Daniel Taylor, countertenor (in the 4th work) ; Elin Söderström, Betsy MacMillan, viola da gamba (in the 6th work) ; Quatuor Franz Joseph (in the 1st and 3rd-6th works) ; Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (in the 2nd and 6th works) ; Christopher Jackson, conductor (in the 2nd and 6th works)
The 1st and 3rd works for string quartet; the 2nd work for mixed voices; the 4th work for countertenor, violin, and viola; the 5th work for violin, 2 violas, and violoncello; the 6th work for SAT chorus, violin, and 2 violas da gamba.
Includes program notes and performers' biographies in English and French and Latin and German words printed as text with English and French translations in booklet (29 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Recorded June and Oct. 2003, Chapelle du Grand Séminaire de Montréal.
The 2nd and 6th works sung in Latin; the 4th work sung in German.
Psalom (1985, 1991, rév. 1997) : pour quatuor à cordes = for string quartet (3:53) -- Summa (1977, rév. 1996) : pour chœur SATB = for SATB choir (5:19) -- Fratres (1977, 1989) : pour quatuor à cordes = for string quartet (11:04) -- Es sang vor langen Jahren : Motet für de la Motte (1984) (6:39) -- Summa (1977, 1990) : pour violon, deux altos et violoncelle = for violin, two violas, and cello (4:54) -- Stabat Mater (1985) : version pour chœur SAT, violon et deux violes de gambe = version for SAT choir, violin and two violas da gamba (29:05)