Morten Lauridsen's lyrical settings of Rilke's 'Les roses' have already become part of the mainstream choral repertory. Deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery, 'Les Chansons de Roses' enhance the...
Sure On This Shining Night
Nocturnes addresses aspects of the common theme of 'Night'. Morten Lauridsen's setting of Rilke's impassioned and atmospheric Sa Nuit D'ete is rich with dense, colourful harmonies, while Soneto De La...
O Magnum Mysterium
The first three Nocturnes-'Sa Nuit d'Été' (R. M. Rilke), 'Soneto de la Noche' (Pablo Neruda) and 'Sure On This Shining Night' (James Agee)-may be performed either separately or as a cycle (in that ord...
Morten Lauridsen's setting of 'Lux aeterna' - a five-movement, non-liturgical requiem for choir and chamber orchestra/organ - is a rich and intensely moving work. Choral textures are fully explored, f...
Dirait-On" dal ciclo "Les Chansons des Roses" di Morten Lauridsen per coro misto e pianoforte.
O Nata Lux is a serene a cappella motet celebrating the Redeemer, and is part of the larger 'Lux Aeterna' (available from this site 0-571-52154-1) for Chorus, Orchestra and Organ. The changes in meter...
A setting of an antiphon for Maunday Thursday, Ubi caritas et amor was written in 1999 in memory of the choral conductor and scholar, Richard H. Trame, SJ. In this motet, Lauridsen subtly adapts the p...