Awake My Glory, Jesus - 20th Century Church Music CD

Description

20th-century choral masterpieces with Britten’s dramatic Rejoice in the Lamb and Leighton’s rhythmically charged canticles, Tippett’s moving spirituals from A Child of Our Time and Tavener’s mystical hymns.

The performance highlights the choirs' mastery of complex modern harmonies. 

Track Listing:

Leighton: Awake My Glory - Kenneth Leighton
Britten: Te Deum In C - Benjamin Britten
Howells: Like As The Hart Desireth The Waterbrooks - Herbert Howells
Leighton: Magnificat 'Collegium Magdalanae Oxoniense' - Kenneth Leighton
Negro Spirituals
From A Child Of Our Time: Steal Away - Michael Tippett
Nobody Knows - Michael Tippett
Go Down, Moses - Michael Tippett
By And By - Michael Tippett
Deep River - Michael Tippett
Nunc Dimittis 'Collegium Magdalanae Oxoniense' - Kenneth Leighton
Two Hymns To The Mother Of God:
In You O Woman Full Of Grace - John Tavener
O Ye Apostles - John Tavener
Rejoice In The Lamb - Benjamin Britten