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Label Challenge Classics |
UPC 0608917271126 |
Catalogue number CC 72711 |
Release date 27 October 2017 |
"Missa Unitatis is a splendid work, superbly written for voices. It will appeal to any choral music lover looking for something a little out of the ordinary."
Music Web, 10-4-2019This program around the Missa Unitatis represents a meeting of many different musical travellers. Shortly after making its home in the southern Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch in 2006, Cappella Pratensis renewed its acquaintance with an organisation that has been travelling through some 700 years of history, the Confraternity of the Illustrious Lady. To celebrate the Year of Religious Heritage in 2008, the Confraternity commissioned a work by the British composer Antony Pitts. The commemoration, in 2016, of 500 years since the death of Hieronymus Bosch was the ideal opportunity to première the version of the Missa Unitatis for double chorus. The Nederlands Kamerkoor graciously accepted the invitation to join forces with Cappella Pratensis, and the celebrated British musician Stephen Layton brought his wealth of choral experience as conductor.
Dieses Programm rund um die Missa unitatis repräsentiert ein Zusammentreffen vieler verschiedener musikalischer Reisender. Kurz nachdem sich Capella Pratensis 2006 in der südniederländischen Stadt ’s-Hertogenbosch niedergelassen hatte, hat das Ensemble seine Bekanntschaft mit der Bruderschaft Unserer lieben Frau vertieft, die durch gut 700 Jahre Geschichte reist. Um 2008 das Jahr des religiösen Erbes zu feiern, gab die Bruderschaft bei dem britischen Komponisten Antony Pitts ein Werk in Auftrag. Die Feierlichkeiten anlässlich des 500. Todestages Hieronymus Boschs 2016 bot die ideale Gelegenheit, die doppelchörige Fassung der Missa unitatis uraufzuführen. Der Nederlands Kamerkoor nahm die Einladung, sich mit der Capella Pratensis zusammenzutun, dankend an, und der gefeierte britische Musiker Stephen Layton trug seine reiche Chorerfahrung als Dirigent bei.
Missa Unitatis is a splendid work, superbly written for voices. It will appeal to any choral music lover looking for something a little out of the ordinary.
Music Web, 10-4-2019
Lovers of choral music will certainly love this CD.
Kerk & Leven, 30-7-2018
The combined forces of the Cappella Pratensis and Nederlands Kamerkoor impart plenty of zip and energy to these performances, to which should also be added impressive contributions by the Netherlands Female
Youth Choir in music by Poulenc, Verdi and Eriks Esenvalds.
Gramophone, 20-4-2018
Lovers of choral music will certainly love this CD.
Kerk & Leven, 03-4-2018
To the full success in the election and sequencing of the program is added the superb performances of all the choirs. The Missa Unitatis stands out because of its size: it is a marvelous work full of enchantment, soul, depth and color. The Cappella Pratensis and the Netherlands Kamerkoor astonish equally with their virtuosity and musicality in abundance, in a throbbing performance that elevates the listener from beginning to end. An anthological album, without a doubt.
Scherzo, 31-1-2018
Music to crawl into, if you just want to stop the daily fuss.
Luister, 19-1-2018
Impressive new choral music by Antony Pitts.
An album that shows in an impressively beautiful way that choral music is current and of all times.
VPRO Vrije Geluiden, 23-11-2017
Tom Klaassen explores the limits of classical music every Saturday and Sunday between 11 pm and midnight. With new releases, concert tips, reports, current developments in the music world, a permanent place for young talent, and of course: breathtaking music! Tonight include the new CD by Cappella Pratensis and Nederlands Kamerkoor with the Missa Unitatis by the British composer Antony Pitts.
VPRO Vrije Geluiden, 05-11-2017