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Title: In Paradisum: The Healing Power of Heaven
Condition: New
Description: EDITORIAL REVIEWS
In their debut recording, the South Dakota Chorale performs the rarely recorded 'organ version' of Durufle's Requiem, using the French-influenced Bedient organ of First Congregational Church in Sioux Falls, SD.

REVIEW
Produced by 2013 GRAMMY Award winner, Producer of the Year, Classical, Blanton Alspaugh --National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, 2013

Before embarking on the contemplative masterpiece that is Duruflé's Requiem, this professional ensemble introduces its kaleidoscopic sense of choral sonority in shorter scores also abounding in deep spiritual feeling. What's striking about Giuseppe Sarti's Nine sili nebesniya is the Italian composer's remarkable assimilation of Russian Orthodox traditions. The 'power of heaven' noted in the title is depicted through rich and impassioned lines that are distinctive in shape, shading and personality. The chorale and their conductor Brian A Schmidt provide the writing with cohesive and expressive definition, as they do the three American pieces that follow. In the traditional folksong 'Run On', basses Tom McNichols and Trevor Neal are vividly alert to emotional coloration, and McNichols contributes vocal splendour in 'Deep River', an opportunity for the ensemble to breathe expansive life into the fervent phrases. Moses Hogan's arrangement of 'The Battle of Jericho' bursts with excitement, especially when soprano Amber Wellborn makes startling octave leaps as if the sun were suddenly breaking through the clouds.

Schmidt presides over a luminous account of the Duruflé, which is performed in the version with organ. The chorale embraces with organic refinement the meditative beauty in each movement, and the soloists baritone Brandon Hendrickson and mezzo Elizabeth Johnson Knight bring fine intensity to their duties. Organist Jesse Eschbach draws subtle and grand colorations from the Bedient organ at First Congregational Church in Sioux Falls. --Gramophone Magazine, Donald Rosenberg, September 2012
Artist: SARTI / DURUFLE / AMERICAN FOLK
EAN: 0000334927929
Format: CD
Genre: Classical
No Of Discs: 1
Record Label: Gothic

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