The Delos label, a long-standing champion of great music's therapeutic and healing powers, offers another example in this musical celebration of peace. Distinguished conductor Sir Gilbert Levine's career is particularly notable for his many concerts with major orchestras that have been widely broadcast on PBS. This Jewish musician's activities have largely focused upon interfaith concerts of spiritually potent music celebrating universal human themes and values. The performances preserved here celebrate the canonization of two recent Popes: John XXIII and John Paul II. This "Pope's Maestro" became a friend of the latter "Polish Pope," which led to a series of similar events at the Vatican and elsewhere. The reigning Pope Francis is also honored. The peace-themed program includes well-known music by Copland, Verdi, Gorecki, Bernstein and Brahms. Meticulously recorded and filmed for repeated major-metro domestic PBS broadcasts (also in Europe) through 2017, these masterpieces are played by the vaunted Orchestra of St. Luke's and two accompanying choirs, the Krakow Philharmonic Choir and the Choral Arts Society of Washington.

Tracklist:

Fanfare For The Common Man
Messa Da Requiem: Messa Da Requiem: Sanctus
Bogurodzica
Totus Tuus, Op. 60
Chichester Psalms: I. Maestoso Ma Energico - Allegro Molto
Chichester Psalms: II. Andante Con Moto Ma Tranquillo - Allegro Feroce
Chichester Psalms: III. Prelude: Sostenuto Molto - Peacefully Flowing
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: I. Un Poco Maestoso
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante Sostenuto
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: III. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: IV. Adagio - Piu Andante - Allegro Non Troppo Ma Con Brio

UPC: 013491348728
Label: Delos Records
Release Date: 5.12.15
Format: CD

Copland / Krakow Philharmonic Choir / Sir Gilbert - Celebration of Peace Through Music (2 CD)