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Choral Music - RACHMANINOV, S. / MAXWELL DAVIES, P. / STRAVINSKY, I. / POULENC, F. / BRAHMS, J. (Legacy) (Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt)

Composer(s):
Artist(s) Westminster Choir, Choir • Flummerfelt, Joseph, Conductor • Parella, Nancianne, piano
Period(s) 20th Century • Contemporary • Romantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Choral - Sacred • Choral - Secular • Vocal Ensemble
Catalogue WCC1205
Label Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 16.99
 

 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



Hail and Farewell!
Review By JD88992,September 2012

Legacy documents Joseph Flummerfelt's final concert as music director of the Westminster Choir (retired from that post after more than 30 years, he remains an artist in residence). The program was selected for its perceived connection to the spiritual--not that it's all sacred music--and is nicely gathered into sets: selections by Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Poulenc, various settings of the Lord's Prayer and the Agnus Dei, and finally arrangements of four folk songs.

While it's a live recording, there's almost no audience noise, and applause only at the end. (There must surely have been a reaction to this amazingly controlled performance of the Barber Agnus Dei, treacherous high notes and all!) Nice sound, though one might occasionally want a little more from the more....
Westminster Choir bids adieu in 2004
Review By EE115671,October 2012

The opening notes establish the characteristic mellow sound of this group, directed by Joseph Flummerfelt, bringing lessons in the best of choral music for churches, universities, and choirs. For decades this choral group promulgated the essence of the college devoted to training ministers of music. The farewell concert of Westminster Choir College in April 2004 from Bristol Chapel on the campus in Princeton is preserved for fond audiences in this CD.

This is a Twentieth Century program, with the exception of the Brahms quartets; even the concluding ballads were arranged by modern composers. The sensitivity and accuracy of superlative training shine through, as does the joy and energy of the young voices. No section dominates unless carrying the melody or a transition. more....






 

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