Houston Chamber Choir, Ken Cowan & Robert Simpson – Durufle: Complete Choral Works (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Houston Chamber Choir, Ken Cowan & Robert Simpson – Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:29 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Signum Records

The choral works of Duruflé, like his organ works, are small in number but beautifully crafted. Frequently written and rewritten until he was completely satisfied, he was a composer who rethought and re-configured his music right up to the moment he had to let go of it. Often described as a man out of step with his times, his pieces look back to Gregorian chant and plainsong at a time when the musical life of his home city of Paris was steeped in radical new compositional ideas – a testament perhaps to Duruflé’s enduring love of France’s choral heritage.

In a new recording produced by Grammy® winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, the Houston Chamber Choir are led by artistic director Robert Simpson on their first release with Signum Records.

“I have listened to many recordings and performances of Durufle’s glorious choral music over the years, but this sumptuous new release captures its unique qualities better than any -with wonderfully radiant and flexible singing from the Houston Chamber Choir under their director Robert Simpson! Ken Cowan’s fluid playing, his colourful registrations on the magnificent organ at Rice University, the warm but not overly reverberant acoustic, the fine, vibrant vocal soloists, Norman Fischer’s superb cello playing and the refined and elegant singing of the choir combine in a superb recording to be treasured.” (Simon Carrington)

Tracklist:
01. Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: I. Kyrie
02. Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: II. Gloria
03. Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: III. Sanctus
04. Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: IV. Benedictus
05. Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: V. Agnus dei
06. Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op.10: I. Ubi caritas
07. Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op. 10: II. Tota pulchra es
08. Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op. 10: III. Tu es petrus
09. Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op. 10: IV. Tantum ergo
10. Notre Père pour choeur a cappella
11. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: I. Introit
12. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: II. Kyrie
13. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: III. Domine Jesu Christe
14. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
15. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu
16. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: VI. Agnus Dei
17. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: VII. Lux aeterna
18. Requiem Pour Soli, Choeurs Et Orgue, Op. 9: VIII. Libera Me
19. Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: IX. In Paradisum