Agon, Canticum Sacrum, Requiem Canticles : Gielen / SWR SO, Doufexis, Elsner, R.Rosen

Igor Strawinsky:
Canticum Sacrum
Agon
Requiem Canticles

Stella Doufexis, Mezzosoprano
Christian Elsner, Tenor
Rudolf Rosen, Baritone
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Michael Gielen, conductor

Digital Recordings: 2004-2007

Michael Gielen proves once again that he is one of the masters of 20th century repertoire in this new recording of late Stravinsky scores. Both orchestra and conductor have established themselves among the most fluid and sensitive interpreters of 20th century music and here they are joined by first-rank singers and the astonishingly virtuoso Vokalensemble Stuttgart in definitive performances of Stravinsky's late choral works, the striking Requiem canticles and the austere Canticum sacrum, composed for St. Mark's in Venice. ( Hanssler Classic )