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Global Choral II : Volume One
| Artist | Song | |
| George Frederick Handel (C18th Germany) | Egypt in Israel [extract] | |
| Hughes de Courson's Mozart in Egypt (C20th France, Bulgaria, Egypt) | Dhikr , Requiem , Golgotha | |
| Uncredited Greek Priests (C5th Greece) | Apolitikion Neon | |
| Charles Villiers Stanford (C20th Ireland) | The Blue Bird, Op.119 No.3 | |
| Kirsten Brsten-Berg (trad. Norway) | Heiemo Og Nykkjen | |
| The Choir of All Saints (trad. Melanesia) | God Yu Tekkem Laef Blong Mi | |
| Ambrosian Junior Choir (trad. Wales) | Suo Gan | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams (C19th England) | Mass in G minor: Kyrie | |
| Avre Henriksen (C21st Norway) | Chiaro | |
| Johannes Brahms (C19th Germany) | Wenn wir in h÷chsten N÷ten sein, Op. 110 No. 3 | |
| Carlo Gesualdo (C16th Italy) | In te, Domine, speravi | |
| Tomßs Luis de Victoria (C16th Spain) | O sacrum convivium | |
| Francis Poulenc (C20th France) | Salve Regina | |
| Rustavi Choir (C7th Georgia) | Tsmida Dedoplis Sagalobeli | |
| Thomas Tallis (C15th England) | Audivi Vocem | |
| Celtic Ayres Chamber Choir (C20th Ireland) | She Moved Through the Fair | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (C18th Austria) | Ave verum | |
| Nik'o Sulkhanishvili (C19th Georgia) | Daigvianes | |
| Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses with Hector Zazou (C20th Corsica, Algeria) | Memoria | |
Comment:
glo'bal
a. world-wide; pertaining to or embracing the whole of a group.
chor'al (k-)
a. 1. of or sung by choir; 2. (read or said) by group of voices; of or with chorus.
I've been delaying the creation of a sequel to Global Choral for so long that I now find I have accumulated a stockpile of tracks-in-waiting. As it turns out, enough for a four CD set.
Again the concept is choral music that spans time and geography. The net has been widened at times, stretching & abusing those above definitions, but the spirit remains the same.
And, in truth, I find these volumes are about as 'global' as the first mix; that is, not really representative of the entire globe that we live upon but predominantly sourced from within a quarter of that area. So be it, those are my tastes and "Quarter Sphere Choral" just doesn't have the same appeal to it :)
This volume opens with "the earliest know recorded music" (with thanks to
Mr Saaf for drawing my attention to this via lostinthejazzmix's
Edison mix). This consists of a chorus of 4000 voices and was recorded on June 29, 1888.
This leads into a track from Hughes de Courson & Ahmed el Maghraby's Mozart l'egyptien
project. This provides a fitting introduction to Global Choral II mixing as it does traditional
Egyptian music with the music of Mozart and performed by Bulgarian, French & Egyptian
musicians including sung solos by first a 10 year old & then an 8 year old girl; the former
Bulgarian, the latter Coptic.
Charles Villiers Stanford, born & raised in Dublin, is often cited as "the greatest composer of
British sacred music since Purcell" and his ashes lie next to Purcell's in Westminster Abbey.
He was also a great teacher whose pupils included Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst,
Arthur Bliss & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Carlo Gesualdo was a Prince and his wealth allowed him to experiment more in his madrigals
with inticate contrapunctual & harmonic invention. His use of chromatic scales place him in the
sixteenth century avant-garde, unfortunately this adventurousness in music was stifled with the
rise of the Baroque style. We would have to wait until Schoenberg's "Emancipation of
Dissonance" in 1910 before such openness in music would be experienced
again.Gesualdo's other distinction is that he had his wife (who also happened to be his
cousin) murdered when she was caught in the act with a young nobleman. This action haunted
Gesualdo and his music, especially in the later fifth & sixth books of madrigals.
Francis Poulenc was not a very religious person until the sudden loss of a friend caused him to
reassess his life. Salve Regina was written during this period of reflection.
Many thanks to valis for
track 7 which he sent me years ago and must surely have been wondering if it would ever see the
light of a mix.
Thanks must also go to the fella in Readers Bookshop in Dun Laoghaire who gave me a
copy of the now deleted "Voices for Peace" CD after I heard it playing in there one day. It
features various choirs from around Ireland and the track playing whilst I was in the shop was
'She Moved Through The Fair'.
Finally, a nod back in the direction of Claude for his recent Wondrous Voices and
Sacred Harmonies which, thankfully, doesn't clash with any of the track choices I had lined
Feedback:
Now I absolutely love/worship Ralph Vaughan Williams...so I'd probably like the rest!
I can't say that I'm familiar with much of this, but if these volumes are as good as the first (and I'm sure they are!) they are absolutely wonderful. Volume I is still among my very favorites of the mixes I've traded for ... still gets a lot of play. Anytime you'd like to trade again, please let me know.
An amazingly broad collection of choral music. I confess that I know only a few of the artists, but I'm intrigued by the variety of the selections, and I would love to hear this. You must have a very large choir music collection indeed.
If it's only half as marvelous as Vol. 1 (which I'm 100% certain is the case), I hereby solemnly subscribe to the whole series. Brilliant stuff.
Exactly what Franklin Onn says! Quite superb
Ahhh...this must be glorious!
ditto everyone else.....the first was quite excellent as I'm quite sure these are too!!!!!!
I'm sure this is fantastic, Gary, although I confess that I am quite ignorant of this whole genre. This series should definitely be in the running for our trade... I just need to get the time to look over your past submissions...
Wonderful.
Beautiful!
And that's an understatement! Like the estimable Franklin the prior volume is an absolute all-timer, not only for me but for many friends and family who I've thought shouldn't go through life without hearing it. A mesmerizing cross-cultural/cross-temporal collections of the incredible sounds we, as humans, are capable of making. (I'd actually forgot that "Suo Gan" was in your hands. So glad it could make it on this volume, it's a weeper.)
VOX MUNDI and praise Muzag.
And that's an understatement! Like the estimable Franklin the prior volume is an absolute all-timer, not only for me but for many friends and family who I've thought shouldn't go through life without hearing it. A mesmerizing cross-cultural/cross-temporal collections of the incredible sounds we, as humans, are capable of making. (I'd actually forgot that "Suo Gan" was in your hands. So glad it could make it on this volume, it's a weeper.)
VOX MUNDI and praise Muzag.
I second what everybody else has said...! Great art as well.
wonderfully transcendent...
"Global Choral I" remains one of my favorite possessions. Making a joyous occasion whenever it reaches my ears or the ears of my memory. Version II looks to be just as essential. May I, mister, have a copy please. Hooray for Poulenc by the way.