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Special offer. Ned Rorem: Choral Works

Daisy Walford, Toby Hughes, St Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet, Andrew Earis

Ned Rorem: Choral Works
it’s an area of Rorem’s output that is more than worth your time. St Martin’s Voices (and the Piatti Quartet in three pieces) more than do j justice to this music, imbued as it is with no small...

Special offer. Ned Rorem: Choral Works

Daisy Walford, Toby Hughes, St Martin's Voices, Piatti Quartet, Andrew Earis

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it’s an area of Rorem’s output that is more than worth your time. St Martin’s Voices (and the Piatti Quartet in three pieces) more than do j justice to this music, imbued as it is with no small...

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Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin's Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven decades.

From the playful intricacies of Festive Alleluias (1992) to the lush harmonies of Two Psalms and a Proverb (1962), Rorem’s music for chorus—often imbued with religious texts despite his devout atheism—reveals his gift for blending homophony with subtle counterpoint. The album includes pieces like the lyrical Sing my soul, his wondrous love (1955), the haunting Canticle of the Lamb (1971), and the entrancing O Magnum Mysterium (1978), offering a compelling cross-section of Rorem’s choral imagination.

With rich emotional depth, innovative text-setting, and surprising rhythmic shifts, these works—many previously overlooked—finally receive the attention they so richly deserve.

Contents and tracklist

I. While All Things Were in Quiet Silence (Christmas)
Track length2:20
II. Before the Morning Star Begotten (Epiphany)
Track length1:13
III. Lay Up For Yourselves (Ash Wednesday)
Track length1:26
IV. Praise Him Who Was Crucified (Easter)
Track length1:48
V. God is Gone Up (Ascension)
Track length1:17
VI. Today the Holy Spirit Appeared (Pentecost)
Track length2:47
VII. Rejoice We All in the Lord (All Saints)
Track length3:23
I. Behold How Good and How Pleasant it is
Track length2:46
II. Wound Without Cause
Track length2:12
III. How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord?
Track length3:57
I. Parting
Track length2:36
II. Flowers for the Graces
Track length0:26
III. Love
Track length1:19
IV. An Absent Friend
Track length2:18
I. Strophe A
Track length1:44
II. Antistrophe A
Track length0:58
III. Strophe B
Track length1:35
IV. Antistrophe B
Track length2:48

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June 2025

it’s an area of Rorem’s output that is more than worth your time. St Martin’s Voices (and the Piatti Quartet in three pieces) more than do j justice to this music, imbued as it is with no small amount of drama, soul and great beauty.
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