Voices Of Ascension: From Chant To Renaissance

Voices Of Ascension: From Chant To Renaissance

Voices Of Ascension: From Chant To Renaissance
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-01-08
Music Label: Delos Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Hildegard of Bingen: O virga ac diadema
  2. Palestrina: Sitivit anima mea
  3. Byrd: Justorum animae
  4. Isaac: Sanctus
  5. Josquin: Ave Christe
  6. Dufay: Alma Redmptoris Mater
  7. Byrd: Rejoice, rejoice
  8. (chant): Kyrie eleison
  9. Palestrina: Surge illuminare
  10. (chant): Sanctus
  11. Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu
  12. Palestrina: Hodie Christus Natus Est
  13. Byrd: Sing joyfully
  14. Farrant: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake
  15. Hildegard of Bingen: Ave generosa
  16. Byrd: Miserere mei, Deus
  17. (anonymous): Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anonymous
  18. (chant): Ave Verum Corpus
  19. (chant): Agnus Dei
  20. Lotti: Crucifixus
  21. Ingegneri: Tenebrae factae sunt
  22. Palestrina: Ascendo ad Patrem
  23. Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of David
  24. Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice

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Free Music Review: an eclectic program of glorious sacred music performed with beauty and style
Hit: 5 Stars

Dennis Keene and Voices of Ascension have offered during the years recordings of remarkable quality. This one is a varied collection of pieces from chant to Renaissance. The earliest pieces,'O virga ac diadema' and 'Ave generosa' are from Hildegard von Bingen, with solos of outstanding purity and skill by Kathy Thell. There are Mass parts chanted by the tenors and basses as well as a beautiful and meditative version of 'Ave verum corpus' by Susanne Peck. The rest of the material is for the full choir, with pieces from a diverse group of composers from Renaissance Europe. The pieces are from texts that are part of the Christian liturgical year and they seemed distributed in no particular order, even though there is a progression from track sixteen onwards to focus on music for Holy Week, with the final tracks reflecting the joy of Easter. Among the highlights of the polyphonic pieces are Byrd's 'Rejoice, rejoice'(a very short and difficult tour de force for the women section of the choir)and 'Sing Joyfully'; Lotti's 'Crucifixus'(the historically latest piece of this program, with impressive dynamics and expression, the second basses finishing with a stunning low C at the final chord); 'Ascendo ad Patrem' by Palestrina glows with clarity and precision. The final pieces by Weelkes bring the program to a triumphant conclusion. Conductor Dennis Keene is successful in bringing the proper balance between tempi in order to give justice to the texts and the ideas presented by the composers. There are very few groups in the music world today that can bring such masterful interpretations of this repertoire as Voices of Ascension. I hope that there are much more recordings of Renaissance music in preparation for this great group.
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