1958 – The Masterwork Chorus

Issue type	Issue type:	Reissue - View original...
Recording date	Recorded:	January 1957
Release Date	Released:	January 1958

Record label	Label:	Westminster Recording Co. Inc.
Recording medium	Medium:	Vinyl - LP
Catalogue number	Catalogue:	XWN 18596
Collection status	Archive:	Available - physical medium

Miserere ID	UID / Sort:	1957-mc-dr-wes-58 / 111400
Last updated	Updated:	16 February 2025

“Monteverdi: Lagrime d'Amante al Sepolcro dell'Amata / Double Choruses by Schütz, Lotti, Allegri, and Lasso”

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The Masterwork Chorus, directed by noted classical choral director, David Randolph, is devoted to singing the “works of the Masters”, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. During the 1956-1957 season, the group will present works by Bach, Allegri, Lasso, Lotti, Monteverdi and Schütz. And in January, 1957, the Chorus will be commercially recorded – binaurally – by the Westminster Recording Company (The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, Millburn, New Jersey, 30th August 1956)

Choir Information

The Masterwork ChorusDavid Randolph

Amateur ChoirUSAMasterwork Chorus website

Performance Information

Without abbellimentiLatinvv. 1, 3, 2003:16

Frank Damrosch, G. Schirmer (Inc), 1926 (1899) [assumed]No soloist in this performing edition

The performance matches the Damrosch score, especially the dynamics and tempi marking.

Recording Information

January 1957St Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, New Jersey, USAUSA

St. Peter's Episcopal Church website121 South Street Morristown, NJ 07960, USA

Release Information

"Monteverdi: Lagrime d'Amante al Sepolcro dell'Amata / Double Choruses by Schütz, Lotti, Allegri, and Lasso"ReissueJanuary 1958

Westminster Recording Co. Inc.Commercial RecordingVinyl - LPMono

XWN 18596No barcode

XTV 26162 / XTV 26161

XTV 26162 on Label Side 1 / XTV 26161 on Label Side 2 Side 1 matrix: XTV-26162-1C, Side 2 matrix: XTV-26162-1B

Tracklist

Side One – Monteverdi – Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata (Complete)

A1 – Incenerite spoglie
A2 – Ditelo, o fiumi
A3 – Darà la notte
A4 – Ma te raccoglie, o Ninfa
A5 – O chiome d’or
A6 – Dunque amate

Side Two – Double Choruses

B1 – Heinrich Schütz: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
B2 – Heinrich Schütz: Vasto Mar
B3 – Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus
B4 – Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
B5 – Orlando di Lasso: Ola! O Che Bon Eccho!

Physical Archive Details

Available - physical medium

One clean copy

Artwork & Liner Notes

Media Samples

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