Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Yvonne Kenny & Philip Langridge & Bryn Terfel & St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir & London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox

Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem is a recorded album of choral works by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, presenting compositions dating from 1925 and 1936. Both pieces draw on the Anglican choral tradition and large-scale orchestral forces, featuring modal harmonies, expansive choral writing and moments of stark textual drama that reflect Vaughan Williams's mature engagement with sacred themes and his melding of folk-inflected modality with liturgical sonority.

Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams - album cover

First released: 23rd August 1993

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Dona nobis pacem: I. “Agnus Dei” (Lento)
4:01
2.
Dona nobis pacem: II. “Beat! beat! drums!” (Allegro moderato)
3:55
3.
Dona nobis pacem: III. Reconciliation (Andantino)
7:09
4.
Dona nobis pacem: IV. Dirge for Two Veterans (Moderato alla marcia)
11:37
5.
Dona nobis pacem: V. “The Angel of Death has been abroad” (L’istesso tempo)
3:28
6.
Dona nobis pacem: VI. “O man greatly beloved”
8:34
7.
Sancta Civitas: I was in the spirit (Lento)
5:09
8.
Sancta Civitas: And I saw Heaven opened (Allegro)
2:24
9.
Sancta Civitas: And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso)
1:34
10.
Sancta Civitas: Babylon the great is fallen (Lento)
5:19
11.
Sancta Civitas: Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato)
3:19
12.
Sancta Civitas: And I saw a new heaven (Adagio)
5:23
13.
Sancta Civitas: Therefore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo)
1:13
14.
Sancta Civitas: And I saw a pure river
2:33
15.
Sancta Civitas: Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto)
3:11
16.
Sancta Civitas: Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato)
4:00