O Magnum Mysterium
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CD Details
Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2000-08-22
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
- Khvalite imya Gospodne, Op.37/8
Music reviews of O Magnum Mysterium
Music Review: very beautiful and relaxing
Rating: 5 Stars
Very soothing and relaxing. I bought this tape specifically for the recording of O Magnum Mysterium after hearing the song at a concert, but the other music is fantastic too. Instant relaxation.
Description of O Magnum Mysterium
The trademark qualities of a Robert Shaw-trained chorus included perfect tonal blend and balance, expressive phrasing, and superb tuning. As an interpreter, Shaw hewed to the middle road, steering clear of eccentricities and honoring the composer's intentions. On this tribute disc, we hear these virtues coalesce in works such as Poulenc's austere Christmas hymn "O magnum mysterium," one of three settings of the text here. Shaw was at his best in works whose fervent spirituality he shared, and the selection from Rachmaninov's Vespers, with its repeated alleluias, is a highlight, both radiant and passionate. But then, virtually everything here is a highlight: the Schubert part song done to a turn with soft singing projected in rounded tones; the curve of "Wondrous Love"'s melody perfectly traced; and "Amazing Grace" in Shaw's arrangement all the more moving for its calm dignity. The longest piece, G?recki's Marian hymn "Totus tuus," is otherworldly in an enthralled reading that never loses focus. Like all of Shaw's Telarc recordings, the sonics are first-class. --Dan DavisGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( G ) > G?recki, Henryk Mikolaj
- ( L ) > Lauridsen, Morten
- ( P ) > Poulenc, Francis
- ( R ) > Rachmaninov, Sergei > All Works by Rachmaninov
- ( S ) > Schubert, Franz
- ( T ) > Tallis, Thomas
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( R ) > Robert Shaw Festival Singers
- Historical Periods > Early Music > Vocal & Song
- Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > General Modern
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Vocal Non-Opera > Anthems
- Motets
- Songs & Lieder > Folk Songs
- Folk > General
- Poulenc, Francis - Works by Poulenc
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