And On Earth Peace: A Chanticleer Mass

Chanticleer (Artist), Douglas J. Cuomo (Composer), Andrea Gabrieli (Composer), Carlo Gesualdo (Composer), Kamran Ince (Composer), Michael McGlynn (Composer), Ivan Moody (Composer), Shulamit Ran (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Douglas J. Cuomo, Andrea Gabrieli, Carlo Gesualdo, Kamran Ince, Michael McGlynn, et al.
• Audio CD (May 8, 2007)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Classics
• ASIN: B000OCY6BS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,347 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Renaissance (c.1450-1600) > Composers

Track Listings

1. Da pacem Dominae

2. Deus, Deus meus, respice in me -- Andrea Gabrieli

3. Da pacem Domine -- Carlo Gesualdo

4. Kyrie -- Douglas J. Cuomo

5. Gloria (Everywhere) -- Kamran Ince

6. vos omnes -- Carlo Gesualdo

7. Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus -- Carlo Gesualdo

8. Credo/Ani Ma'amin -- Shulamit Ran

9. Peccantem me quotidian -- Carlo Gesualdo

10. Ravenna Sanctus -- Ivan Moody

11. salutaris hostia -- Andrea Gabrieli

12. Agnus Dei -- Michael McGlynn

13. Da pacem Domine

14. Da pacem Domine -- Giles Binchois

15. Da pacem Domine -- Arvo Part

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This mass, commissioned and performed by the superb 12-man American group Chanticleer, begins and ends with Plainsong, and is comprised of five movements by five different composers interspersed with shorter pieces by Carlo and Andrea Gabrieli and Carlo Gesualdo. Douglas J. Cuomo's Kyrie features the extreme ends of the men's vocal ranges and plays plainsong against tonal clusters; the Turkish composer Kamran Ince's Gloria is sung to a Sufi text and radiates peace; Shulamit Ran's Credo, in her native Hebrew and English, begins in a stunning martial outburst about the belief in one God and uses texts that relate to the Holocaust (occasionally spoken) to make her dramatic points; London-born Ivan Moody contributes a ravishing, medieval-tinged Sanctus, as ethereally lovely – and at points as stunningly wild - as his compositions for Trio Mediaeval; and the Irish composer Michael McGlynn's Agnus Dei begins as a solo in Gaelic, which is then underpinned with a drone in the darker voices and it ends, with grace, at a whisper. Perhaps the boldest music here is the Gesualdo, whose bizarre harmonies and discordances still can shock and awe, but the Chanticleer Mass, while not an overwhelming new work, is nonetheless, fascinating, and, as one might imagine, beautifully performed. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, ecumenical, moving., June 1, 2007

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Christine "Christine" (Santa Clarita, US, Canada) - See all my reviews
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After reading a positive article in the Wall Street Journal in May 2007 I was particularly interested in hearing this Mass, and didn't know Chanticleer had recorded it until a friend offered to lend me her brand-new copy after a three-for-two spending spree at the local brick&mortar bookstore.

This is an awesome recording, and I use this adjective without hesitation even though it's over-used and teen-speak. I'm surprised at the number of used copies available - perhaps buyers think that this is a warm & meditative piece and reject it when they discover it's not. It is most definitely not meditative - but it is instead a powerful discourse with God from Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions. The liturgical setting unites it with traditional Mass settings and the music and text raise 21st-century - but also eternal - questions of faith, doubts - and hope. Five stars - no hesitation.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sound Invention, July 3, 2007

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C. Lains "Rosie" (California Bay Area) - See all my reviews
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As always, Chanticleer are the best mens chorus around today. They seem to be spending much of their time on experimenting with sound and doing it very well. This recording is more of that experimentation, so if you are looking for the usual gregorian chant, this is not what you want, but it is Chanticleer at their experimental best.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishingly lovely, powerful and original, December 23, 2007

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B. Brown - See all my reviews

This review is from: And On Earth Peace: A Chanticleer Mass (Audio CD)

Chanticleer premiered this original mass in April 2007. The 'orchestra of voices' commissioned the work, drawing on five world-famous composers to write the work.

An astoundingly beautiful and compelling work and performance. As one of the previous reviewers noted, a truly awesome work.

Highly recommended for those familiar with Chanticleer's enchanting sound or experimenting with a mass created from a mix of the new and the old in the traditional setting of a mass.