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The small all-male English group the King's Singers has made dozens of recordings, many of them with fresh programming concepts that mix music of different periods and genres. This 2012 release makes as good a place as any to start with the group, at least unless you want to hear them add pop music to the mix. The balance between Renaissance and contemporary choral music seems to flow unusually seamlessly here, and that may be due to the strength of the overall concept: "a choral reflection on the Lord's Prayer." Naxos is to be commended for including the texts, with English translations, in the CD version of this release, for this is music with a strong direct appeal that would be interfered with by the necessity of going online to retrieve what is being sung about. To hear this music is to realize the centrality of the Lord's Prayer, which comes from the Sermon on the Mount, in Christian tradition. The King's Singers mix settings of the prayer itself, from chant (which pervades the whole) to Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein, with settings of texts that reflect the language or concepts from the prayer. These vary in distance from the original, and perhaps some of the connections might be a bit debatable, but it's likely that even theologians would at least find them worth discussing. As for the singers, their polyphonic clarity is as impressive as ever, and few other groups can distinguish the harmonic shadings of Lassus' music as well as they. The acoustics of Nashville's small, basilica-style Cathedral of the Incarnation prove unusually well suited to the aims of this recording. A very fine entry in the King's Singers' catalog.
© TiVo
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Pater noster (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes (Heinrich Schütz)
Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Benedicimus Deum Coeli (Mikołaj Zieleński)
Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mikolaj Zielenski, Composer
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Pater noster (Josquin des Prés)
Kevin Edlin, Engineer - Josquin des Prez, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Holy is the true light (William Henry Harris)
Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist - William Henry Harris, Composer
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Missa Papae Marcelli (Palestrina)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Das Benedicte vor dem Essen, SWV 429 (Heinrich Schütz)
Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Vigilate (William Byrd)
William BYRD, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler)
Kevin Edlin, Engineer - Hans Leo Hassler, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Pater noster (Otche nash')
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
4 Petites prieres de Saint Francois d'Assise, FP 142 (Francis Poulenc)
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Francis Poulenc, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Francis Poulenc, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Francis Poulenc, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Domine Dominus noster à 6 (Orlande de Lassus)
Orlande De Lassus, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Notre Père, op. 14 (Maurice Duruflé)
Maurice Duruflé, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Oculi Omnium (Charles Wood)
Charles Wood, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Ego sum panis vivus (Palestrina)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
The Lord's Prayer (John Tavener)
John Tavener, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z. 50 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Popule meus (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mass: The Lord's Prayer (Leonard Bernstein)
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Lord, for Thy tender mercy's sake (Richard Farrant)
Kevin Edlin, Engineer - Richard Farrant, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Ad te levavi animam meam (Orlande de Lassus)
Orlande De Lassus, Composer - Kevin Edlin, Engineer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Pater noster (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - The King's Singers, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Album review
The small all-male English group the King's Singers has made dozens of recordings, many of them with fresh programming concepts that mix music of different periods and genres. This 2012 release makes as good a place as any to start with the group, at least unless you want to hear them add pop music to the mix. The balance between Renaissance and contemporary choral music seems to flow unusually seamlessly here, and that may be due to the strength of the overall concept: "a choral reflection on the Lord's Prayer." Naxos is to be commended for including the texts, with English translations, in the CD version of this release, for this is music with a strong direct appeal that would be interfered with by the necessity of going online to retrieve what is being sung about. To hear this music is to realize the centrality of the Lord's Prayer, which comes from the Sermon on the Mount, in Christian tradition. The King's Singers mix settings of the prayer itself, from chant (which pervades the whole) to Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein, with settings of texts that reflect the language or concepts from the prayer. These vary in distance from the original, and perhaps some of the connections might be a bit debatable, but it's likely that even theologians would at least find them worth discussing. As for the singers, their polyphonic clarity is as impressive as ever, and few other groups can distinguish the harmonic shadings of Lassus' music as well as they. The acoustics of Nashville's small, basilica-style Cathedral of the Incarnation prove unusually well suited to the aims of this recording. A very fine entry in the King's Singers' catalog.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:42
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The King's Singers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
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