Borealis – Gál: Music for Voices, Vol. 1 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Borealis – Gál: Music for Voices, Vol. 1 (2020)
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Whether in his original home of Vienna, as a conservatoire director in Germany, or as an émigré in Edinburgh, where he became one of the mainstays of musical life, Hans Gál (1890-1987) championed choral singing as a way of directly involving people in making music: he founded and conducted a number of choirs and provided an extensive output of choral compositions. This first volume in a long-term project to record his choral music presents a rich variety of works for a cappella voices, ranging from demanding eight-part choruses to charming folksong settings.

Tracklist:

1. Borealis – Motette, Op. 19 (08:09)
2. Borealis – 4 Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51: No. 1, Youth and Cupid (03:15)
3. Borealis – 4 Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51: No. 2, True Love (03:10)
4. Borealis – 4 Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51: No. 3, A Cradle Song (02:30)
5. Borealis – 4 Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51: No. 4, Foolish Love (03:06)
6. Borealis – Epigramme, Op. 27: No. 1, Stillleben (02:07)
7. Borealis – Epigramme, Op. 27: No. 2, Hymnus (02:04)
8. Borealis – Epigramme, Op. 27: No. 3, Vita brevis (04:17)
9. Borealis – Epigramme, Op. 27: No. 4, Irrtum (01:26)
10. Borealis – Epigramme, Op. 27: No. 5, Grabschrift (03:07)
11. Borealis – 4 Part-Songs: No. 1, To Spring (03:43)
12. Borealis – 4 Part-Songs: No. 2, Madrigal (03:21)
13. Borealis – 4 Part-Songs: No. 3, Hymn to Diana (02:42)
14. Borealis – 4 Part-Songs: No. 4, Invocation (05:06)
15. Borealis – Satirikon, Op. 72: No. 1, Weisheit des Schöpfers (01:37)
16. Borealis – Satirikon, Op. 72: No. 2, Gute Vorsätze (02:12)
17. Borealis – Satirikon, Op. 72: No. 3, Von der Schicklichkeit (01:35)
18. Borealis – Satirikon, Op. 72: No. 4, Von der Wahrheitsliebe (02:41)
19. Borealis – 4 British Folk-Songs: No. 1, Early One Morning (02:31)
20. Borealis – 4 British Folk-Songs: No. 2, An Eriskay Love Lilt (02:41)
21. Borealis – 4 British Folk-Songs: No. 3, O Can Ye Sew Cushions? (02:54)
22. Borealis – 4 British Folk-Songs: No. 4, Ye Banks and Braes (02:09)

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