Wojciech Kilar is one of Poland's premier symphonic composers. Born in Lwow in 1932, he studied at the Higher School of Music in Katowice with piano master W. Markiewiczowna and composition tutor B. Woytowicz. He studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, which he considers his second home. Kilar has been awarded numerous international prizes for composition, among them the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Award of Boston in 1960, the Jurzykowski Foundation of New York in 1983, and in his
…This is a selection of the finest compilations that we have released over the years. They regroup our work with artists from around the world. Enjoy the diversity!
This is a selection of the finest compilations that we have released over the years. They regroup our work with artists from around the world. Enjoy the diversity!
The Camerata Scholars were formed in the Summer of 2011, and this production of A Blessed Day has Dawned, is their inaugural recording. The Scholars include both veteran members of the Camerata, some of whom have been singing together for over 20 years, as well as newer members, particularly students of Saint Vincent College. They are dedicated to the study and performance of a cappella sacred music in liturgies and in concerts, especially the works of the Renaissance and contemporary periods
…The Georgian Harmony Choir was founded in 2006 by Nana Peradze. Its members are passionate amateurs and professionals from Georgia. Its vocation is to raise the awareness of religious and popular Georgian chant following tradition and authenticity. The Choir has performed in Belgrade (Serbia), Tbilisi (Georgia), where it participated in the international music festival "Chveneburebi", and Paris.
Nana Peradze was born into an Orthodox family in Georgia. She received a chant and piano edu
Created in September 1986, the Master of The Children's Choir of Saint-Marc is part of the highest quality Children's Choirs. Several dozen concerts and shows per year have brought the children to many countries around the world, such as the United States, Canada, Russia, Lebanon, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan as Master of La Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourviere in Lyon (since 1995), the choir regularly takes part in the masses of this sanctuary.
Revealed to a larger audience by the film "The
In December of 2012, Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, announced that there would be a weekly celebration of the Eucharist in the Extraordinary Form at Holy Family Parish in the city of Latrobe, with Father Daniel C. Mahoney, V.F., Pastor of Holy Family Church as his representative, and Father Ronald L. Cyktor, Jr. his assistant.
Under their leadership, the Schola Cantorum of Holy Family was formed and began singing at the weekly Solemn
Messiaen was born in the French town of Avignon into a literary family and entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11. He would become a leading composer and organist of his time, traveling the globe and performing in major concert venues. In 1949, Messiaen's Turangal la-Symphonie was performed for the first time in the United States and conducted by Leonard Bernstein. He drew his inspiration from very diverse influences such as Japanese music, Greek and Hindu sources and Roman Catholic
…St. Michael's Abbey is a community of Norbertine Canons Regular in Orange County, CA. The community was raised to the status of an abbey in 1984 because of its growth. St. Michael's Abbey now numbers nearly 70 members.
Members of the abbey live a life that combines monastic observance and a complete singing of the choral office and Mass every day with an active apostolate. The abbey's principal apostolate is its preparatory school, a boys' boarding school (9-12). The priests are also in
New Camaldoli Hermitage is located in Big Sur, California. It is a community of Roman Catholic monks whose life is dedicated to contemplation and prayer. It is a worshiping community, celebrating with friends and guests the Liturgy of the Hours and the Holy Eucharist. This recording features the Liturgy of the Hours, as sung by the monks. It was recorded in their chapel, open 24/7, 365 days every years.