The Voice of the Beloved

The Voice of the Beloved

The Voice of the Beloved

The Voice of the Beloved

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The Voice of the Beloved

Voices Of Devotion - 20th-Century Sacred Choral Treasures

Label Pentatone

Artists Netherlands Radio Choir, Benjamin Goodson

€29,99 EUR

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The Netherlands Radio Choir and Benjamin Goodson present The Voice of the Beloved, a powerful collection of 20th-century sacred choral works by Frank Martin, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, and Olivier Messiaen. At its heart is Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, a deeply personal expression of faith composed in 1922 and kept private for decades. Its austere beauty and luminous harmonies make it one of the most moving sacred works of the last century. Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des cantiques transforms the Song of Songs into a sensual and spiritual choral tapestry, weaving up to twelve voices into a radiant soundscape. Messiaen’s O sacrum convivium, a brief but transcendent motet, completes the program with shimmering reverence. Following their acclaimed 2023 release Rheinberger & Mendelssohn: Choral Works, the choir returns with a recording that reveals the sacred not only in worship, but in the raw, expressive power of the human voice.

Each of these works opens a different portal to the sacred: through awe, through longing, through patience. They remind us that religious experience is not always about answers, but about being present to mystery in all its forms. - Benjamin Goodson, conductor

The Netherlands Radio Choir Benjamin Goodson, Conductor

Tracklist

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Total time: 50:27

1. Mass for double choir a cappella - I. Kyrie

04:43

2. Mass for double choir a cappella - II. Gloria

05:31

3. Mass for double choir a cappella - III. Credo

05:35

4. Mass for double choir a cappella - IV. Sanctus - Benedictus

04:04

5. Mass for double choir a cappella - V. Agnus dei

04:25

6. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 1, Dialogue

02:59

7. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 2, La voix du bien-aime

03:34

8. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 3, Le songe

01:34

9. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 4, Le Roi Salomon

01:36

10. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 5, Le jardin clos

04:10

11. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 6, La Sulamite

03:42

12. Le Cantique des cantiques - No. 7, Epithalame

02:56

13. O sacrum convivium

05:38

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Additional Information

Label

Pentatone

SKU

PTC5187402

Qualities

DSD 512, DSD 256, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 128, FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, DXD 24 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Netherlands Radio Choir, Benjamin Goodson

Composers

Martin, Daniel-Lesur, Messiaen

Conductors

Benjamin Goodson

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

PCM 96k

Instruments

Orchestra

Recording Location

Studio 1, MCO Hilversum, Netherlands

Release Date

October 10, 2025

Higher Rates Program
Not Available on SACD

The Voice of the Beloved

The Voice of the Beloved

€29,99 EUR

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