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The “symphonic” term in this album’s title is to be taken with a grain of salt: Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (1930) relies on a vast wind section, with only a few cellos and double basses, harp and piano, and no violins nor violas; Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth, 1907) is here given in hits original version for choir a cappella; Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965) only require three trumpets and three trombones in addition to the strings and a rather Broadwayian percussions arsenal. Only the (rare and magnificent) Psalm 23 by Zemlinsky, composed in 1910, uses an almost “normal” orchestra for its time. The album’s symphonic honour is safe! It’s worth noting that Schoenberg’s specular and emotional Friede auf Erden is his last great reasonably tonal work, a masterpiece with a tendency for atonality – although a reasoned atonality, never sought for its own sake – that possesses a considerable expressionistic hue. The BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies with great delight the phenomenal Tenebrae Choir under the lead of conductor Nigel Short. © SM/Qobuz
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Symphony of Psalms (Igor Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensembl
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensembl
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Friede auf Erden, Op. 13 (Arnold Schönberg)
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Chichester Psalms (Leonard Bernstein)
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble - David Allsopp
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Psalm 23 (Alexander von Zemlinsky)
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Short, Conductor - Tenebrae, Ensemble - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Composer
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Album review
The “symphonic” term in this album’s title is to be taken with a grain of salt: Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (1930) relies on a vast wind section, with only a few cellos and double basses, harp and piano, and no violins nor violas; Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth, 1907) is here given in hits original version for choir a cappella; Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965) only require three trumpets and three trombones in addition to the strings and a rather Broadwayian percussions arsenal. Only the (rare and magnificent) Psalm 23 by Zemlinsky, composed in 1910, uses an almost “normal” orchestra for its time. The album’s symphonic honour is safe! It’s worth noting that Schoenberg’s specular and emotional Friede auf Erden is his last great reasonably tonal work, a masterpiece with a tendency for atonality – although a reasoned atonality, never sought for its own sake – that possesses a considerable expressionistic hue. The BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies with great delight the phenomenal Tenebrae Choir under the lead of conductor Nigel Short. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Tenebrae BBC Symphony Orchestra Nigel Short
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
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