Canticum sacrum

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas

Canticum sacrum is a sacred choral-orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, composed in 1955. The piece blends neoclassical clarity with modal and serial-inflected harmonies and draws on Venetian liturgical and polychoral traditions, representing a late-career engagement with sacred themes and a synthesis of Stravinsky's evolving compositional techniques.
First released: 10th January 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Canticum sacrum: I. Dedicatio
    0:39
  2. 2.
    Canticum sacrum: II. Euntes in mundum
    1:47
  3. 3.
    Canticum sacrum: III. Surge, aquilo
    2:51
  4. 4.
    Canticum sacrum: IV. Ad tres virtutes hortationes (caritas, spes fides)
    8:03
  5. 5.
    Canticum sacrum: V. Brevis motus cantilenae
    3:13
  6. 6.
    Canticum sacrum: VI. Illi autem profecti
    2:09