Enlightenment 
A Cappella

St. Martin's newest recording, Enlightenment A Cappella, is a fascinating collection of seldom-heard unaccompanied works from the 18th century, when most choral music employed basso continuo.  This musical tour of Europe features music by Doles, Graun, Kuhnau, Pitoni, Blow, Mozart and many others.

To order "Enlightenment A Cappella [Cygnus 012] please contact the St. Martin's office or fill out the CD order form and mail or fax it to us.

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Enlightenment A Cappella

God is our refuge - Mozart

Ich freue mich im Herrn - Homilius

Tristis est anima mea - Kuhnau

Tenebrae factae sunt - C. H. Biber

Victimae Paschali Laudes - Biechteler

The Waking
Choral Music of Terry Schlenker

"The Waking: Choral Music of Terry Schlenker", contains both never-before-recorded new works and favorites from previous SMCC CDs.  Lush voicings and distinctive harmonies make Terry's music truly memorable, loved by St. Martin's audiences and by a growing number of choirs and listeners around the world.

To order "The Waking" - Choral Music of Terry Schlenker [Cygnus 011] please contact the St. Martin's office or fill out the CD order form and mail or fax it to us.

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"The Waking: Choral Music of Terry Schlenker"

    Laudate Dominum

    In monte Oliveti

    Let All Mortal Flesh

    Of the Father's Love Begotten

    [Complete track listing]

A Marian Christmas II

St. Martin’s Chamber Choir is pleased to offer A Marian Christmas II, sequel to its bestselling 1998 recording “A Marian Christmas”. Featuring many favorites from the December 2006 concerts of the same name, “A Marian Christmas II” contains a delightful collection of carol arrangements and sparkling seasonal works, including five world premiere recordings.

To order A Marian Christmas II [Cygnus 010] please contact the St. Martin's office or fill out the CD order form and mail or fax it to us.

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A Marian Christmas II

Patapan (from Two French Noëls) - arr. Brown

Wexford Carol - arr. Erickson

Fürchtet euch nicht - Toppf

Le Sommeil L'Enfant Jesus - arr. Gavaert

Masters in this hall - arr. Whitehead

I Sing of A Maid - McGrath

My Dancing Day - arr. Harker

[Complete track listing]

It is Finished: Stations of the Cross

St. Martin's traces Christ's Holy Week journey to the Cross in It is Finished: Stations of the Cross.  The choir performs works from the 16th to 21st centuries, following the Via Crucis and ending with a prelude to Easter.  

To order It is Finished: Stations of the Cross  [Cygnus 009] please contact the St. Martin's office or fill out the CD order form and mail or fax it to us.

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It is Finished: Stations of the Cross

Adoramus te  - M. Susan Brown

Adoramus te  - Gasparini 

The 22nd Psalm (“Mein Gott, warum”)  - Mendelssohn 

Ave verum corpus  - Byrd 

Alleluia  - Terry Schlenker 

[Complete track listing]

Monastic Echoes

The Canonical Hours, an eight movement work by John White reflecting the eight daily monastic services (or hours) as the monks journey through the day, is the centerpiece of St. Martin's CD "Monastic Echoes". Complementing The Canonical Hours are the twelve Gregorian plainchant settings of the Compline text Te lucis ante terminum.  Additional works include Terry Schlenker's Timor et Timor and Craig Carnahan's Thou Shalt Know Him.  

To order your copy of Monastic Echoes [Cygnus 008] please print out the CD order form and mail or fax to the St. Martin's office.

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Te lucis ante terminum - chant for Solemn Feasts

Nocte surgentes - from "The Canonical Hours" by John White

Te lucis ante terminum - chant for Feast of the Sacred Heart

Salve Regina - from "The Canonical Hours" by John White 

Timor et Tremor (live recording) - by Terry Schlenker 

Thou Shalt Know Him (live recording) - by Craig Carnahan

[Complete Track Listing]

"The Unknown Masterpiece: Premieres from the 2003-2004 Season"

"The Unknown Masterpiece" features live performances of Terry Schlenker's Mass for Double Choir, Janet Vanden Bosch's "These few tears - in memoriam Mark Owen Sheldon", Tim Krueger's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, and other works given their premieres by St. Martin's during the 2003-04 season.      [Cygnus 007] 

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Gloria  

Credo  

Sanctus  

Agnus Dei  

O Taste and See

St. Martin's newest CD (released Fall 2003) is entitled "O Taste and See".   In addition to Ralph Vaughan Williams choral gem of the same name, the CD includes the monumental Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbon's Short Evening Service, Charles Stanford's Three Motets, Op. 38, and other works from the Anglican choral tradition.   [Cygnus 006]

To order a copy of O Taste and See please print out the CD order form and mail or fax to the St. Martin's office.

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The American Spirit

"The American Spirit" is St. Martin's Chamber Choir's celebration of American composers, and includes Cecil Effinger's Four Pastorales with oboe, Terry Schlenker's Kyrie, Randall Thompson's Alleluia, a new setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Timothy Krueger, Jean Berger's Skelton Poems with piano and Tim Sarsany's Salve Mater misericordić.   [Cygnus 004]

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A Glimpse of Heaven

A Glimpse of Heaven features heavenly works ranging from Thomas Morley's setting of the Anglican Burial Service to Horatio Parker's powerful Adstant Angelorum Chori.  The recording also includes works by Pike, Schlenker, Purcell and Cutforth. [Cygnus 003]

To order a copy of A Glimpse of Heaven, please print out the CD order form and mail or fax to the St. Martin's office.

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Dreams All Too Brief: English Partsongs

St. Martin's Chamber Choir presents Dreams All Too Brief: English Partsongs.  Included on this offering are 19th and 20th century miniature jewels by Elgar, Stanford, Vaughan Williams and Howells.  Parry's timeless Songs of Farewell provide the glorious conclusion to this stunning collection of poignant, ethereal choral works.  
[Cygnus 002]

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A Marian Christmas

A Marian Christmas, the first full-length compact disc recording from St. Martin's Chamber Choir, was released in December 1998.  This highly acclaimed CD collection features Hugo Distler's chorale variations on Es ist ein Ros entsprungen from his cantata Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, and also includes a selection of Marian antiphons, English carol settings, and three wonderful settings of the text Ave Maria. 
[Cygnus 001]

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Joaquin Nin-Culmell - Symphonie des Mysteres

The men of St. Martin's Chamber Choir joined organist Richard Robertson for this 1997 recording of Symphonie des Mysteres by French composer Joaquin Nin-Culmell.  This large work for organ and Gregorian chant alternates chant with organ meditations on the 15 mysteries of the rosary.  The first American performance of this work was given by Mr. Robertson and the St. Martin's men, in the presence of the composer, on December 7, 1997 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, Colorado. 
[Soon to be reissued on Toccata Classics]

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