3. Our Father, S.41 - 1 4. Via Crucis, S.53 Andante Maestoso 5. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 1 Jesus Is Condemned to Death 6. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 2 Jesus Takes Up His Cross 7. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 3 Jesus Falls for the First Time 8. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 4 Jesus Greets His Holy Mother 9. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 5 Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross 10. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 6 Saint Veronica 11. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 7 Jesus Falls for the Second Time 12. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 8 The Women of Jerusalem 13. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 9 Jesus Falls for the Third Time 14. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 10 Jesus Is Stripped of His Clothes 15. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 11 Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross 16. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 12 Jesus Dies on the Cross 17. Station 13 Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross 18. Via Crucis, S.53 Station 14 Jesus Is Laid in the Grave 19. Our Father, S.29

In his Mass for Double Choir, Frank Martin's use of a motet in the style of J.S. Bach juxtaposed with his sonic and exotic harmonic palette of the early 20th century is a formula for exciting music. In addition to this choral masterwork, this collection brings together meditative and sacred music from diverse traditions. This also features three world premiere recordings This first recording of Anders Ohrwall's arrangement of the beloved Swedish folk tune Fabodpsalm fran Dalarna is distinguished by performances by David Kim, concertmaster for The Philadelphia Orchestra, and soprano Sherezade Panthaki, an acknowledged star in the early music field. The much-anticipated of Lux Surgit Aurea, which was composed by Bernat Vivancos for the Westminster Choir to perform at the 2017 World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona is also included here, as well as the first SATB recording of Joel Philips' Little Lamb, a setting of the poem by William Blake. Album Tracks 1. Mass for Double Choir 2. I Sat Down Under His Shadow 3. Little Lamb 4. Fäbodpsalm FRÅN Dalarna 5. Lux Surgit Aurea