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Martin/Pizzetti: Sacred Choral Works

~ Frank Martin (Composer), Ildebrando Pizzetti (Composer), James O'Donnell (Conductor), Westminster Cathedral Choir (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: Westminster Cathedral Choir
  • Conductor: James O'Donnell
  • Composer: Frank Martin, Ildebrando Pizzetti
  • Audio CD (1 Jan 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B0000063BQ
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 87,701 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Mass For Double Choir: Kyrie
2. Mass For Double Choir: Gloria
3. Mass For Double Choir: Credo
4. Mass For Double Choir: Sanctus
5. Mass For Double Choir: Agnus Dei
6. Passacaille: Passacaille: For Organ
7. Messa Di Requiem: Requiem aeternam
8. Messa Di Requiem: Dies irae
9. Messa Di Requiem: Sanctus
10. Messa Di Requiem: Agnus Dei
11. Messa Di Requiem: Libera me
12. De profundis
On this CD:
  1. Mass for Double Choir
    Composed by Frank Martin
    Performed by Westminster Cathedral Choir
    Conducted by James O'Donnell

  2. Passacaglia
    Composed by Frank Martin
    with James O'Donnell

  3. Messa di requiem
    Composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti
    Performed by Westminster Cathedral Choir
    Conducted by James O'Donnell

  4. De profundis
    Composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti
    Performed by Westminster Cathedral Choir
    Conducted by James O'Donnell

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mass for Double Choir, 11 Sep 2007
By V. Kingham "Victoria" (London) - See all my reviews
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This must be one of the most extraordinary and beautiful pieces of choral music ever written. It stands so much alone and complete that words are superfluous. While it was written in the magically creative year 1922, the composer did not release it for performance until 1963, and it is recognized as a profound expression of Martin's religious faith.

This over-used phrase does little justice, however, to what Martin has achieved. He has used all the resonant acoustics which a church can offer and all the tension generated by the close-moving dissonance and resolution of a complex arrangement for five small sets of a capella male voices. The result is something wonderful - a combination of form and environment creating a work of art complete in itself. It becomes an expression of something almost solid, quite separate from either its components or its performance, yet dependent on both. The piece requires the chorus to have control over extreme nuances of pitch and dynamics and over the issue of sound so that every silence - between the sections of the mass, between the musical phrases, sometimes between two chords - becomes a physical and integral part of the whole. This can only happen when the pauses are perfectly defined, by a choir which is perfectly in time and perfectly in unison.

Listen to it - then listen to it again and again. A quite exceptional performance of an astonishing musical achievement.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous choral singing in 2 relatively unknown works, 6 Jan 2006
By D. Jackson (Chipping Norton, Oxon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I too heard this piece on Radio 3 and bought the CD as a result of that. The singing is absolutely top notch and both the pieces, previously unknown to me, were a revelation. Some of the harmonies in the Martin show is relative modernity but otherwise one could be forgiven for thinking it was written by one of the great polyphonic masters of the past.
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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 19 Mar 2005
Having bought this on hearing it on Radio 3, I can thoroughly recommend this recording (of the Martin mass). I was slightly dubious on a recording by an all-male choir since personally I prefer the sound of a mixed adult choir, but somehow the voices blend perfectly and James O'Donnell's direction is fantastic. Every listen reveals new delights, and the music itself is so layered and haunting, particularly the beginning of the Sanctus.
I've not listened to the Pizzetti - I just skip back to the beginning as soon as the mass finishes. But the money is worth it just for the Martin.
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As another reviewer has commented it is extraordinary that a piece of this calibre written in 1922 did not see the light of day until 1963. Read more
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Play this marvellous Kyrie at a time when you are quiet, or even sad, and you will realise you are not alone.
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