American Polyphony - Various Composers

An all-too-rare new recording from Polyphony and Stephen Layton presents highlights from the choral repertoire by four twentieth-century American giants: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Randall Thompson. Framed by Thompson�s understated favourites Alleluia and Fare Well, the programme includes Bernstein�s Missa brevis, Copland�s early set of four motets, and�of course�Barber�s inimitable Agnus Dei.