The University Choir Lille MUKO

Vagn Holmboe - Liber Canticorum (2000)

3 CD set, out of stock. Can be found at Spotify: Disc 1, disc 2 and disc 3

Vagn Holmboe - Liber Canticorum (2000)

The University Choir Lille MUKO, conductor Jesper Grove Jørgensen
The Chamber Choir Carmina, conductor Peter Hanke
The Chamber Choir Camerata, conductor Michael Bojesen
The Jutland Chamber Choir, conductor Mogens Dahl
The Chamber Choir Hymnia, conductor Flemming Windekilde
Sokkelund Sangkor, conductor Morten Schuldt-Jensen.

This set of 3 CD's was recorded to mark the occasion of the 90th year after the birth of Danish composer Vagn Holmboe. This is the first complete recording of Vagn Holmboe's grand masterpiece Liber Canticorum. The different pieces of the composition is each sung by one of 6 choirs from the association of Danish chamber choirs.

Disc 1:

1. Opus 54a. Non est memoria
2. Opus 54b. Generatio præterit
3. Opus 54c. Omnia flumina
4. Opus 54d. Quia hæc dicit Excelsus
5. Opus 54e. 1 - Expectavimus pacem,
6. Opus 54e. 2 - Dolor meus.
7. Opus 54e. 3 - Transiit messis.
8. Opus 59a. 1 - Benedic Domino
9. Opus 59a. 2 - Hominis dies
10. Opus 59a. 3 - Benedicte Domino
11. Opus 59b. 1 - Domine, libra animam
12. Opus 59b. 2 - Nimium habitavit
13. Opus 59c. 1 - Lauda, anima mea.
14. Opus 59c. 2 - Laudabo Dominum
15. Opus 59c. 3 - Psallam Deo.

Disc 2:

1. Opus 60a. - Dedique cor meum
2. Opus 60b. - Vanitas vanitatum
3. Opus 61a. 1 - Miserere mei
4. Opus 61a. 2 - Evigila.
5. Opus 61a. 3 - Laudabo.
6. Opus 61b. 1 - Cantabo Domino
7. Opus 61b. 2 - Jucundum
8. Opus 61b. 3 - Ego lætabor
9. Opus 61c. - Domine non superbit
10. Opus 61d. 1 - Speravi in Domino
11. Opus 61d. 2- Et extraxit me
12. Opus 61d. 3 - Et posuit

Disc 3:

1. Opus96a. - Beatus vir.
2. Opus 158a. Hominis dies 1 - Alleluia! Dicti Deo
3. Opus 158a. Hominis dies 2 - Alleluia! Quomodo cessavit
4. Opus 158a. Hominis dies 3 - Alleluia! Vox Domini
5. Opus 158b. Laudate Dominum 1 - Alleluia! Voce mea
6. Opus 158b. Laudate Dominum 2 - Exaudi, Deus
7. Opus 158b. Laudate Dominum 3 - Laudate Dominum

Danica DCD 8209/11.