Nils-Eric Fougstedt - Complete Songs for Mixed Acappella Choir - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Presumably spring was Felix Mendelssohn's favorite season. In eight of the total of thirty a cappella choral songs, spring is mentioned in the title; and it is possible that the forest was the place he most liked to be, because not only are very many of his songs about forest he also visualized his music being performed in woodland. In a letter to his mother he described such an experience; and in his own illustration (reproduced in the detailed CD booklet) he even painted the scene. This first complete collection is rounded off by two first recordings. Following their recordings of Bach (TACET 108), Schetz (TACET 99) and Pepping (TACET 123), Matthias Jung and the Saxon Vocal Ensemble once again demonstrate how well they can perform German lyrics.

This complete recording of the a cappella choral works of Francis Poulenc marks the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Ensemble Aedes and brings to a close a cycle initiated in 2009. Francis Poulenc's a cappella choral compositions form a unique ensemble, revealing a fragile interiority suffused with profound humanity. For him there was no sense of division between the secular and the sacred in his choral works he appears to have considered them as a single entity, stemming from the same inspiration. From the Chanson à boire (1922) to the Laudes de saint Antoine de Padoue (1957), all of his compositions show the same fervor, clarity, and depth of feeling. Album Tracks 1. Poulenc Un Soir de Neige, FP 126 I. [Le Feu.] de Grandes Cuillers de Neige 2. Poulenc Un Soir de Neige, FP 126 II. [Un Loup.] la Bonne Neige 3. Poulenc Un Soir de Neige, FP 126 III. [Derniers Instants.] Bois Meurtri 4. Poulenc Un Soir de Neige, FP 126 IV. [Du Dehors.] la Nuit Le Froid la Solitude 5. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 I. La Blanche Neige 6. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 II. À Peine Défigurée 7. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 III. Par Une Nuit Nouvelle 8. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 IV. Tous Les Droits 9. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 V. Belle Et Ressemblante 10. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 VI. Marie 11. Poulenc Sept Chansons, FP 81 VII. Luire 12. Poulenc Ave Verum Corpus, FP 154 13. Poulenc Quatre Motets Pour Un Temps de Pénitence, FP 97 I. Timor Et Tremor 14. Poulenc Quatre Motets Pour Un Temps de Pénitence, FP 97 II. Vinea Mea Electa 15. Poulenc Quatre Motets Pour Un Temps de Pénitence, FP 97 III. Tenebrae Factae Sunt 16. Poulenc Quatre Motets Pour Un Temps de Pénitence, FP 97 IV. Tristis Est Anima Mea 17. Poulenc Mass in G Major, FP 89 I. Kyrie 18. Poulenc Mass in G Major, FP 89 II. Gloria 19. Poulenc Mass in G Major, FP 89 I

Album Tracks 1. Laudamus Te - Kristina Larsson/Staffan Edenroth/Lars Johansson 2. Som Nar Handen - Kristina Larsson/Staffan Edenroth/Lars Johansson 3. O, Vos Omnes - Kristina Larsson/Staffan Edenroth/Lars Johansson 4. Bon - Johan Lilja 5. Vinamintra Elitavi - Johan Lilja 6. Ave Maris Stella - Johan Lilja 7. Veni Sancte Spiritus - Anna Bromaeus 8. Se VI Ga Upp Till Jerusalem - St. Jacob's CHM Chor/Gary Graden 9. Psalm 148 - St. Jacob's CHM Chor/Gary Grade 10. Agnus Dei - St. Jacob's CHM Chor/Gary Grade 11. Muocdaeyiywcoum - St. Jacob's CHM Chor/Gary Grade