Mass for double choir a cappella / Songs of Ariel. With Messiaen : Cinq rechants
RIAS Kammerchor, Daniel Reuss
1h06
Digital
HMA1951834
Apple Music
Frank Martin and Olivier Messiaen have few musical features in common, but their faith overrides the fundamental differences between them and makes them two of the most important Christian composers of the twentieth century. Martin’s Mass for unaccompanied double choir is the profoundly ecumenical profession of faith of a fervent Christian of our time. As to the Cinq Rechants, Messiaen’s last a cappella work, its composer rightly thought it ‘one of [his] best works’.
This title was released for the first time in 2004.
FRANK MARTIN [1890-1974]
Messe pour double choeur a cappella
· Kyrie (5'22)
· Gloria (5'52)
· Credo (6'06)
· Sanctus (4'29)
· Agnus Dei (5'00)
Songs of Ariel
Cinq pièces tirées de La Tempête de Shakespeare
· Acte I, scène 2 Molto tranquillo (2'17)
· Acte I, scène 2 Très calme (4'04)
· Acte IV, scène 1 Allegro molto (1'11)
· Acte III, scène 3 Allegro (4'34)
· Acte V, scène 1 Allegretto grazioso (1'18)
OLIVIER MESSIAEN [1908-1992]
Cinq Rechants
· I. Modéré (5'16)
· II. Bien modéré (3'48)
· III. Lent, caressant (4'46)
· IV. Très vif (2'46)
· V. Vif (3'56)
· O sacrum convivium
Lent et expressif (4'54)
