Allegri Miserere [2006]

Allegri Miserere The beauty of Tenebrae’s perfectly blended sound coupled with near-flawless technique is showcased in this recording, featuring a selection of their favorite concert repertoire to create a performance worthy of anyone’s collection.

Allegri’s haunting Miserere is the central point in a journey through music of longing and entreaty, hope and faith. These works spanning the centuries are chosen from the heart of Tenebrae’s concert repertoire.

Featuring works by Taverner, Holst, Rachmaninov, Lotti, Ireland, Harris, Briten and Kodály.

  1. John Tavener (b. 1944) Song for Athene [6.11]
  2. John Ireland (1879-1962) Ex ore innocentium [4.05]
  3. John Tavener The Lamb [3.51]
  4. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Hymn to the Cherubim [4.39]
  5. Count Alexander Sheremetiev (1859-1931) Now ye heavenly powers [3.42]
  6. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Hymn to St Cecilia [10.59]
  7. Pawel Lukaszewski (b. 1968) Ave Maria [3.57]
  8. Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) 8-part Crucifixus [3.39]
  9. Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) Miserere [11.59]
  10. Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Esti Dal [3.08]
  11. Trad. arr. Nigel Short The Dying Soldier [4.34]
  12. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Psalm 148, Lord who has made us for Thine own [4.53]
  13. William Henry Harris (1883-1973) Faire is the Heaven [5.23]

Total running time: [71.03]

” ... The disc ends with that locus classicus of English choral singing, Faire is the Heaven, in which one would be forgiven for thinking Spenser’s final words, ‘such endlesse perfectnesse’ refer to the choir themselves rather than the state of Heaven.” – BBC Music Magazine

”...the fleetness of the second poem in Britten’s Hymn to St Cecillia is a delight, and WH Harris’s Faire is the heaven sublime” – Richard Lawrence, Classic FM Magazine

” ... Tenebrae’s special merits, their exceptional diction and sharp focus, are suited on the two Russian liturgical pieces and Britten and Auden’s Cecilian homage, which reminds us how the composer brought out the best in the poet. The singing here is particularly crisp and agile.” – Barry Witherden, Gramophone

” ... vibrant and incisive” – International Record Review

“Nigel Short and Tenebrae have just the right balance of control and passion, reverence and exuberance that makes for such a superb performance” – The Organ

Release Date: October 2006
Order Code: SIGCD085
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