Choir, Vocals

Gavin Bryars has returned once again to the poetry of George Bruce and the 'Five Songs from Northern Seas' are dedicated to his memory in his centenary year. Bryars describes the five evocative poems:...

Bryars' settings of Benedicamus Domino and Credo were written to complete a Ladymass that had been constructed from the Worcester Fragments. They were composed with the intention of seamless integrati...

Water Parted is from Barry's opera The Intelligence Park, and tells the story of a composer who has lost the power to write, later rediscovering it through an obsession with a castrato. The work alter...

'The Ave Maria, apart from the Lord's Prayer, is one of the most important Christian prayers. The 19th century in particular produced countless simple and often very catchy compositions which touched...

hohe Singstimme (oder Solostimme und Chor) und Klavier

hohe Singstimme (oder Solostimme und Chor) und Klavier

This motet for soprano, tenor and organ without pedal ranks among the little, yet particularly valuable pieces of Rota for singing voice and organ. Originally, 'Tota pulchra es' ('You are completely b...

This monodrama sums up the essential moments of the second scene from Act V of Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra in the Russian translation of Boris Pasternak. The conflict between life and d...

Hindemith composed a total of 14 motets for soprano and piano between 1940 and 1960. It was not until 1958 that Hindemith developed the idea of combining his early motets with the composition of furth...

Ob Laie oder Profi - beliebte Arien der Micaëla (Sopran) aus George Bizets 'Carmen' jetzt auch in der kritischen Studienausgabe mit originalem Klavierauszug: übersichtliche Gestaltung mit singbarer de...

Ob Laie oder Profi - beliebte Arien des Don José (Tenor) aus George Bizets 'Carmen' jetzt auch in der kritischen Studienausgabe mit originalem Klavierauszug: übersichtliche Gestaltung mit singbarer de...

German and French fragments by Rilke from the years 1911 to 1921 form the basis of the text of this composition. Reimann sees Rilke in affinity with Kafka. The tonal language is not lost in dreams, as...

Rota wurde vor allem als Filmkomponist berühmt, hat sich aber immer wieder der Vokalmusik gewidmet. Diese Werke mit häufig geistlichen Texten sind leicht aufführbar, harmonisch einem sakralen, spätrom...

The Long Journey, the final monologue of the opera The Golden Dragon based on the eponymous play by Roland Schimmelpfennig, has been given the air of a ballad. A young Chinese works illegally in an As...

Das fünfsätzige Werk für Sopran und Klavier nach Gedichtsfragmenten von Rainer Maria Rilke verbindet eine anspruchsvolle Gesangspartie mit teils zurückhaltender, teils zupackender Klavierbegleitung. I...