Over the last 25 years, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale has earned a reputation for artistic excellence as well as adventurous and widely varied programming, and this recording of the final performances of the 2007 summer season continues in that tradition! This limited edition CD captures the Desert Chorale presenting monumental works by Gregorio Allegri and Sergei Rachmaninoff live at the Cathedral Basilica St. Francis in Santa Fe on August 10 and 11, 2007. In addition, 32 Desert Chorale alumni singers – including members of the 1983 inaugural season – joined this season’s choir in presenting Miserere, mei Deus. This recording is dedicated to the memory of Arthur “Mack” Wright, a wonderful friend and enthusiastic admirer of the Chorale’s “glorious music.” It is made possible by a generous gift from Mary Wright.

Price:  $20.00
 

Miserere   Gregorio Allegri
Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37   Sergei Rachmaninoff
Priidíte, pokloñímsia    Come, Let Us Worship
Blagosloví, dushé moyá, Ghóspoda     Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Blazhén muzh  Blessed is the Man
Svéte tíhiy   Gladsome Light
Nïñe otpushcháyeshï   Lord, Now Lettest Thou
Bogoróditse Dévo   Rejoice, O Virgin
Máloye slavoslóviye   The Lesser Doxology
Hvalite ímia Ghospódñe  Praise the Name of the Lord
Blagoslovén yesí, Ghóspodi    Blessed Art Thou, O Lord
Voskreséñiye Hristóvo vídevshe  Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ
Velíchit dushá moyá Ghóspoda   My Soul Magnifies the Lord
Slavoslóviye velíkoye   The Great Doxology
Dñes spaséñiye  Today Salvation Has Come
Voskrés iz gróba   Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb
Vzbránnoy voyevóde (2:08) To Thee, the Victorious Leader