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Composer(s): Paulus, Stephen
Lyricist(s): Browne, Michael Dennis
Conductor(s): Vänskä, Osmo
Orchestra(s): Minnesota Orchestra
Label: BIS
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: BIS-CD-1726
Barcode: 7318590017265
Release Date: 03/2009
PAULUS, S.: To Be Certain of the Dawn [Oratorio] (Abelson, Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Orchestra, Vanska)
Tracklist
Paulus, Stephen
Browne, Michael Dennis - Lyricist
Browne, Michael Dennis - Lyricist
Abelson, Barry (cantor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
|  | 1 | Part I: Renewal: Sh'ma Yisrael! (cantor) | 02:52 |
Abelson, Barry (cantor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 2 | Part I: Renewal: Teshuvah (soprano, tenor, chorus) | 04:21 |
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 3 | Part I: Renewal: First Blessing (children's chorus) | 02:52 |
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 4 | Part I: Renewal: Kingdom of Night (cantor, children's chorus, chorus) | 04:36 |
Abelson, Barry (cantor)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 5 | Part I: Renewal: V'a Havta Le Reacha Kamocha (cantor) | 01:57 |
Abelson, Barry (cantor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 6 | Part II: Remembrance: 2 Little Girls in the Street (soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus) | 03:49 |
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 7 | Part II: Remembrance: Second Blessing (children's chorus) | 01:22 |
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 8 | Part II: Remembrance: Where Was the Light? (chorus) | 01:09 |
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 9 | Part II: Remembrance: Old Man, Young Man (tenor, baritone, chorus) | 04:16 |
Tessier, John (tenor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 10 | Part II: Remembrance: Third Blessing (soprano, children's chorus) | 01:14 |
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 11 | Part II: Remembrance: This We Ask of You (chorus) | 01:00 |
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 12 | Part II: Remembrance: Du sollst deinen Nachsten lieben wie dich selbst (cantor, chorus) | 01:48 |
Abelson, Barry (cantor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 13 | Part II: Remembrance: 3 Coats (mezzo-soprano, tenor, chorus) | 02:05 |
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 14 | Part II: Remembrance: Fourth Blessing (children's chorus) | 01:54 |
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 15 | Part II: Remembrance: Breathe in Us, Spirit of God (tenor, baritone, chorus) | 02:42 |
Tessier, John (tenor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 16 | Part II: Remembrance: Boy reading (baritone, chorus) | 02:48 |
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 17 | Part II: Remembrance: Interlude: Veil of Tears | 03:42 |
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 18 | Part II: Remembrance: Hymn to the Eternal Flame (soprano, children's chorus, chorus) | 02:23 |
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 19 | Part III: Visions: B'Tselem Elohim (soloists, children's chorus, chorus) | 06:28 |
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 20 | Part III: Visions: Voices of Survivors (soloists) | 02:45 |
Futral, Elizabeth (soprano)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Baldwin, Christina (mezzo-soprano)
Tessier, John (tenor)
Cokorinos, Philip (bass-baritone)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
| | 21 | Part III: Visions: V'a Havta Le Reacha Kamocha (cantor, children's chorus, chorus) | 02:20 |
Abelson, Barry (cantor)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Minnesota Boychoir (Choir)
Minnesota Chorale (Choir)
Basilica Cathedral Choir (Choir)
Cathedral Choristers (Choir)
Minnesota Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vänskä, Osmo (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 58:23