Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard / V. Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard / V. Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem / Bartok: Cantata Profana

It's unclear why this program works so well, but it does. It may be because all three composers resolutely affirmed the virtues of tonality at a time when it was terribly out of fashion, though each did it in his own way. Barber was a genuine neo-Romantic before we had the term to describe him, so his heartfelt and emotional music was simply called "backward looking" while he was alive. Vaughan Williams and BartÃ³k were both authorities on folk song who used the "uncouth vocal utterance of the people" to forge fresh and contemporary musical styles. Robert Shaw, one of the great choral music conductors of all time, plays all three works with a near ideal combination of clarity and intensity, and, of course, the chorus is sensational. --David Hurwitz
Country USA
Brand TELARC
Manufacturer Telarc
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 1998-03-23
UnitCount 1
UPCs 089408047923
EANs 0089408047923

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard / V. Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem / Bartok: Cantata Profana