Composer(s): Whitbourn, James
Conductor(s): Jordan, James
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Choral - Sacred; Choral - Secular
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572737
Barcode: 747313273775
Release Date: 09/2011

WHITBOURN, J.: Living Voices / Son of God Mass / Requiem canticorum (Powell, Cowan, Westminster Williamson Voices, Jordan)

James Whitbourn is known for his ‘boundless breadth of choral imagination’ (The Observer) resulting in compositions of brilliance and power. His extraordinary work for choir, saxophone and organ, Son of God Mass, receives a new recording from the young voices of one of Westminster Choir College of Rider University’s finest chamber choirs under the leading American choral conductor James Jordan. It is heard alongside a collection of première recordings of other works associated with life and death, including the Requiem canticorum and Living Voices, a work to commemorate the dead of 9/11 with a poem by Andrew Motion.

Tracklist

Whitbourn, James
Mass Text - Lyricist
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
1 Introit 01:18
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
2 Kyrie 04:07
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
3 Kyrie meditation 02:58
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
4 Gloria 03:45
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
5 Lava me 04:56
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
6 Sanctus and Benedictus 03:00
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
7 Pax Domini 02:25
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
8 Agnus Dei 02:20
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
9 Amen 02:25
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
Tear, Robert - Lyricist
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
10 Winter's Wait 04:12
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
Watts, Isaac - Lyricist
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
11 Give us the wings of faith 02:39
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
12 A brief story of Peter Abelard (verson for soprano saxophone and organ) 07:33
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
Paton, Alan - Lyricist
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
13 A Prayer from South Africa 01:58
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
Motion, Andrew - Lyricist
Carroll, Ronn (reader)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
14 Living Voices 03:15
Carroll, Ronn (reader)
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
Mass Text - Lyricist
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
15 Introit 05:31
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
16 Pie Jesu 02:21
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
17 Alleluia 02:13
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
18 De profundis 01:48
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
19 Lux aeterna 01:40
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
Whitbourn, James
St. Augustine of Hippo - Lyricist
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Ezzo, Jacob (percussion)
Lakeland, Jonathan Palmer (piano)
Jordan, James (Conductor)
20 All shall be Amen and Alleluia 04:15
Westminster Williamson Voices (Choir)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Ezzo, Jacob (percussion)
Lakeland, Jonathan Palmer (piano)
Jordan, James (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:04:39