Bach, J.S. / Lauridsen / Meyers - Mysterium - Import CD

Credits:

Bach, J.S. / Lauridsen / Meyers

Description:

Violin and Chorus version of Lauridsen's "Oh, Great Mystery"! Ann Akiko Meyers' latest release, which is pushing forward in her own unique musical world! A new version of Lauridsen's masterpiece "Oh, Great Mystery"! American superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, whose 40th album "Shining Night" was selected as a "Special Recording Artists' Choice", has been moving forward in her own unique musical world. The latest Avie recording by superstar American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. Together with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conductor Grant Gershon, and composer Morten Lauritsen, she has created a new version (violin and chorus version) of Lauritsen's choral masterpiece "Oh, Great Mysteries (O Manum Mysterium)"! This mini-album also includes three popular Bach pieces, "O Lord, Joy of Man's Desiring," "The Sheep Graze in Peace," and "There is a Voice Calling You to Awake," in violin and chorus versions (all newly arranged and recorded for the first time in the world). Please enjoy the mysterious, beautiful, and soothing sounds of Lauridsen and Bach. Born to a German-American father and a Japanese mother, Anne Akiko Meyers began performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 11 and has since performed with top orchestras around the world.Several of his albums have reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Classical Charts and he was named Billboard's best-selling classical instrumentalist in 2014. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Cantata 147~Jesu, joy of man's desiring
2.Cantata 208~Sheep may safely graze
3.Cantata 140~Wachet auf, Sleepers wake
4.Magnum Mysterium