Rejoice
Sacred Music through the Ages
ABC Classics 472 310-2
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Rejoice - Sacred Music through the Ages was released on the ABC Classics label in June 2002. It contains a selection of the most beautiful unaccompanied choral works written over the past 500 years, including Lassus's Aurora lucis rutilat and Franz Biebl's memorable Ave Maria. [Details in track listing below]
Director: Michael Leighton Jones
Assistant Director: Philip Nicholls (Director, Track 4)
Executive Producers: Robert Patterson, Lyle Chan
Product Manager: Anna-Lisa Whiting
Recording Producer: Peter Taplin
Recording Engineer: Nick Mierisch, Michael McClintock
Editor: Garry Havrillay
Annotations: Peter Campbell
Biblical texts are modernised from the Revised Standard Version.
Latin translations completed with the assistance of Dr Evan Burge.
German translations completed with the assistance of Michael Leighton Jones.
Booklet Design: Imagecorp Pty Ltd
Recorded 24-26 November 2000, Xavier College Chapel, Kew, Melbourne
• Special thanks to the Principal and the Chair of Xavier College
Select a highlighted *Track to sample this CD
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Track 1 |
Aurora lucis rutilat |
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) |
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Track 2 |
O nata lux de lumine |
Thomas Tallis (c1505-85) |
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*Track 3 |
Haec dies |
William Byrd (c1540-1623) |
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Track 4 |
Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena |
Josquin Des Prez (c1450-1521) |
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Track 5 |
Exsultate Deo |
GP da Palestrina (c1525-94) |
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Track 6 |
Cantate Domino |
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) |
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Track 7 |
Selig sind die Toten |
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) |
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Track 8 |
Richte mich, Gott |
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) |
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Track 9 |
Ave Maria |
Anton Bruckner (1824-96) |
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Track 10 |
Wenn ein starker Gewappneter |
Johannes Brahms (1833-97) |
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*Track 11 |
Ave Maria |
Franz Biebl (1906-2001) |
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Track 12 |
Regina caeli |
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) |
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Track 13 |
Ave maris stella |
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) |
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Track 14 |
Ubi caritas |
Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) |
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*Track 15 |
Coelos ascendit hodie |
Charles Stanford (1852-1924) |
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