Saint Ignatius Loyola - Sacred Music In A Sacred Space

The debut recording of organist RenŽe Anne Louprette on St. Ignatius LoyolaÕs magnificent N.P. Mander Pipe Organ. Featuring works of Bach, DuprŽ, Franck, Isoir, Langlais, Titelouze and Tournemire. MSR Classics

Schnittke's Concerto for Choir

Featuring Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Choir and Alberto Ginastera’s The Lamentations of Jeremiah. This CD was recorded live by MSR Classics at the February 13, 2008 performance at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. MSR Classics MS 1251.

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Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Track List
Alfred Schnittke Concerto for Choir
1. O Master of all living, bestowing priceless gifts upon us
2. I, an expert in human passions, composed this collection of songs
3. God, grant deliverance from sin to all who grasp the meaning of these mournful words
4. Complete this work which I began in hope and with Your name
Alberto Ginastera The Lamentations of Jeremiah
5. O vos omnes
6. Ego vir videns
7. Recordare

Wondrous Love

Hailed by The American Record Guide as “one of the nation’s finest church choirs,” the Choir of St. Ignatius shines in this recording of stunning a cappella works spanning 1,000 years of sacred music. MSR Classics MS 1144

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor

“…all this music is extremely well served by what is evidently an expert choir that has been splendidly trained. The choir makes an excellent sound…and their tuning, balance and diction are all first rate.” – Musicweb-International.com

Track List
1.The Southern Harmony Wondrous Love
2. arr. Adolphus Hailstork Motherless Child
3. Neil Farrell Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
4. Pérotin Organum quadruplum: Sederunt
5. From Slaughter of the Innocents Lament of Rachel
6. Carlo Gesualdo O vos omnes
7. 6th Century Crux fidelis and Pange lingua
8. Calvin Hampton Faithful Cross
9. Gregorian chant Misereris omnium, Domine
10. Johann Sebastian Bach Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
11. Neil Farrell Hosanna Filio David
12. John Kennedy Someday
13. Thomas Tallis O Sacrum Convivium
14. Kevin Oldham Chorale
15. James MacMillan Christus Vincit
16. K. Scott Warren Hallelu
17. Jacob Praetorius II Gaudete omnes
18. Phoebe P. Knapp, arr. Nancy Wertsch Blessed Assurance

Les Corps Glorieux: Music for Organ, Harp and Violoncello

This sublime collection features organ, harp and cello in original works and transcriptions. MSR Classics MS 1143

Nancianne Parrella, Organ
Victoria Drake, Harp
Arthur Fiacco, Violoncello

“…Parrella plays expertly…Fiacco’s tone and phrasing are especially fine…Drake negotiates with style and clarity…”

Track List
1. Henri Büsser Le sommeil de l’enfant Jésus, Op. 3
2. Marcel Grandjany Aria in Classic Style for Harp and Organ, Op. 19
3. Camillo Schumann Präludium in B minor, Op. 123, No. 2
4. Schumann Recitativ und Adagio, Op. 9
5. Louie White Suite for Organ and Harp: ii) Aria
6. Camille Saint-Saëns Prière, Op. 158
7. Ester Mägi Dialog: Prelude with Choral
8. Chris DeBlasio God is Our Righteousness
9. Jules Massenet La Vierge: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge
George Frideric Handel Concerto in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 6
10: I. Andante allegro
11. II. Larghetto
12. III. Allegro moderato
13. Olivier Messiaen Les Corps glorieux: No. 6 – Joie et clarté

Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem and Suite pour orgue

Duruflé’s extraordinarily beautiful Requiem performed in its original version for choir and organ, featuring the Choir of St. Ignatius with Metropolitan Opera soprano Kaaren Erickson and cellist Arthur Fiacco. The Suite pour orgue features Kent Tritle on the N.P. Mander Pipe Organ. Remastered in 2005. MSR Classics MS 1141

Kaaren Erickson, Soprano
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Nancianne Parrella, Organ
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Track List
Maurice Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9

1. Introit
2. Kyrie
3. Domine Jesu Christe
4. Sanctus
5. Pie Jesu
6. Agnus Dei
7. Lux aeterna
8. Libera me
9. In Paradisum

Duruflé Suite pour orgue, Op. 5

10. Prélude
11. Sicilienne
12. Toccata

Sergei Rachmaninov’s Vespers (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37)

Rachmaninov’s moving All-Night Vigil is a monumental choral setting of the Russian Orthodox vigil service, blending traditional Russian chant with glorious harmonies. AMDG Recordings

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Track List
1. Priidite, poklonimsia Tsarevi nashemu Bogu
2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda
3. Blazhen muzh
4. Svete tihiy sviatïya slavï
5. Nïne otpushchayeshï raba Tvoyego
6. Bogoroditse Devo
7. Slava v vïshnih Bogu
8. Hvalite imia Ghospodne
9. Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi
10. Voskreseniye Hristovo videvshe
11. Velichit dusha moya Ghospoda
12. Slava v vïshnih Bogu
13. Dnes’ spaseniye miru bïst
14. Voskres iz groba
15. Vzbrannoy voyevode pobeditel’naya

Jubilations!

