Sleeper's Prayer - Choral Music from North America
DCD34232 (Delphian Records, CD)
DDD
24-bit stereo
NEW RELEASE (22 May 2020)
Playing time: 63'35"
Tracks: 13
Booklet pages: 20
© 2020 Delphian Records Ltd
Main country of recording: UK
Country of manufacture: EU
Sent to a reviewer on 20 August 2020
Listen: David Lang: sleeper's prayer (track 9, 1:36-2:34)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Choristers of Merton College, Oxford (track 2)
Alex Little, organ (track 7)
Tom Featherstonhaugh, organ (tracks 5, 6 and 9)
Claire Wickes, flute (track 11)
Merton Brass (track 1)
Benjamin Nicholas, organ (track 10)
Benjamin Nicholas, conductor
Nico Muhly (born 1981):
1 Senex puerum portabat
David Lang (born 1957)
2 again (after ecclesiastes)
Nico Muhly:
3 Rev'd Mustard His Installation Prelude (organ solo)
David Lang:
4 if I sing (after psalm 101)
Nico Muhly:
5 A Hymn on the Nativity
6 Take care (Hudson Preludes No 1) (organ solo)
Libby Larsen (born 1950):
7 I will sing and raise a psalm
Nico Muhly:
8 A Song of Ephrem the Syrian
David Lang:
9 sleeper's prayer
Philip Glass (born 1937), arranged by Michael Riesman (born 1943), adapted by Donald Joyce (1952-1998):
10 Satyagraha, Act III: Conclusion (organ solo)
Abbie Betinis (born 1980):
11 Cedit, hyems
arranged by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012):
12 Deep river
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014):
13 The Road Home (arranged from the tune 'Prospect' in The Southern Harmony, 1835)
Recorded 30 June and 1-2 July 2019 in the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, UK