Of all the numerous performances and recordings of 'Ave Maria' sung by treble soloists that I've heard, this performance recorded by Andrew Swait remains one that I come back to time and time again (and if you want to know what he's doing now you can visit his site). Enjoy :-).
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This eight-part setting of the 'Ave Maria' was composed by Morten Lauridsen in 1997 it's characterised by unusually rich textures that remind me quite strongly of some of Brahms' music for unaccompanied chorus. It's sung below by Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton. Enjoy :-).
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Continuing on from yesterday's posting of Arcadelt's setting of the Pater Noster today's posting features his setting of the Ave Maria. Sung by the Bulgarian choir Canticum Novum. Enjoy :-).
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Mendelssohn's published his setting of the Ave Maria for eight-part choir and organ in 1830. It's the second of the three motets that comprise his Op. 23. It's a beautiful piece of music in which the outer sections contrast marvellously with floated contrapuntalism of the 'Sancta Maria'. It's sung below by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Marlow. Enjoy :-).
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Although he composed many works for children's, men’s, and mixed choruses the German composer Franz Biebl's best known composition is his 'Ave Maria' it might have languished in obscurity were it not for the fact that Biebl gave it to the Cornell Glee Club who brought it to America. In America it was popularised by Chanticleer and is now so well-known there that " few male choristers in America need further introduction to Biebl's "Ave Maria" ". It's unusual in that Biebl took two Marian texts – the Angelus and the Ave Maria and joined them together producing a hybrid text for his work. It's now very popular with choirs and often performed both in Germany and abroad. It's performed in the YouTube video below by the excellent New Zealand choir the Auckland Youth Choir directed by Rostislava Pankova-Kradjov. Enjoy :-).
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