Spanish Classics: Choral Music (A Songs of the Stars)

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PABLO CASALS / ENRIQUE GRANADOS / ENRIC MORERA / MANUEL OLTRA
Spanish Classics: Choral Music (A Songs of the Stars)
Voices of Ascension Chorus / Dennis Keene

[ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 7 July 2009

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"An outstanding recording, rare repertoire of real quality, good sound and excellent performances." (MusicWeb Sept 2009)

A rich musical heritage and vibrant contemporary culture intersect in Catalunya in north-eastern Spain. Granados's long-lost masterpiece Song of the Stars is comparable to a virtuoso piano concerto with chorus and organ rather than orchestra, gloriously combining Romantic-Modernista poetry with post-Wagnerian harmonies. The internationally famous cellist Pablo Casals also composed a small body of very beautiful music, including the deeply spiritual choral works on this disc. Morera's The Nightingale and Blancafort's Love Song are evocative of their Catalan texts, while Oltra's Echo and Prelude explore themes of memory and hope through images of nature.

Tracks:

CASALS, PABLO:
Rosarium beatae virginis
1. Pater noster 00:01:29
2. Ave Maria I 00:01:08
3. Ave Maria II 00:01:11
4. Ave Maria III 00:01:57
5. Gloria Patri 00:00:25
6. Panem nostrum 00:01:33
7. Sancta Maria I 00:00:53
8. Sancta Maria II 00:00:56
9. Sicut erat 00:00:33

Recordare, virgo mater
10. Recordare, virgo mater 00:02:26

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE:
11. Salve regina 00:05:06

CASALS, PABLO:
12. Nigra sum (I am black) 00:04:29

MORERA, ENRIC:
13. El Rossinyol 00:01:32

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE:
14. Romanza 00:05:56

MORERA, ENRIC:
15. Ave Maria 00:02:21

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE:
16. Escena religiosa 00:04:32

BLANCAFORT, MANUEL:
17. Cant d'amor 00:02:45

OLTRA, MANUEL:
3 canciones de amor (excerpts)
18. No. 2. Eco 00:02:06
19. No. 3. Preludio 00:01:46

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE:
20. Cant de les estrelles 00:17:36

Total Playing Time: 01:00:40