Hail Magister Les Hernandez!
This week we hear works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Hector Berlioz, Leonard Bernstein, and Philip Glass with performances by Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone, The Dallas Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Felicia Montealegre, Jennie Tourel, The Camerata Singers, The Columbus Boychoir, The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, David Warrilow, The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, and Dennis Russell Davies.
01 – Tomás Luis de Victoria (ca.1548-1611) – Sacred Works
Missa Pro Defunctis (Mass for the Dead) [2008 – Chant – Choral – Greek – Latin – 47:05]
02 – Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) – Sacred Works
Requiem, Op. 5 [2003 – Choral – Latin – Greek – 45:09]
03 – Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) – Symphonies
Kaddish, Symphony No. 3 [1964 – Spoken – Choral – English – Hebrew – 42:55]
04 – Philip Glass (1937-) – Opera – Akhnaten
Opening and Funeral of Amenhotep III [1984 – Spoken – Choral – English – Egyptian – 20:26]