Schola Cantorum – Hymn To The Virgin 2013 Blu-Ray Audio《BDMV 11.7G》

Album title: Hymn to the Virgin
Performer: Schola Cantorum, Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L, Lindberg Lyd
Location: Gamle Aker Church, Norway
Release date: June 2013
Recording date: January, March and October 2011
Original source: DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:02:20
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 17991 kbps 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 12160 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit

Thomas Aquinas writes in the Summa Theologica: “Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound.” The quotation most aptly describes the repertoire on the Norwegian chamber choir Schola Cantorum’s recording of hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, in which tranquillity, eternity and ‘bursting forth into sound’ are encountered in many different guises.

The composers represented here have often chosen to allow their music to evolve in stable structures and remain within static harmonic spaces even when the music becomes expressive and dramatic: Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Duruflé, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Martin Ødegaard, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arvo Pärt, Ola Gjeilo, Andrew Smith and Trond Kverno.

Throughout its existence the chamber choir Schola Cantorum has had high ambitions. The choir has built up an international reputation and has made it a trademark to include newly written music in its programmes. This is thanks to the work of Knut Nystedt (1915–), organist, composer and conductor, who returned to Norway in 1964 after studying in the USA and started a choir at the music department of the University of Oslo. The choir continues to recruit members from the department of music, as well as from the Norwegian Academy of Music in more recent years.

Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl trained as a singer and pianist and specialized in the Kodaly method in Hungary before taking her diploma exam in choral conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music. She has directed Schola Cantorum since 2002.

Tracklist:
1 Benjamin Britten A Hymn to the Virgin 3:21
2 Francis Poulenc Salve Regina 4:23
3 Maurice Duruflé Ubi caritas 2:26
4 Eric Whitacre Lux aurumque 3:48
5 Morten Lauridsen O nata lux 4:10
6 Martin Ødegaard Komm 10:05
7 Kjell Mørk Karlsen O Magnum Mysterium 5:52
8 Anton Bruckner Ave Maria 3:19
9 Sergei Rachmaninoff Bogoróditse Dévo 2:49
10 Arvo Pärt Bogoróditse Dévo 1:14
11 Ola Gjeilo Tota pulchra es 6:28
12 Andrew Smith Pulchra es tu Maria 2:02
13 Andrew Smith Stabat Mater 5:06
14 Trond Kverno Stabat Mater Dolorosa 7:18

Personnel:
SCHOLA CANTORUM
Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl
Soloists track 1: Mathilde Salmi Marjavara, Åste Jensen Sjøvaag,
Eivind Michael Skretting and Eivind Støylen
Soloists track 6: Ingrid Stige, Åste Jensen Sjøvaag,
Ludvik Kjærnes and Magnus Dorholt Kjeldal