Joy abounds in this collection of music for organ, brass and percussion. AMDG Recordings

Nancianne Parrella, Organ
St. Ignatius Brass
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Track List
1. Louis Vierne Marche Triomphale
2. Petr Eben Three Jubilations
3. Sir Arthur Bliss Salute!
4. Richard Strauss Feierlicher Einzug
5. Louie White Introduction and Chorale
6. Louis Vierne Berceuse, Op. 31, No. 19
7. Charles-Marie Widor Salvum Fac Populum Tuum, Op. 84
8. Felix Alexandre Guilmant Introduction and Allegro assai, from Première Symphonié

The Romantic Organ

One of Audiophile Audition’s Best Recordings of the Year for 1996. Epiphany Recordings EP-4b

Kent Tritle, Conductor

Track List
1. Felix Mendelssohn Sonata in A, Op. 65, No. 3
2. Anton Bruckner Prelude and Fugue in C minor
3. Johannes Brahms Four Chorale Preludes, Op. 122
4. Franz Liszt Prelude and Fugue on the name B.A.C.H.
5. César Franck Pièce héroïque, from Trois pièces
6. César Franck Cantabile, from Trois pièces
7. Charles-Marie Widor Andante Sostenuto, from Symphonie Gothique in C minor, Op. 70
8. Charles-Marie Widor Allegro, from Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42, No. 2
9. Léon Boëllmann Toccata, from Suite Gothique, Op. 25

Kent Tritle at St. Ignatius Loyola

The first recording of Kent Tritle and the N.P. Mander Pipe Organ from 1994 demonstrating the power and subtlety of this magnificent instrument. Gothic Records G 49068

Kent Tritle, Conductor

Track List
1. Felix Mendelssohn Sonata in F minor, Op. 65, No. 1
2. Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
3. Nicolas de Grigny Récit de Tierce en taille
4. César Franck Chorale No. 3 in A minor
5. Vincent Persichetti Shimah B’Koli
6. Maurice Duruflé Prelude and Fugue on Alain, Op. 7

Silent Night: Music for Advent and Christmas

A holiday favorite! Featuring the acclaimed Choir of St. Ignatius singing chant, motets and carols of the season, plus organ music on the N.P. Mander Organ sure to put you in the Christmas spirit.

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor and Organist

Track List
Johann Sebastian Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Chant Creator of the Stars of Night
harm. Michael Praetorius Lo, how a Rose e’er Blooming
Johannes Brahms Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op. 122
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams The Truth from Above
Basque carol, arr. David Willcocks Gabriel’s Message
Away in a Manger
Johann Sebastian Bach In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 608
Tomás Luis de Victoria O Magnum Mysterium
Tomás Luis de Victoria Ne Timeas Maria
Tomás Luis de Victoria Ave Maria
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau In Dulci Jubilo
Silent Night
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
W. Ballet, arr. Geoffrey Shaw Lute-Book Lullaby
arr. Martin Shaw Coventry Carol
Louis Claude D’Aquin Noël VIII: Etranger, sur les jeux d’anches
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Hodie Christus Natus Est
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in C Major, BWV 564

O Vos Omnes: Music for Lent and Holy Week

The meditative mood of the holiest of seasons movingly performed by the Choir of St. Ignatius. AMDG Recordings

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor and Organist

Track List
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sicut cervus
Gregorian chant Pange lingua
William Byrd Ave verum corpus
Tomás Luis de Victoria O vos omnes
Anonymous O homo considera
Gregorio Allegri Miserere mei, Deus
Thomas Tallis The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Thomas Tallis O Sacrum convivium

Available on DVD!

Creating the Stradivarius of Organs and The Organistas
By Bert Shapiro

Creating the Stradivarius of Organs is a behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable journey of the design and installation of St. Ignatius LoyolaÕs magnificent N.P. Mander Pipe Organ. The Organistas, winner of The Directors Choice Award at the 2005 Black Maria Film Festival, features discussions and performances with organ designers, builders and master musicians revealing their passion for the ÒKing of Instruments.Ó $35, plus $3 shipping/handling