Horizons – A Musical Journey is a program whose theme is primarily reflective and spiritual in nature. Such thoughtful music as Hovhaness’ “Prayer of St. Gregory” and the “Tui Nati vulnerati” from Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater” is sprinkled with the occasional lighter works such as the “Scherzo” from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams,” and the delightful opening movement of Dvorak’s Wind Serenade. This musically satisfying journey, much of it through musical territory not often heard, affords the listener a survey of some outstanding recent Delos recordings. Included are also three sentimental looks back to past hit releases: tracks from the all-time favorite Hanson Symphony No. 3, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet’s “Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker,” and Carol Rosenberger’s “Perchance to Dream.” Beginning the program is a special preview track of the “Sanctus” from Durufle’s “Requiem,” performed by Dennis Keene’s Voices of Ascension. The complete Durufle recording is scheduled for release in Fall, 1995. We hope that this beautiful program will be of interest to listeners familiar with the Delos catalog as well as those new to classical music.
- Durufle: Requiem, Sanctus from: Durufle: Requiem / Messe cum jubilo / Voices of Ascension, Chorus and Orchestra / Dennis Keene, conductor / DE 3169 (DDD) [Fall ’95]
- Hovhaness: Prayer of St. Gregory from: HOVHANESS: Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No. 2) / And God Created Great Whales / Alleluia and Fugue / Celestial Fantasy / Prayer of St. Gregory / Prelude and Quadruple Fugue / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony / DE 3157 (DDD)
- Warlock: Capriol Suite, Pieds-en-l’air from: DANCES FROM RENAISSANCE TO NUTCRACKER / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite / Praetorius: Dance Suite / Warlock: Capriol Suite / Morley: Four Dances / Gabrieli: Four Instrumental Pieces / Los Angeles Guitar Quartet / DE 3132 (DDD)
- Dvorak: Serenade, Moderato, quasi Marcia from: DVORAK: Serenade for Winds and Strings in D Minor, Op. 44 / Quintet for Strings in G Major, Op. 77 / The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center / David Shifrin, artistic director / DE 3152 (DDD)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Scherzo from: WINTER DREAMS – The Young TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 Winter Dreams / Symphony No. 2 Little Russian / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony / Surround Sound / (DDD)
- Hanson: Symphony No. 3, Andante tranquillo from: HANSON: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 / Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony / New York Chamber Symphony / Carol Rosenberger, piano (DDD)
- Palestrina: Sicut Cervus from: Beyond Chant / Mysteries of the Renaissance / Voices of Ascension Dennis Keene, conductor / Music of Palestrina, Victoria, Josquin Desprez, Lassus, Byrd, Sweelinck, Tallis, Gibbons, Schutz, Leo, Tye, Hassler, Batten / Surround Sound / Recorded 20-bit / DE 3511 (DDD)
- Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Tui Nati vulnerati (excerpt) from: Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 / Biblical Songs, Op. 99* / Kaaren Erickson, soprano / Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano / John Aler, tenor / John Cheek, bass / *Manfred Hemm, bass / Zdenek Macal, Conductor / New Jersey Symphony / Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt, director / slimline 2-disc set / Surround Sound / Recorded 20-bit / DE 3161 (DDD)
- Diamond: TOM, Introduction and Dance from: DIAMOND: Suite from TOM / Symphony No. 8 / This Sacred Ground / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony & Chorale, Richard Sparks director / Erich Parce, baritone / Seattle Girls’ Choir / Northwest Boychoir / (DDD)
- Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4, Allegro from: BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Vol. VII / Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 / Quartet Op. 132 / Orford Quartet / DE 3037 (DDD)
- Chopin: Mazurka Op. 68, No. 2 from: PERCHANCE TO DREAM / A Lullaby Album for Adults & Children Carol Rosenberger, piano / Mozart, Chopin, Kabalevsky, Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Brahms, Faure, Haydn / DE 3079 (DDD) / CS 3079
- Hovhaness: Bagatelle No. 1 / Zhou Long: Song of the Ch’in (excerpt) from: HOVHANESS: SPIRIT MURMUR / String Quartet No. 1 Jupiter / String Quartet No. 3 Reflections on my Childhood / String Quartet No. 4 The Ancient Tree / Suite from String Quartet No. 2: Gamelan in Sosi Style, Spirit Murmur, Hymn / Bagatelles / ZHOU LONG: Song of the Ch’in / The Shanghai Quartet / Recorded 20-bit / DE 3162 (DDD)
- Creston: Choreografic Suite, Cantilena from: CRESTON: Choreografic Suite / Symphony No. 5 / Toccata / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony / New York Chamber Symphony /(DDD)
- Bruckner: Gradual, Os Justi from: Mysteries Beyond – Songs and Chants in praise of Mary / Voices of Ascension / Dennis Keene, conductor / Music of Palestrina, Victoria, Bruckner, Faure, Holst, Casals, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Durufle, Bach-Gounod / DE 3138 (DDD)
- Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Quando corpus morietur from: Dvorak: Stabat Mater / Biblical Songs / (see track 8 for further details) / DE 3161 (DDD)
