AGNUS DEI I

Recorded in New College Chapel, Oxford
6–8 January 1996 & 11–13 April 1996

Playing time : 72'36"   DDD

Reviews

"This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard."

Organists' Review

"The standard of singing is quite superb, and the unique track listing gives this special album the broadest appeal."

The Gramophone

see also Agnus Dei II.

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

1     Agnus Dei, opus 11

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

2     Cantique de Jean Racine, opus 11

arrangement by John Rutter

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)

3     Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

4     Ave verum corpus, K 618

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

5     Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Cantata BVW 147)

(Jesu joy of man's desiring)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)

6     Ave Maria, opus 37, No 6

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

7     Lux Aeterna (Nimrod : Enigma Variations, opus 36

arrangement by John Cameron

Henryk Górecki (b. 1931)

8     Totus Tuus

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

9     Hear my prayer

Thomas Herford (treble)

John Tavener (b. 1944)

10    The Lamb

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

11    In Paradisum (from Requiem)

Rebecca Hirsch (violin)

Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)

12    Miserere mei, Deus

Thomas Herford, William Petter (trebles)
Matthew Beale (high tenor)
Eamonn Dougan(bass)