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Steve Gray &
NDR Bigband : Requiem For Choir And Big Band |
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 This recording is a true crossover between classical music and jazz. "I've always believed that the Requiem Mass ist he most intriguing musical-dramatic form. Opera, ballet, song-cycles; they deal with life, or tales of the supernatural. The Requiem is about what a billion people believe will happen to them after they leave this life," Steve Gray explains. The NDR Bigband ist the most flexible and brilliant band I ever worked with and the soloists have to offer much more than the average bigband-soloists. All I ever wrote for them , they played, they understood and then they interpretated." The "Requiem for Choir and Big Band" is surely one of the very few timeless compositions for sacred jazz music with the potential for a classic piece of music.
Press Quotes:
Stereo, November 2004:
"Moving and thrilling, delightful and full of depth. Gray's music should be heard not only by jazz fans, but by aficionados of classical music, too. 5 Stars, Highest Rating."
AUDIO, December 2004:
"Top 5 CDs of theYear in the Category 'Jazz'. Spiritual music, deeply rooted in jazz, and in a modern, appropriate audiophonic language."
Kultur Spiegel, September 2004:
"A highly expressive requiem."
Jazzzeitung, November 2004:
"Gray has added a worthy jazz counterpart to the classics."
Jazz Podium, October 2004:
"One senses the vitality and joie de vivre that Gray has placed in each and every note, and the musicians pay tribute to this life's blood by playing their hearts out in their respective parts."
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(Introitus) Requiem & Kyrie
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Sequence I - Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum, Rex Tremendae
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Sequence II - Recordare Jesu Pie
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Sequence III - Confutatis Maledictis
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Sequence IV - Lacrymosa & Pie Jesu
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Domine Jesu Christe / Hostias
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Sanctus
08.
Agnus Die
Line-up:
Produced by Andreas Paff
Recorded 20. - 25. October 2003
Steve Gray
Composer, Arranger , Conductor;
Lennart Axelsson
Trumpet;
Ingolf Burkhardt
Trumpet;
Claus Stötter
Trumpet, Flugelhorn;
Reiner Winterschladen
Trumpet;
Jon Welch
Trombone;
Dan Gottshall
Trombone;
Sebastian Hoffmann
Trombone;
Stefan Lottermann
Trombone;
Ingo Lahme
Bass Trombone;
Fiete Felsch
Alto Sax, Flute;
Peter Bolte
Alto Sax;
Björn Berger
Tenor Sax;
Lutz Büchner
Tenor Sax, Clarinet;
#v#Christof Lauer
Tenor Sax;
Frank Delle
Baritone Sax;
Vladyslav Sendecki
Piano;
Stephan Diez
Guitar;
Lucas Lindholm
Bass;
Hans Deker
Drums;
Conny Sommer
Percussion;
The NDR Chor
All Vocals.
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