Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Symphonie des Mystères

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Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Symphonie des Mystères

for Organ and Gregorian Chant

Catalogue Number: TOCC0011
EAN: 5060113440112
Release Date: 24 October 2011
Duration: 52:57

Made in the presence of the composer

I. Joyeux (Joyful)
II. Douloureux (Sorrowful)
III. Glorieux (Glorious)

Richard Robertson, organ
St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, choir
Timothy J. Krueger, conductor

Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908–2004) was a student of Dukas and Falla and his early music reflects his Spanish background. The Symphonie des Mystères (1992–4) for alternating Gregorian chant and organ, is a product of the religious devotion of his old age, the chant sections setting in bold relief the austerely passionate organ commentaries, which have an affinity with Messiaen, as Nin-Culmell’s music traces a dramatic arch charting the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.

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Track No.	Track Title / Details	Duration

	DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM	52:57

1-10	Symphonie des Mystères: I. ‘Joyeux’ (‘Joyful’) (1992-94) Joaquín Nin-Culmell, composer Richard Robertson, organ St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, choir Timothy J. Krueger, conductor (first recording)	16:22
1	Chant: Ave Maria (‘Hail Mary’)	0:27
2	‘Sérénade’ (the Annunciation)	2:31
3	Chant: Benedicta tu inter mulieres (‘Blessed art thou among women’)	0:24
4	‘Dialogue’ (the Visitation)	2:20
5	Chant: Puer natus est nobis (‘A child is born to us’)	1:16
6	‘Il est né!’ (‘He is born’)	1:13
7	Chant: Lumen ad Revelationem gentium (‘A light to lighten the Gentiles’)	0:22
8	‘Offrande’ (the Presentation)	3:00
9	Chant: Fili, quid fecisti nobis sic? (‘Son, why hast Thou done so to us?’)	1:21
10	‘Retrouvailles’ (Finding Jesus in the Temple)	3:28

11-20	Symphonie des Mystères: II. ‘Douloureux’ (‘Sorrowful’) (1992-94) Joaquín Nin-Culmell, composer Richard Robertson, organ St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, choir Timothy J. Krueger, conductor (first recording)	18:28
11	Chant: Pater, si non potest hic calix transire (‘Father, if this cup may not pass’)	0:33
12	‘Les gouttes de sang’ (‘Drops of Blood’)	3:17
13	Chant: Ego te pavi manna per desertum (‘I fed you with manna in the desert’)	0:26
14	‘Les coups’ (‘Scourging’)	2:28
15	Chant: Ego dedi tibi sceptrum regale (‘I gave thee a royal sceptre’)	0:27
16	‘La couronne d’épines’ (‘Crown of Thorns’)	3:32
17	Chant: Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem (‘Christ for our sake became obedient unto death’)	1:02
18	‘Les blessures’ (‘Wounds’)	2:18
19	Chant: Sanctus Immortalis, miserere nobis (‘Holy Immortal, have mercy on us’)	0:30
20	‘Les rivières de sang’ (‘Rivers of Blood’)	3:55

21-30	Symphonie des Mystères: III. ‘Glorieux’ (‘Glorious’) (1992-94) Joaquín Nin-Culmell, composer Richard Robertson, organ St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, choir Timothy J. Krueger, conductor (first recording)	18:07
21	Chant: Et valde mane una sabbatorum (‘And very early on the first day of the week’)	0:31
22	‘Le lever du soleil’ (‘Sunrise’)	1:42
23	Chant: Ascendit Deus in jubilatione (‘God ascends in rejoicing’)	1:31
24	‘Les nuages’ (‘Clouds’)	2:24
25	Chant: Factus est repente de coelo sonus (‘Suddenly there came a sound from heaven’)	1:19
26	‘Le vent’ (‘Wind’, the Holy Spirit)	1:47
27	Chant: Alleluia. Assumpta est Maria in caelum (‘Alleluia. Mary is taken up into heaven’)	1:42
28	‘La ceinture mystique (Lourdes)’ (‘The Mystical Cincture (Lourdes)’)	1:58
29	Chant: Ave, Regina caelorum (‘Welcome, O Queen of Heaven’)	1:37
30	‘La couronne mystique’ (‘The Mystical Crown’) et retour de la Sérénade	3:36

Artists

Joaquín Nin-Culmell, composer
[credit: UC Berkeley]

Richard Robertson, organ

St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado
Tenors: Brock Erickson, David Huskey, Glen Mcgrath, Chris Wolverton
Basses: Jacob Cooper, Joe Francis, Tom Keyse, Tim McCandless, Terry Schlenker

St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, choir
[credit: William Swartz, Denver, Colorado USA]

Timothy J. Krueger, conductor

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