Gloriæ Dei Cantores, Richard K. Pugsley – To Speak to Our Time: Choral Works by Samuel Adler (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 49:08 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Under Director Richard K. Pugsley, the US-based choir Gloriæ Dei Cantores has gained a reputation for its impeccable vocal blend as well as bold programming, including its recent championing of the music of Jewish composer Samuel Adler. Adler and his family escaped Nazi Germany in 1939, settling in the United States, where he went on to compose more than 400 works. European and American influences unite in his choral music, most notably in Choral Trilogy, an ambitious work for choir and organ that nods to both Herbert Howells and Adler’s teacher Aaron Copland. In “Psalm 23”, Adler sets Hebrew and English texts, acknowledging both his heritage and adopted home in music of mesmerising beauty. To Speak to Our Time, commissioned for the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, brings the plight of refugees across the world into powerful focus.
Tracklist:
01. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: A Hymn of Praise (02:20)
02. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: Let Us Rejoice (03:17)
03. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: My Beloved Is Mine (04:03)
04. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: Choral Trilogy: No. 1, Why Have You Forsaken Me? (03:38)
05. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: Choral Trilogy: No. 2, The Spirit Helps Us (03:18)
06. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: Choral Trilogy: No. 3, Sing a New Song to God (02:36)
07. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: Psalm 23 (05:15)
08. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 1, Prelude I (03:01)
09. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 2, Chor der Wandernden (03:30)
10. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 3, Interlude I (01:03)
11. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 4, Psalm 121 (01:57)
12. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 5, Interlude II (02:48)
13. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 6, Psalm 111 (03:08)
14. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 7, Interlude III (01:18)
15. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: To Speak to Our Time: No. 8, Hymn 10 (03:56)
16. Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Richard K. Pugsley – Adler: How Sweet the Sound (03:52)