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These partsongs of Robert Franz display similar qualities of Schubert's style and are less overtly passionate than many of Schumann's. English translations are included alongside the German text. Offp...

These two partsongs brilliantly display Gade's colourful use of vocal textures. English translations are included alongside the German text. Offprinted from the collection German Romantic Partsongs, e...

English translations are included alongside the German text. Offprinted from the collection German Romantic Partsongs, edited and translated by Judith Blezzard.

English translations are included alongside the German text. Offprinted from the collection German Romantic Partsongs, edited and translated by Judith Blezzard.

Schubert's contribution to the unaccompanied partsong repertory is small, however he is influentcial as among the first of the Romantics. English translations are included alongside the German text. O...

English translations are included alongside the German text. Offprinted from the collection German Romantic Partsongs, edited and translated by Judith Blezzard.

This partsong encorporates florid and chromatic vocal lines with regularly flowing dynamics. English translations are included alongside the German text. Offprinted from the collection German Romantic...

English translations are included alongside the German text. Offprinted from the collection German Romantic Partsongs, edited and translated by Judith Blezzard.

In Skempton's effective minimalistic style, this short work sets a well-known sacred text from Ecclesiastes 3, 1DS8. Emphasis is given to the text through the homorhythmic texture and flexible metre.

Custodiscimi come mela dell'occhio è un'opera sacra tranquilla e meditativa, adatta all'esecuzione durante l'anno liturgico. Tratto dal Salmo 17, il testo è una richiesta di rifugio e protezione di fr...

Con un testo di Thomas H. Troeger, questo brano profondamente espressivo esplora il concetto di compagnia e di resilienza nei momenti difficili. La melodia lirica e confortante è posta su un letto di...

With a text by Thomas H. Troeger, this deeply expressive piece explores the notion of companionship and resilience through difficult times. The comforting, lyrical melody is set over a bed of rich har...

Basato sul noto poema di William Blake, questo brano natalizio trasporta gli ascoltatori con suoni di angeli celesti che fanno cenno al piccolo Agnello in frammenti melodici stratificati che scorrono...

Faith's Foundation celebrates church architecture as a means of teaching and representing Christian values. Setting George Herbert's poem The Church Floor, this piece marvels in melodic clarity and fl...

This is an edition by Marques L. A. Garrett of a short work by Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia, who was active in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Solemn and largely chordal in t...

Scritta per celebrare il 950° anniversario della chiesa di St Mary Magdalen, a Oxford, questa avvincente composizione a doppio coro della Missa brevis è adatta sia alla liturgia che ai concerti. L'ope...

Written to celebrate the 950th anniversary of St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, this compelling double-choir Missa brevis setting is suitable for liturgical and concert settings. The music is beautiful...

Setting William Johnson Cory's translation of Callimachus's epigram, this poignant piece exemplifies Skempton's minimalist aesthetic. Using a restrained rhythmic palette of minims and crotchets, the w...

Written in response to Gibbons' famous setting of the same text from Psalm 47, this piece uses syncopated rhythms, imitative polyphonic textures, and declarative homophonic moments to create a piece f...

SSATB unaccompanied Harrap's inventive and dramatic setting of the well-known Eucharist hymn text provides a contemporary alternative to more familiar versions by Byrd, Mozart, and Elgar. In five unac...

Let nothing trouble you is a striking and atmospheric setting of a prayer by the Spanish mystic, St Teresa of Ávila. Commissioned by The Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, this...

This edition of the Salve Regina by Portuguese composer Diogo Dias Melgás (1638-1700) is the first published version of the work. Featuring simple yet highly skilful writing, this moving piece will pr...

This is a tender setting of the popular Christmas text by the Wedderburn brothers. Filled with lilting rhythms and warming dynamic swells, this lullaby will make a captivating addition to any Christma...

A very popular Renaissance chanson which is partly onomatopoeic.

This is No. 3 of a group of folksongs collectively called Four Folksongs for the British Isles. These imaginative settings of traditional songs are easy and effective - potential showpieces for any co...