Gounod - Mors et Vita / Hendricks · Denize · Aler · van Dam · Orféon Donostiarra

Mors et Vita is probably best known by the one movement "Judex" which has made its way on to many compilation recordings because of its immediate appeal fitting for an "easy listening" CD. Having heard it thus myself, I wanted to learn more and was thrilled to find this magnificent recording.

Composer Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
Performers Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), John Aler (Tenor)
Nadine Denize (Mezzo Soprano), José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Conductor Michel Plasson
Ensembles Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, Orféon Donostiarra

Track Listings

Disc: 1

Pars Prima - Mors

01. Prologus: Horrendum Est Incidere… Ego Sum Resurrectio Choeur Et Baryton

Requiem

02. Movement 1a: Introit Et Kyrie: Requiem Aeternam Choeur Et Quatuor De
03. Movement 1b: A Custodia Matuntina Usque Ad Noctem Choeur A Cappella
04. Movement 2: Dies Irae Choeur
05. Movement 3a: Quid Sum, Miser Quatuor De Solistes Et Choeur
06. Movement 3b: Felix Culpa Soprano Et Choeur
07. Movement 4: Quaerens Me, Sedisti Iassus Duo (Soprano And Alto) Et Cho
08. Movement 5: Ingemisco Tanquam Reus Quatuor De Solistes Et Choeur
09. Movement 6: inter Oves Iocum Praesta Ténor
10. Movement 7: Confutatis Maledictis Quatuor De Solistes Et Choeur
11. Movement 8: Lacrymosa Choeur Et Quatuor De Solistes
12. Movement 9: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae Choeur Et S


Disc: 2

01. Movement 10: Sanctus Ténor Et Choeur
02. Movement 11: Pie Jesu Quatuor De Solistes
03. Movement 12: Agnus Dei Soprano Et Choeur
04. Requiem: Epliogus Orchestre

Pars Secunda - Judicium

05. Somnus Mortuorum - Movement 1: Preludio
06. Somnus Mortuorum - Movement 2: Tubae Ad Ultimum Judicium
07. Resurrectio Mortuorum - Movement 3: Cum Autem Venerit Filius Hominis
08. Somnus Mortuorum - Movement 4: Sedenti In Throno
09. Judicium Electorum - Movement 5: Et Congregabuntur
10. Judicium Electorum - Movement 5a: In Memoria Aeterna
11. Judicium Rejectaneorum - Movement 6: Tunc Dicet

Pars Tertia - Vita

12. Visio Sancti Joannis - Movement 1: Et Vidi Coelum Novum
13. Jerusalem Coelestis - Movement 2: Et Ego Joannes
14. Jerusalem Coelestis - Movement 3: Sanctus
15. Vox Magna In Coela - Movement 4: Et Audivi Vocem Magnam
16. Lacrymae, Dolor, Mors Amplius Non Exstabunt - Movement 5: Et Absterget
17. Ecce, Omnia Novata! - Movement 7: Ego Sum Alpha Et Omega
18. Ecce, Omnia Novata!: Hosanna In Excelsis