Duruflé: Complete Choral Works Houston Chamber Choir, Ken Cowan & Robert Simpson

• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986): Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11:
• 1 Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: I. Kyrie 03:44
• 2 Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: II. Gloria 06:12
• 3 Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: III. Sanctus 03:52
• 4 Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: IV. Benedictus 01:59
• 5 Messe “Cum Jubilo” pour choeur de barytons et orgue, Op. 11: V. Agnus dei 04:04
• Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op.10:
• 6 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op.10: I. Ubi caritas 02:48
• 7 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op. 10: II. Tota pulchra es 02:06
• 8 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op. 10: III. Tu es petrus 01:01
• 9 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens pour choeur a cappella, Op. 10: IV. Tantum ergo 02:39
• Maurice Duruflé:
• 10 Notre Père pour choeur a cappella 01:30
• Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9:
• 11 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: I. Introit 03:32
• 12 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: II. Kyrie 03:46
• 13 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: III. Domine Jesu Christe 08:34
• 14 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus 03:06
• 15 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu 03:14
• 16 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: VI. Agnus Dei 03:48
• 17 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: VII. Lux aeterna 04:14
• 18 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: VIII. Libera me 05:33
• 19 Requiem pour soli, choeurs et orgue, Op. 9: IX. In Paradisum 02:47
• Total Runtime 01:08:29

Info for Duruflé: Complete Choral Works

The choral works of Duruflé, like his organ works, are small in number but beautifully crafted. Frequently written and rewritten until he was completely satisfied, he was a composer who rethought and re-configured his music right up to the moment he had to let go of it. Often described as a man out of step with his times, his pieces look back to Gregorian chant and plainsong at a time when the musical life of his home city of Paris was steeped in radical new compositional ideas – a testament perhaps to Duruflé’s enduring love of France’s choral heritage.

In a new recording produced by Grammy® winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, the Houston Chamber Choir are led by artistic director Robert Simpson on their first release with Signum Records.

"I have listened to many recordings and performances of Durufle’s glorious choral music over the years, but this sumptuous new release captures its unique qualities better than any -with wonderfully radiant and flexible singing from the Houston Chamber Choir under their director Robert Simpson! Ken Cowan’s fluid playing, his colourful registrations on the magnificent organ at Rice University, the warm but not overly reverberant acoustic, the fine, vibrant vocal soloists, Norman Fischer’s superb cello playing and the refined and elegant singing of the choir combine in a superb recording to be treasured." (Simon Carrington)

Ken Cowan, organ
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Norman Fischer, cello
Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson, conductor

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