Royal Holloway Choir - English Romantic Madrigals - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This setting of the Stabat Mater, a 13th century hymn to the Virgin Mary, is written for soprano, tenor and bass soloists as well as chorus, strings and piano. The work was composed in 2009 and divides the original twenty stanzas of the text into ten movements. It describes the grief-stricken Mother of Jesus standing at the foot of cross, on which he is suffering an agonising death. The overall shape of these movements provides something of an arch structure, with similar music at the beginning and end. Similarly, a slower variation of the second movement is used for the penultimate movement. Album Tracks 1. Stabat Mater~Stabat Mater dolorosa 2. Stabat Mater~Cujus animam 3. Stabat Mater~O quam tristis 4. Stabat Mater~Quis est homo 5. Stabat Mater~Pro peccatis 6. Stabat Mater~Eja mater 7. Stabat Mater~Virgo virginum 8. Stabat Mater~Fac, ut portem 9. Stabat Mater~Christe, cum sit hinc 10. Stabat Mater~Quando corpus

This 2013 album is part two in the InchCosmic HorrorInch series, inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. A dynamic mix of space-rock, prog-metal and classic hard rock, inspired by Hawkwind, Blue Oyster Cult, Eloy and Sabbath. Album Tracks 1. Stranger in the Mirror 2. The Nameless City 3. She-Devil 4. Frozen City of Cubes and Cones 5. (The Case of) Red Hook 6. Strange High House 7. Times Unknown 8. The Other Gods 9. Doom of Sarnath

Explore this new album of choral works by British composer, George Arthur, performed by The Choir of Royal Holloway. George is a multi award-winning composer, published by Universal Editions, Music Sales, Shorter House and the Guild of Church Musicians. He has been commissioned by various cathedrals and chapel choirs at home and overseas and his music is regularly performed around the world. He has had works broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and on BBC television, most notably for the WW1 Commonwealth commemoration service, live from Glasgow Cathedral.