Alumni of the Choir of Clare College Cambridge & Graham Ross - Lydia Kakabadse: Cantica Sacra (2016)

British-born composer Lydia Kakabadse has a multicultural heritage (Greek/Austrian mother and Russian/Georgian father). This heritage shines through in her choral music, ostensibly in the core Western church tradition but highly influenced by the modes of ancient Greece and middle-eastern music including Orthodox chant, both Greek and Russian. This collection of sacred choral works includes many standard liturgical texts some of which are set in the context of a dramatic mini-cantata, which Kakabadse calls a Concert Requiem Mass, based on a story she wrote. Other works are suitable for liturgical use. The works are performed by former members of the acclaimed Clare College Choir, all of whom have graduated and many are now professional singers.

Tracklist:
Spectre of the Maiden Scorned:
01. Scene 1: Solemnity
02. Scene 2: Rites of Passage
03. Scene 3: The Maiden's Ire
04. Scene 4: Foreboding
05. Scene 5: Monks' Entreaty
06. Scene 6: The Maiden's Lament
Cantica Sacra:
07. No. 1. Pater Noster
08. No. 2. Panis Angelicus
09. No. 3. De Profundis
10. No. 4. Angelus
11. No. 5. Agnus Dei
12. No. 6. Te Deum
Kontakia:
13. No. 1. Those who shall be rewarded
14. No. 2. A shimmering vision
15. No. 3. Those who shall be protected
16. No. 4. The devil's torment
17. No. 5. Six days before Easter
Theotokia:
18. Salve Regina
19. Ave Maria
20. Magnificat
21. O Sanctissima
22. O Magnum Mysterium