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Igor Stravinsky - Arnold Schönberg - Alexander von Zemlinsky

Symphonic Psalms & Prayers

Tenebrae

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212049228
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Catalog number: SIGCD 492
Releasedate: 09-02-18
- New recording that will receive a lot of magazine coverage in the UK
- flagship recording with leading UK artists Tenebrae and BBC Symphony orchestra of iconic 20th century choral/orchestral works

Tenebrae return to disc on Signum in performances exploring the Psalms in Music. With trumpets and well-tuned cymbals, the musical and prayerful richness of The Book of Psalms inspires vastly differing offerings from composers with a myriad of approaches to combining the two worlds of the symphonic and the choral. The results are works which defy categorisation and stand the test of time with audiences and performers alike. Joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the choirs director Nigel Short, they perform iconic works by Stravinsky (Symphony of Psalms), Bernsten (Chichester Psalms), Zemlinsky (Psalm 23), as well as Schoenberg’s final significant tonal work Freide auf Erden.

Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae, under the direction of Nigel Short, is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles renowned for its passion and precision.