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In the Beginning
In the Beginning
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- In the BeginningComposer(s) Aaron CoplandArtist(s) Ben Parry Sally Bruce-Payne Dunedin Consort
In the Beginning
16:23$4.50 - Reincarnations, Op. 16: No. 1 Mary HynesComposer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Reincarnations, Op. 16: No. 1 Mary Hynes
02:25$1.80 - Reincarnations, Op. 16: No. 2 Anthony O’ DalyComposer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Reincarnations, Op. 16: No. 2 Anthony O’ Daly
03:03$1.80 - Reincarnations, Op. 16: No. 3 The Coolin'Composer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Reincarnations, Op. 16: No. 3 The Coolin'
03:55$1.80 - To be sung on the water, Op. 42, No. 2Composer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
To be sung on the water, Op. 42, No. 2
02:49$1.80 - A nun takes the veil: Heaven-Haven (choral setting by the composer of Four Songs, Op. 13 No. 1)Composer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
A nun takes the veil: Heaven-Haven (choral setting by the composer of Four Songs, Op. 13 No. 1)
01:38$1.80 - Let down the bars, O death, Op. 8, No. 2Composer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Let down the bars, O death, Op. 8, No. 2
01:55$1.80 - The virgin martyrs, Op. 8, No. 1Composer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
The virgin martyrs, Op. 8, No. 1
03:08$1.80 - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a: Agnus Dei (transcribed for mixed chorus)Composer(s) Samuel BarberArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a: Agnus Dei (transcribed for mixed chorus)
07:27$2.70 - Four Motets: I. Help us, O LordComposer(s) Aaron CoplandArtist(s) Ben Parry
Four Motets: I. Help us, O Lord
02:27$1.80 - Four Motets: II. Thou, O Jehova, abideth foreverComposer(s) Aaron CoplandArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Four Motets: II. Thou, O Jehova, abideth forever
02:17$1.80 - Four Motets: III. Have mercy on us, O my LordComposer(s) Aaron CoplandArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Four Motets: III. Have mercy on us, O my Lord
03:39$1.80 - Four Motets: IV. Sing ye praises to our kingComposer(s) Aaron CoplandArtist(s) Ben Parry Dunedin Consort
Four Motets: IV. Sing ye praises to our king
02:14$1.80
Total running time: 53 minutes.
Album information
Scotland's premier vocal ensemble makes its Linn debut with this stunning recording of a cappella music featuring a beautiful vocal arrangement of Samuel Barber's celebrated Adagio for Strings.
Dunedin Consort made its Linn debut with this stunning recording of a cappella vocal music by America's two most famous 20th century composers: Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. The Dunedin Consort's programme demonstrates the common ground both Copland and Barber shared: in their settings for unaccompanied chorus, each had an instinctive feel for the human voice, a natural gift for word-setting, and a pure style of writing that rarely, if ever, obscured its literary dimension.
This moving disc features a beautiful vocal arrangement of Samuel Barber's celebrated Adagio for Strings. Aaron Copland's In the beginning, featuring mezzo-soprano Sally Bruce Payne, is beautifully simple with lilting Britten-like polytonality and infectious jazz rhythms and soft hints of blues.
