Angels

Angels
Voices from Eternity
The Boston Camerata - Joel Cohen with Tod Machover, program dir.
Erato (0630)-14773-2

Contents:

    I. Angel of Light

    Anon., Shaker
  1. Angel of light

    2. Gregorian chant, AR 1059
  2. Angeli Domini

    3. II. Cherubim & Seraphim

    Anon., The Sacred Harp
  3. Prospect

    4. Gregorian chant, MV 1464
  4. Laudemus Dominum, quem laudant angeli

    5. Guillaume de Machaut: Messe "Notre Dame"
  5. Sanctus

    6. III. Heavenly Hosts

    The Sacred Harp, tune: Clamanda
  6. High on a hill of dazzling light

    7. Gregorian chant, AR 1059, MV 1456
  7. Angeli, Archangeli, Throni et Dominationis

    8. Tune: Clamanda
  8. Thrones and dominions round him fall

    9. IV. The Archangel Michael

    Gregorian chant, MV 1459
  9. Princeps gloriosissime

    10. Tune: Clamanda
  10. Let mortal tongues attempt to sing

    11. Rev. 12:7
  11. Factum est praelium magnum in caelo

    12. Gregorian chant, AR 1451
  12. Alleluia, Sancte Michael Archangele

    13. V. The war in Heaven

    The Sacred Harp, tune: Weeping Saviour
  13. The Hosts of Hell

    14. Gregorian chant, AR 1457
  14. Dum praeliaretur Michael Archangelus

    15. Anon., Shaker
  15. Father William's March

    16. Anon., 13th c.
  16. Alle psallite cum luya

    17. VI. Declaration of the Mighty Angels

    Gregorian chant, AR 1071
  17. Sancti Angeli, custodes nostri

    18. Gregorian chant, AR 1068
  18. Ecce ego mittam Angelum meum

    19. Gregorian chant, AR 1061
  19. Omnes sunt administrori spiritus

    20. Anon., Shaker
  20. Declaration of the Mighty Angels
  21. Your camps shall be searched
  22. The call of an Angel

    23. Gregorian chant, AR 1071
  23. Sancti Angeli, custodes nostri

    24. Anon., Shaker
  24. Shaker: Angel of Light

    25. Gregorian
  25. Custodes hominum psallimus Angelos

    26. Anon., Shaker
  26. O little children

    27. VII. The Angel of Death

    Tod Machover from the Mass for the Dead, gregorian
  27. Pie Jesu,

    28. VIII. The Consoling Angel

    Anon., 13th c., medieval plays: Les Trois Maries & (refrain) La nuit de Pâques
  28. Mulier, quid ploras? Quem queris?

    29. IX. Paradise

    Anon., Shaker
  29. Trumpet of Salvation

    30. Jeremiah Ingalls, The Sacred Harp
  30. Leander

    31. The Southern Harmony
  31. Sailor's Home

    32. Anon., The Sacred Harp
  32. The Golden Harp

Playing time: 59' 09"

Performers:
The Boston Camerata [Anne Azéma (soprano), Noel Bisson (soprano), Ellen Santaniello (soprano), Margaret Swanson (soprano), Elizabeth Anker (alto), Megan Henderson (alto), Mary Ann Valaitis (alto), John Delorey (tenor), Bruce Fithian (tenor), John Fleagle (tenor), Paul Cummings (bass), Stephen Falbel (bass), Joel Frederiksen (bass), Donald Wilkinson (bass), Frances Fitch (keyboards), Robert Mealy (violin), Carol Lewis (bass viola da gamba), Lynn Tetenbaum (bass viola da gamba), Emily Walhout (bass viola da gamba), Janet Haas (violone), Benjamin Harms (percussion), Heather Kellgreen (harp), Melia Repko (harp), Judy Saite (harp), Monica Attell (piccolo), Hiroko Kajimoto (piccolo), Kenji Kikuchi (piccolo), Cynthia Pickett (piccolo)] with participation of Christophe Morin (Angel of death)] - Joel Cohen, dir.;
The Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble [Douglas Kirk (slide trumpet, cornetto), Steven Lundahl (sackbut, recorder), Mark Ramsey (sackbut, recorder), Daniel Stillman (sackbut, recorder)];
The Harvard University Choir [(Emily Anderson (soprano), Kate Lingle (soprano), Lesley Chen (alto), Clarissa Martinez (alto), Daniel Roihl (alto), David Ables (tenor), Peter Kalmus (tenor), Wesley Chinn (bass), Gregory Han (bass), Carsten Reichel (bass)] - Murray Forbes Somerville, dir.;
Youth Pro Musica [Martin Johnson (soloist), Ned Cameron (soloist), Barret Goldsmith (soloist)] - Hazel Somerville, art. dir.

Recording site and date:
Campion Center, Weston, Mass., USA [02/1996]

Reviewed in:
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Comments:
Information from owned CD.
As stated by Joel Cohen in the booklet with the CD: "This recording is meant to provide a rapid, guided tour of the angel realms, in the form of musical fantasy. Except for The Angel of Death, whose music is entirely original, all other musical themes and texts are drawn from early sources ... Ted Machobver's brilliant and creative sound is meant to underline both the contemporaneity and the timelessness of these angelic visions."

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