In it's latest project, the Chorus sine nomine, one of Austria's leading choirs, under it's founder and director Johannes Hiemetsberger has turned to a very special work: the Miserere by Gregorio Allegri in an arrangement for saxophone and three choirs a cappella by Vladimir Ivanoff. The setting of the 51st Psalm from the 1630s, which is uniquely captivating due to it's simplicity, was a fixed component of the liturgy of Easter week in the Sixtine Chapel in Rome for over 250 years and soon achieved cult status because of the high penalties on it's 'pirate copy'. Here, the three-choir ensemble is in a subtle equilibrium with the young saxophonist Michael Krenn and meets any trace of sentimental mush with the respect due. Recorded in the splendid Viennese acoustic of the Otto Wagner designed Church am Steinhof, built in the first decade of the 20th c. on the grounds of the then Lower Austrian State Asylum.
Tracklist:
A1 Miserere Mei 4:36
A2 Et Secundum 2:21
A3 Amplius 4:43
A4 Tibi Soli 3:55
A5 Ecce Enim 9:14
B1 Asperges Me 3:27
B2 Averte Faciem 0:23
B3 Cor Mundum 5:38
B4 Danza 4:52
B5 Quoniam Si Voluisses 2:56
B6 Tunc Acceptabis 1:53
B7 Sofferenza 0:26
B8 Tunc Imponent 2:55
Recording information:
Title: Miserere
Composer: Gregorio Allegri
Artist: Michael Krenn
Conductor: Johannes Hiemetsberger
Orchestra: Chorus Sine Nomine
Genre: Classical
Media: 1x 180g LP Vinyl Stereo 33rpm, , Red.
Label: Gramola
Cat#: 10001
Released: 2014 in Austria
EAN: 9003643100015
Discogs rel.#: 8122194
