The Piatti Quartet has joined forces with St Martin’s Voices and Andrew Earis to record a new album of Choral Works by Ned Rorem that is released on Resonus Classics on 28th March.Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin’s Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven decades.
From the playful intricacies of Festive Alleluias (1992) to the lush harmonies of Two Psalms and a Proverb (1962), Rorem’s music for chorus—often imbued with religious texts despite his devout atheism—reveals his gift for blending homophony with subtle counterpoint. The album includes pieces like the lyrical Sing my soul, his wondrous love (1955), the haunting Canticle of the Lamb (1971), and the entrancing O Magnum Mysterium (1978), offering a compelling cross-section of Rorem’s choral imagination.
More information is available here on the Resonus Classics website