Eternal Rest gathers four meditative choral works, three of which were written as memorials for the dead. Frank Martin's 1926 Mass for double choir, magisterial in scope and intimate in tone, is the centerpiece of the recording. Martin's compositional voice is circumspect and self-effacing, giving the Mass an understated quality appropriate for the devotional purpose for which it was created. The simplicity of Martin's Renaissance-like polyphony and his admirable text setting allow the words to be heard and understood, and ...
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Eternal Rest gathers four meditative choral works, three of which were written as memorials for the dead. Frank Martin's 1926 Mass for double choir, magisterial in scope and intimate in tone, is the centerpiece of the recording. Martin's compositional voice is circumspect and self-effacing, giving the Mass an understated quality appropriate for the devotional purpose for which it was created. The simplicity of Martin's Renaissance-like polyphony and his admirable text setting allow the words to be heard and understood, and the colorful late romantic (and sometimes frankly modern) harmonies keep the music consistently engaging. The other large work, Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae (1997), by Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, is testimony to the remarkable quality of choral music that came out of Scandinavia in the late twentieth century. The extended work, written in memory of the victims lost in the sinking of an Estonian ferry in 1994, uses texts from the Psalms and a Latin news report of the...
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Add this copy of Eternal Rest-Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale to cart. $5.92, fair condition, Sold by Goodwill of Colorado rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Chandos.
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Add this copy of Eternal Rest-Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale to cart. $10.36, good condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2006 by Chandos.
Add this copy of Eternal Rest to cart. $30.52, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Chandos.
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Frank Martin; Frank Ticheli; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi; Rene Clausen. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
