Bruckner Motets [Import]

Anton Bruckner (Composer), Matthew Best (Conductor), Thomas Trotter (Performer), Philip Salmon (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Thomas Trotter, Philip Salmon
• Conductor: Matthew Best
• Composer: Anton Bruckner
• Audio CD (September 1, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZGK
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gradual: Locus iste a Deo factus est

2. Gradual: Os justi meditabitur

3. Offertorium: Afferentur regi

4. Ave Maria

5. Vexilla regis

6. Ecce sacerdos magnus

7. Antiphon: Tota pulchra es

8. Virga Jesse floruit

9. Pange lingua

10. Offertorium: Inveni David

11. Gradual: Christus factus est pro nobis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ethereal, August 10, 1999

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This review is from: Bruckner Motets (Audio CD)

This is an amazing CD. I listen to it in the dark with the phone ringer off so that I don't miss a moment of it. The Corydon Singers are perfect in pitch, blend, and expression. The final track, Christus factus est pro nobis, is especially moving. It makes you weep in despair and rejoice in triumph. Simply amazing; this CD is a must-have.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An almost operatic intensity, August 15, 2008

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Eric Westby (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bruckner Motets (Audio CD)

Bruckner's motets have been called symphonies in miniature, teeming with overt dynamic and emotional range, often within just the span of a few measures. They are therefore almost perfectly suited to the Corydon Singers, who perform this selection of motets with an almost operatic fervor. Aside from Dennis Keene's Voices of Ascension, I have never heard another choir approach sacred music with such intensity and exquisitely soloistic vocal technique. Listen for example to the basses' solo line "a deo" in the "Locus Iste," and you will hear it performed as grippingly as Bruckner intended. I wouldn't necessarily want to hear them perform Händel, but in this repertoire they are unmatched.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars St. Anton Bruckner, July 23, 2006

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Brucknerian2006 "josh" (florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bruckner Motets (Audio CD)

These wonderful pieces of liturgical music represent the peace and purity Bruckner found through his faith in God. The writing is at times simple...as it should be...but this simplicity only serves to accentuate the tranquility and beauty of these works. Bruckner the symphonist and Bruckner the devout Catholic. Much like Bach, Bruckner's music bears witness to God and I even find myself truly believing when listening. In this day and age of largely agnostic and God-less music, it is Bruckner's music which I find so dear and it will forever remain so for those in need, due to its intrinsic spiritual and faithful character.

Great Recording and Music!