Symphonic Psalms & Prayers

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BERNSTEIN / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG
Symphonic Psalms & Prayers
Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short (conductor)

[ Signum Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 2 February 2018

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Tenebrae return to recording on Signum in performances exploring the Psalms in Music. With trumpets and well-tuned cymbals, the musical and prayerful richness of The Book of Psalms inspires vastly differing offerings from composers with a myriad of approaches to combining the two worlds of the symphonic and the choral. The results are works which defy categorisation and stand the test of time with audiences and performers alike. Joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the choirs director Nigel Short, they perform iconic works by Stravinsky (Symphony of Psalms), Bernstein (Chichester Psalms), Zemlinsky (Psalm 23), as well as Schoenberg's final significant tonal work Freide auf Erden. Described as "phenomenal" (The Times) and "devastatingly beautiful" (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae, under the direction of Nigel Short, is one of the world's leading vocal ensembles renowned for its passion and precision.

"It's good to hear Bernstein's original design of the solo for a countertenor being respected for once. Allsopp makes much more of the words than most trebles, and there is an arresting immediacy to both performance and recording: try the vertigo-inducing violins at the outset of the third movement." Gramophone

Tracks:

1-3. Symphony of Psalms [21'28"]
Igor Stravinsky

4. Friede auf Erden, op 13 [10'30"]
Arnold Schoenberg

5-7. Chichester Psalms [18'36"]
Leonard Bernstein

8. Psalm 23, Op 14 y [10'53"]
Alexander Zemlisky