The Secret Mass: Choral Works by Frank Martin & Bohuslav Martinů Danish National Vocal Ensemble & Marcus Creed

• Frank Martin (1890 - 1974): Mass for Double Choir:
• 1 I. Kyrie 05:09
• 2 II. Gloria 06:08
• 3 III. Credo 06:10
• 4 IV. Sanctus 04:50
• 5 V. Agnus Dei 05:00
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959): 4 Songs of the Virgin Mary, H. 235:
• 6 No. 1, The Annunciation 01:59
• 7 No. 2, A Dream 02:05
• 8 No. 3, Our Lady's Breakfast 03:22
• 9 No. 4, The Virgin Mary's Picture 04:36
• Frank Martin (1890 - 1974): Songs of Ariel:
• 10 No. 1, Come unto These Yellow Sands 01:34
• 11 No. 2, Full Fathom Five 03:30
• 12 No. 3, Before You Can Say Come and Go 01:03
• 13 No. 4, You Are Three Men of Sin 04:25
• 14 No. 5, Where the Bee Sucks, There Suck I 01:02
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959):
• 15 Romance of the Dandelions, H. 364 12:42
• Total Runtime 01:03:35

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The centerpiece of this album is Martin's towering masterwork, the Mass for Double Choir. Originally completed in 1926, Martin did not allow the work to be performed until 1963. After its premiere he explained: 'I felt that a personal expression of religious belief should remain secret and hidden from public opinion.' Thankfully Martin decided to share his secret; his Mass has become one of the 20th century's most powerful works composed for a cappella choir. For Swiss-born Martin, his musical breakthrough came early in life when he heard a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. His musical language draws on a wide variety of inuences, including Renaissance polyphony, Hindemithian extended tonality and traces of Schoenberg's twelve-tone system, but above all, Bach. In contrast, the urbane, cosmopolitan Martinu was a stylistic buttery, and a bit of a late bloomer. One can easily hear traces of impressionism and Stravinskian neoclassicism throughout his mature style, but in his nest moments, Martinu embraces the love of folklore that inspired his elder countryman, Leos Janacek.

"The Romance of the Dandelions is a thing of beauty, and while possibly more difficult to programme, you have a soprano of the quality of Klaudia Kidon, and you are surely guaranteed success." (Gramophone)

"The singing is exceptional—this choir, as we’ve heard on earlier recordings, is one of the world’s finest, and here the singers are constantly challenged with prickly technical details and are offered many chances—perfectly realized—to deliver those ringing, resonant harmonic gestures that all choral singers live for. Their Czech pronunciation/enunciation is, how shall we say it, rather “soft”—the delicious richness of those special consonants tends to be rounded off." (ClassicsToday)

Hanna-Maria Strand, alto
Klaudia Kidon, soprano
Emil Lykke, tenor
Daniel Åberg, drums
Danish National Vocal Ensemble
Marcus Creed, conductor

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