Sacred Songs of Life and Love features some of the most beautiful works in contemporary Scandinavian and Baltic choral music, including Arvo Part’s Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen, selections from Kunt Nystedt’s Prayers of Kierkegaard, Sven-David Sandstrom’s Four Songs of Love and Algirdas Martinaitis’ Alleluia.
The Chorale’s Conductor and Artistic Director, Brian A Schmidt perfectly illustrates the intention behind this recording in his personal notes: “We hope that this collection of Sacred Songs of Life and Love will take you through a full range of your human emotions. From the mysticism of Mary’s canticle and the solemn joy that bubble throughout the “Bogoroditse Djevo”, to the emotion anticipation found in the Sieben Antiphonen, to the deep reverence of Kierkegaard’s prayers, to the poetic perfection and sensual harmonies of the Song of Songs, to the glimpse of heavenly peace found in “O salutaris hostia” and finally the ethereal promise of the “Nunc dimittis”. This music is full of hope, joy, peace and love; and we hope it will fill your heart and ears with much of the same.”
01 – Magnificat
02 – Bogoróditse Djévo_ Bogoroditse Djevo
03 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ I. O Weisheit
04 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ II. O Adonai
05 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ III. O Spross Aus Isais Wurzel
06 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ IV. O Schlüssel Davids
07 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ V. O Morgenstern
08 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ VI. O K?nig aller V?lker
09 – Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen_ VII. O Immanuel
10 – Alleluia
11 – Prayers of Kierkegaard_ I. Great are You, O God
12 – Prayers of Kierkegaard_ II. Father in Heaven! You loved us first!
13 – Four Songs of Love_ I. Let Him Kiss Me
14 – Four Songs of Love_ II. Until the Daybreak
15 – Four Songs of Love_ III. Awake, O North Wind
16 – Four Songs of Love_ IV. His Left Hand
17 – I am the rose of Sharon
18 – O salutaris hostia
19 – Nunc Dimittis_ Nunc dimittis