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Vocal Music - BACH, J.S. / CRUGER, J. / PRAETORIUS, M. / GRIEG, E. / CHARPENTIER, M.-A. / SCHEDIT, S. (The Vanishing Nordic Chorale) (Musik Ekklesia)

Composer(s):
Artist(s) Spray, Philip, Conductor • Musik Ekklesia, Ensemble • Karosi, Balint, organ
Period(s) 20th Century • Baroque (1600-1750) • Renaissance (1400-1600) • Romantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Instrumental • Vocal Ensemble
Catalogue DSL-92128
Label Dorian Sono Luminus
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 16.99
 

 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Review By AC115521,May 2011

The Vanishing Nordic Chorale is a fascinating and instructive compilation imaginatively assembled and beautifully realized. Musik Ekklesia is a Baroque period informed ensemble of approximately 21 players based in Indianapolis.

For this project they are joined by a complement of about 15 singers. The program, devised by music director and executive producer, Philip Spray is a unique snapshot of the Lutheran chorale, its preeminence in northern European music history as well as its ubiquity as thematic grist for composers as far afield as Bach and Nielsen. If you think such a concentrated dose of strophic tethered writing may sound monotonous, think again. This collection is anything but. All manner of vocal and instrumental permutations are employed to great effect, more....


Review By Geoffrey Norris , Gramophone,November 2011

There is something enchanting about this disc that opens it up to a wider circle of listeners… Philip Spray, music director of the Indianapolis-based Musik Ekklesia, has done a lot of research in tracking the travels of familiar chorale texts and…has resurrected a good many examples of cross-fertilisation that make for a thoroughly appealing sequence.

The American soloists and chorus, drilled by diction coaches, sound like they’re at ease with the languages and sing with fluency and clarity.

This is a disc with intriguing slants on music that we may know from elsewhere and in other manifestations…

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Review By Lindsay Koob, American Record Guide,July 2011

Instrumentalists, choir, and soloists perform impeccably, with considerable skill, period zest, and palpable sacred spirit. Sound quality is beyond reproach, and we get solid, informative booklet notes and complete texts.

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