The Choir - Hungarian Choirs
Aled Jones introduces more performance from the Aswatuna choral festival. Recorded in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra, the event brings together Middle Eastern choirs and the Swedish vocal group Voces Nordicae for a unique collaboration. Plus a tour of the Hungarian choral scene with music from Bartók, Kodály, and the contemporary composer János Vajda. Playlist: György: Mundi renovation Pro Musica CaPm014, track 1 Lukaszewski: O Oriens Choir of Trinity College Cambridge conducted by Stephen Layton HYPERION CDA67639, track 11 Skempton: The Song of Songs Exon Singers conducted by Matthew Owens DELPHIAN CD34056, track 4 Lennon/McCartney: Julia Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers, conducted by Philip Brunelle VOCALESSENCE VECD0605, track 9 Trad. arr. Housam Brimo: Damascene Fugue Syrian Chamber Choir of the Higher Institute of Music conducted by Viktor Babenko BBC location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008) Trad. arr. Shireen Abu-Khader: ‘Ayyam Zaman’ (Old days) Dozan wa Awtar Singers conducted by Shireen Abu-Khader BBC location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008) Rahbani brothers arr. Torikian: Ana w Shadi Roula Abou Baker (soprano), with the Fayha Choir, Tripoli, conducted by Barkev Taslakian BBC location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008) Olle Lindberg: Kyrie (Missa Nordica) Voces Nordicae, conducted by Lone Larsen BBC location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008) trad. Indonesian arr. Budi Susanto: Janger (short excerpt) Combined choirs of the Aswatuna Festival, conducted by Andre de Quadros BBC location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008) CLIP: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.3 (short excerpt) Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer Philips 4565702 Miklós: Maria mater Gratiae Pro Musica conducted by Dénes Szabó MAGNIFICAT Ishmaru/Szabo: Aizu Bandaisan Banchieri Singers HASF-1004, track 1 Kodaly: King Laszló’s Men Cantemus HCD 31291, track 20 Liszt: Christus – Pastorale and Herald Angel’s Song Hungarian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Zoltán Peskó Magyar Radio MR 037, track 6 Kodaly: Este Debrecen Kodály Chorus, conducted by Péter Erdei HUNGARATON HCD32364, track 2 János Vajda: Variations Budapest Academic Choral Society, Budapest Youth Choir, and the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, conducted by Gábor Hollerung HUNGARATON HCD 32551, tracks 9-19: