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One way in which Soli Deo Gloria seeks to fulfill its mission of "enhancing, promoting and preserving the classical sacred music repertoire" is through sponsorship of recordings of sacred music. Our recordings began with the sponsorship of the recording of the North American premiere of Henryk Górecki's a cappella choral work Miserere and continues today in The Soli Deo Gloria Collection of sacred masterworks on DVD.
Bach "Mass in B Minor" DVD
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR, BWV 232
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
L’Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Maîtrise Notre-Dame
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Paul Agnew, tenor
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
John Nelson, conductor
A critically acclaimed audio/video production from film director Olivier Simonnet, this 5.1 surround sound DVD captures a live performance of J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Bonus features (42 minutes) include an interview with Maestro Nelson, an interview with the Archbishop of Paris,an introduction to the mass by Monseigneur Jehan Revert, plus a background documentary on “Music and Liturgy” at Notre Dame. Subtitles in English/French/German/Spanish.
2006 EMI Virgin Classics
read moreBach "St. Matthew Passion" to join DVD series
Filming of the St. Matthew Passion
at St. Denis Basilica, France
Johann Sebastian Bach
ST. MATTHEW PASSION, BWV 244
Werner Güra, Evangelist
Stephen Morscheck, Jesus
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Maîtrise de Paris
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
John Nelson, conductor
FALL 2012 RELEASE: The next release in The Soli Deo Gloria Collection is J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244. For this project, SDG once again joined with leading production companies Idéale Audience and Medici.tv to film the performance in the majestic environs of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis, the renowned abbey church on the outskirts of Paris dating back to the 7th century. Conductor John Nelson, SDG’s Artistic Director, refers to the St. Matthew Passion as his “island piece,” regarding it as “the greatest of the greatest…the crème de la crème, the very high point of Western classical music.”
2012 Idéale Audience/Soli Deo Gloria
read moreBeethoven "Missa Solemnis " DVD
Ludwig van Beethoven
MISSA SOLEMNIS
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Elizabeth DeShong, alto
Nikolai Schukoff, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass
Gulbenkian Choir
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Nelson, conductor
Filmed live in the Grand Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon, Portugal, February 2010. Directed by Rhodri Huw.
Beethoven wrote that “music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks & invents,” and this DVD of his rarely performed choral masterpiece, Missa Solemnis, beautifully brings to life the composer’s spiritual intent "to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings, not only in the singers, but also in the listeners."
2011 Idéale Audience/Soli Deo Gloria
read moreBerlioz "Te Deum" CD
Hector Berlioz
TE DEUM for solo tenor, chorus, orchestra and pipe organ
Orchestre de Paris
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Choeur d'enfants de l'Union Européene
Roberto Alagna, tenor
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
(playing the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Madeleine)
John Nelson, conductor
John Nelson conducts a thrilling performance of one of Berlioz’s largest works, the dramatic setting of the Te Deum for two choirs, children’s chorus, obbligato organ, tenor soloist and large orchestra. This recording of the complete 1855 score was nominated for the Grand Diapason d'Or Prize.
2001 EMI Virgin Classics
read moreGórecki "Miserere" CD
Henryk Górecki
MISERERE
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
John Nelson, conductor
Lira Chamber Chorus
Lucy Ding, conductor
The first of SDG’s sponsored recordings brought together the combined talents of the Lyric Opera Chorus and the Chicago Symphony Chorus for the North American premiere of Górecki's massive a cappella choral work Miserere. The opening chorus intones Domine, Deus Noster (”Lord Our God”), first with passion, then agitation, then reverence and quietly ends with a plea for Miserere nobis (“have mercy on us”).
1994 Electra/Nonesuch
read moreHaydn "The Creation" DVD
Franz Joseph Haydn
THE CREATION (Die Schöpfung)
Lisa Milne, soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Jonathan Beyer, bass
The Netherlands Radio Choir
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
John Nelson, conductor
Filmed live at the Grote Kerk, Naarden, Netherlands in June 2010. Directed by Rhodri Huw.
The Creation DVD is both a musical and a visual feast. Filmed in the beautiful setting of Grote Kerk, one of the oldest churches in the Netherlands, Haydn's musical portrait of the mystery of Creation comes alive. The acoustics of the venue make the music sound magical, and the results are a magnificent Creation.
2011 Idéale Audience/Soli Deo Gloria
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