Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem - Cantata
Dona Nobis Pacem - Cantata
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- +Sancta Civitas
- Künstler: Christina Pier, Andrew Staples, Matthew Brook, The Bach Choir, Winchester Cathedral Choristers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
- Label: Naxos, DDD, 2009
- Bestellnummer: 1238271
- Erscheinungstermin: 5.4.2010
Although Vaughan Williams described himself as 'a cheerful agnostic', he was not only steeped in the traditions of the Anglican Church, but sensitive to the mystical significance 'of what lies beyond sense and knowledge'. Written in 1936, his cantata Dona nobis pacem sets powerful Biblical texts alongside those by Walt Whitman and John Bright and is both a warning that mankind was sliding disastrously towards another war and a plea for a world without strife. The oratorio Sancta Civitas, one of his most original choral works, strikingly deploys vocal and orchestral forces to depict the battle between good and evil from the Book of Revelation.
Rezensionen
FonoForum 01/11: "Der Komponist vertont hier Bibeltexte sowie ein Gedicht Walt Whitmans, und nicht nur in dieser Kombination wirkt das Werk wie eine Vorahnung von Brittens "War Requiem". Wer von RVW lediglich grün klingende Pastoralen kennt, wird überrascht sein von der packenden Dramatik des Stücks. David Hill wird diesem verstörenden Meisterwerk vollends gerecht, der Bach Choir leistet, wie auch im gleichermaßen faszinierenden Oratorium "Sancta civitas", hervorragende Arbeit."- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Dona Nobis Pacem: Agnus Dei
- 2 Dona Nobis Pacem: Beat! Beat! Drums!
- 3 Dona Nobis Pacem: Reconciliation
- 4 Dona Nobis Pacem: Dirge for 2 Veterans
- 5 Dona Nobis Pacem: The Angel of Death has been abroad
- 6 Dona Nobis Pacem: O Man Greatly Beloved
- 7 Sancta civitas: I was in the Spirit
- 8 Sancta civitas: And I saw Heaven opened
- 9 Sancta civitas: And I saw an Angel standing in the Sun
- 10 Sancta civitas: Babylon the great is fallen
- 11 Sancta civitas: Rejoice over her O Heavens
- 12 Sancta civitas: And I saw a new Heaven
- 13 Sancta civitas: Therefore are they before the throne of God
- 14 Sancta civitas: And I saw a pure river
- 15 Sancta civitas: Holy, Holy, Holy
- 16 Sancta civitas: Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory
