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John Rutter: Requiem & Louis Vierne: Messe Solennelle

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CD133
Arsis Audio
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This Duke University release comes in direct competition with Rutter's own two self-conducted versions, and uses larger forces at the risk of compromising the intimacy that is such an integral element in this quintessentially one-on-one Requiem. Director Rodney Wynkoop creates a massive sound that, by dint of his careful balances, does not violate the nature of the piece, but shows it in a different light, and he does so with his essentially amateur forces. That both pieces on this offering are derived from performances also bears dividends. There is a spontaneous sense of occasion that is rarely found in studio recordings. The inclusion of Vierne's rarely heard Messe Solennelle from the same concert enables us to see that French organ master more in the round, and makes this disc even more essential.  --William Zagorski (who chose it as a 'pick of the year'), Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2004

PublisherArsis Audio

Duke University Chapel Choir
Orchestra Pro Cantores
Patricia D. Philipps, soprano
Rodney Wynkoop, conductor

with
Robert Parkins, University organist
Timothy J. Dickey, assisting conductor
David Arcus, Chapel organist

Recorded in live performance at the Duke University Chapel, Rodney Wynkoop directs the Duke University Chapel Choir and Orchestra, soprano soloist Patricia D. Philipps, and organists Robert Parkins and David Arcus in moving performances of these stirring devotional works. The two organs in the chapel lend unusual French-style splendor to the Vierne Mass.

John Rutter: Requiem

1. Requiem æternam
2. Out of the Deep
3. Pie Jesus
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
6. The Lord Is My Shepherd
7. Lux æterna


Louis Vierne: Messe Solennelle

8. Kyrie
9. Gloria
10. Sanctus
11. Benedictus
12. Agnus Dei