Vividly capturing the imagery of Matthew Arnold's poetry, this work was commissioned by the Yale Glee Club.
From his dramatic cantata for sizeable male chorus, Revelation of Saint John, Dominick Argento made this edition for male chorus and piano that brings it into the arena for more male choruses, focusin...
The anonymous Middle English text is a beautiful, poignant contemplation of mortality, and Argento's setting of it casts a quiet, haunting spell. The men's chorus is occasionally joined by an insisten...
Stimmen für Streichquartett und Partitur - gemischter Chor (SATB) und Streichquartett (Orgel) - englisch.
This intensely beautiful piece is from the Pulitzer-Prize winning Argento's opera, The Masque of Angels.
Written for the 25th anniversary of the Dale Warland Singers, Walden Pond employs excerpts of Henry David Thoreau's Transcendentalist text in five movements.
A set of seven choral pieces based on whimsical doggerel verses by John Keats. Published as separate movements in 1969, this work is now available as a complete set for the first time.
Dominick Argento is noted for his lyricism, refined sense of language and impeccable craft to the extent that few contemporary composers can match. This work, a rhapsody for mixed chorus a cappella wa...
Originally scored for SATB and String Quartet. Organ reduction included. Adapted from Dante's The Divine Comedy (Paradise, Canto II and XXXIII, translated by Laurence Binyon).
From an interview with the composer: As the concluding lines of the poem make clear, the weary housewife is deaf and blind to the miracle of Orpheus and the peaceable kingdom he creates through music....
This new edition of Argento's Six Elizabethan Songs includes a composer commentary and access to companion recorded piano accompaniments online for download or streaming.
Newly engraved edition, including notes from the composer's memoir Catalogue Raisonné.
This lyric American master is celebrated in comprehensive collections of some of the greatest achievements in setting words to music in the 20th century. Fascinating, extensive essays by the composer...
In the tradition of great praise & worship artists/songwriters such as Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman comes Mark Roach, and his debut release, Every Reason Why. In the matching folio, this talented sing...
Five songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, Six Elizabethan Songs, Songs about Spring, and more.
This 20-minute cycle was premiered in 1996 by Frederica von Stade, Hakan Hagegard and Martin Katz. With a text based on letters and a memoir, it communicates the relationship of Anton Chekhov and Olga...
Argento has crafted a five-movement suite from his 1964 opera The Masque of Angels. Designed as a mini choral drama, it includes a Processional for the angels; the well-known Gloria; the colorful Arri...
2 Copies included.
Sopran - englisch.
With optional off-stage trumpet.
Gemischter Chor (SATB) - Klavierbegleitung zu Probenzwecken.
Gemischter Chor (SATB) und Schlagwerk.
HPS 1225
HPS 940
HPS 1124.
