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Tenebrae|Symphonic Psalms & Prayers

Symphonic Psalms & Prayers

Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Nigel Short

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The “symphonic” term in this album’s title is to be taken with a grain of salt: Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (1930) relies on a vast wind section, with only a few cellos and double basses, harp and piano, and no violins nor violas; Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth, 1907) is here given in hits original version for choir a cappella; Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965) only require three trumpets and three trombones in addition to the strings and a rather Broadwayian percussions arsenal. Only the (rare and magnificent) Psalm 23 by Zemlinsky, composed in 1910, uses an almost “normal” orchestra for its time. The album’s symphonic honour is safe! It’s worth noting that Schoenberg’s specular and emotional Friede auf Erden is his last great reasonably tonal work, a masterpiece with a tendency for atonality – although a reasoned atonality, never sought for its own sake – that possesses a considerable expressionistic hue. The BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies with great delight the phenomenal Tenebrae Choir under the lead of conductor Nigel Short. © SM/Qobuz

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Symphony of Psalms (Igor Stravinsky)

1
Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
Tenebrae
00:03:20

Igor Stravinsky, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensembl

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

2
Symphony of Psalms: II. Expectans expectavi, Dominum
Tenebrae
00:06:23

Igor Stravinsky, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensembl

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

3
Symphony of Psalms: III. Alleluia. Laudate Dominum
Tenebrae
00:11:44

Igor Stravinsky, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

Friede auf Erden, Op. 13 (Arnold Schönberg)

4
Friede auf Erden, Op. 13
BBC Symphony Orchestra
00:10:30

Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

Chichester Psalms (Leonard Bernstein)

5
Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108 - Psalm 100
Tenebrae
00:03:41

Leonard Bernstein, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

6
Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 - Psalm 2: 1–4
Tenebrae
00:05:30

Leonard Bernstein, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble - David Allsopp

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

7
Chichester Psalms: III. Psalm 131 - Psalm 133: 1
Tenebrae
00:08:22

Leonard Bernstein, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

Psalm 23 (Alexander von Zemlinsky)

8
Psalm 23, Op. 14
Tenebrae
00:10:53

BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Composer

(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records

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The “symphonic” term in this album’s title is to be taken with a grain of salt: Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (1930) relies on a vast wind section, with only a few cellos and double basses, harp and piano, and no violins nor violas; Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth, 1907) is here given in hits original version for choir a cappella; Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965) only require three trumpets and three trombones in addition to the strings and a rather Broadwayian percussions arsenal. Only the (rare and magnificent) Psalm 23 by Zemlinsky, composed in 1910, uses an almost “normal” orchestra for its time. The album’s symphonic honour is safe! It’s worth noting that Schoenberg’s specular and emotional Friede auf Erden is his last great reasonably tonal work, a masterpiece with a tendency for atonality – although a reasoned atonality, never sought for its own sake – that possesses a considerable expressionistic hue. The BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies with great delight the phenomenal Tenebrae Choir under the lead of conductor Nigel Short. © SM/Qobuz

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