Today we look back and celebrate beautiful choral recordings of 2020. Highlights include Spem in alium and an excerpt from a world premiere recording of Niccolò Jommelli's Requiem. Choirs include Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Peaceful Choir, Poor Clares of Arundel, Ora Singers, Capella Regalis, Toronto Chamber Choir, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Ottawa Bach Choir and Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri.
Aired: Dec. 27, 2020
Playlog
9:04 a.m.
Composer
JAAKKO MANTYJARVI
Title
AVE MARIA D'AOSTA
Artist
STEPHEN LAYTON
Album
MANTYJARVI: CHORAL MUSIC
9:05 a.m.
Composer
JAMES MORGAN, JULIETTE POCHIN, TRADITIONAL
Title
LET THE LOVE THAT DWELLS IN YOUR HEARTS (ST CLARE)
Artist
POOR CLARES OF ARUNDEL
Album
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD
9:07 a.m.
Composer
MADDALENA CASULANA
Title
O NOTTE O CIELO O MAR
Artist
TORONTO CHAMBER CHOIR
Album
A VOICE OF HER OWN: MUSICAL WOMEN WHO PERSISTED, 1098-1896
9:09 a.m.
Composer
ELAINE HAGENBERG, GEORGE MATHESON
Title
O LOVE
Artist
WORLD CHOIR FOR PEACE
Album
PEACEFUL CHOIR - NEW SOUND OF CHORAL MUSIC
9:14 a.m.
Composer
NICCOLO JOMMELLI
Title
REQUIEM/KYRIE
Artist
CORO E ORCHESTRA GHISLIERI
Album
JOMMELLI: REQUIEM (MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS)
9:15 a.m.
Composer
THOMAS TALLIS
Title
SPEM IN ALIUM, MOTET
Artist
ORA SINGERS
Album
SPEM IN ALIUM
9:25 a.m.
Composer
HAENDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH
Title
DIXIT DOMINUS, HWV 232, IX, GLORIA PATRI, ET FILIO
Artist
OTTAWA BACH CHO
Album
HANDEL: DIXIT DOMINUS
9:31 a.m.
Composer
ISAAC WATTS, PAUL HAILEY, HANDEL
Title
JOY TO THE WORLD
Artist
CAPELLA REGALIS
Album
LOVE CAME DOWN: CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS
9:35 a.m.
Composer
TONU KORVITS, CESARE PAVESE
Title
SEI LA LUCE E IL MATTINO/VIII. IN THE MORNING YOU ALWAYS COME BACK
Artist
TALIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Album
KORVITS, TONU: YOU ARE LIGHT AND MORNING (SEI LA LUCE E IL MATTINO)
9:44 a.m.
Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN, ANONYME ECOSSE, ROBERT BURNS