Andrew Litton: Colorado Symphony, Colorado Symphony Chorus - Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Hough: Missa Mirabilis

Dona nobis pacem became a somewhat unexpected hit for Vaughan Williams. A fervently anti-war plea from the heart composed in 1936 as a pi�ce d�occasion for the Huddersfield Choral Society, it remains to this day one of the composer�s most widely performed works. Coupled with it here is the first recording of Stephen Hough�s Missa Mirabilis (the title derives from an unfortunate motorway incident), a work which shares with the Vaughan Williams an ability to seem very much greater than the sum of its parts. Andrew Litton directs the Colorado Symphony and all-star soloists Sarah Fox and Christopher Maltman.