Four motets / Aaron Copland (12:05) -- Proverb / Steve Reich (13:21) -- Five / John Cage (5:01) -- The Rothko Chapel / Morton Feldman (26:02) -- Missa brevis / Leonard Bernstein (13:03) -- A stopwatch and an ordnance map / Samuel Barber (7:42).
Note
The 1st work for mixed chorus (SATB); the 2nd for 3 sopranos, 2 tenors, 2 vibraphones, and 2 synthesizers; the 3rd is a chance composition, for 2 sopranos and 3 altos; the 4th for soprano, alto, double mixed chorus (SSAATTBB), viola, percussion, and piano/celesta ; the 5th for countertenor, mixed chorus (SSAATTBB), and percussion; the 6th for men's voices (TTBB) and timpani.
Tomoko Hemmi and Jürgen Kruse, synthesizers (2nd work) ; Franz Bach (2nd and 6th works) and Boris Müller (2nd, 4th-5th works), vibraphone/percussion ; Andra Darzins, viola (4th work) ; Markus Stange, celesta and piano (4th work) ; Franz Vitzthum, countertenor (5th work) ; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart ; Marcus Creed, conductor.
Event
1st, 3rd, 5th works recorded 2012 November 14-2013 March 18 Christuskirche Gänsheide, Stuttgart.
1st, 3rd, 5th works recorded 2012 November 14-2013 March 18 SWR-Funkstudio, Stuttgart.
Language
Sung in English (1st-2nd and 6th works) and Latin (5th work); the 3rd-4th works are untexted.