Artist: Yale Schola Cantorum
Album: Weir: In the Land of Uz & Beach: The Canticle of the Sun
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2025
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 59:44
Total Tracks: 14
Total Size: 1011 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Tommy Watson – I. Prologue (09:06)
1-2. Steven Soph – II. Lament (04:07)
1-3. Steven Soph – III. Job’s Comforters (07:11)
1-4. Tommy Watson – IV. Where Is Wisdom? (04:33)
1-5. Tommy Watson – V. The Whirlwind (01:18)
1-6. Steven Soph – VI. God Speaks (06:03)
1-7. Yale Schola Cantorum – VII. Conclusion (04:43)
1-8. Yale Schola Cantorum – I. O Most High (03:23)
1-9. Yale Schola Cantorum – II. Praised Be My Lord for Our Sister the Moon (03:21)
1-10. Yale Schola Cantorum – III. Praised Be My Lord for our Brother Fire (02:26)
1-11. Yale Schola Cantorum – IV. Praised Be My Lord for our Mother the Earth (01:30)
1-12. Yale Schola Cantorum – V. Praised Be for All Those Who Pardon One Another (03:45)
1-13. Yale Schola Cantorum – VI. Praised Be My Lord for Our Sister the Death of the Body (04:55)
1-14. Yale Schola Cantorum – VII. Praise Ye and Bless ye the Lord (03:17)

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Two significant choral premieres separated by the Atlantic Ocean and a gap of 100 years. ‘In the Land of Uz’ by Judith Weir is the first commercial recording of a major new work for choir, solo tenor and instruments premiered by conductor David Hill at the 2017 Proms. ‘Canticle of the Sun’ by US composer Amy Beach took inspiration from nature: in just a few days, the composer claimed she ‘merely took down the music as if from dictation’ across this large-scale work. With her luminous choral harmonies, Beach is now finally recognized as a cornerstone 20th century American classical voice. Heard here under the baton of British conductor David Hill, the Yale Schola Cantorum has a US-wide reputation as a mixed choir of exceptional calibre.