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The Twelve Choruses: Ben Hur & King of Kings

The Twelve Choruses: Ben Hur & King of Kings

Intrada (MAF 7134)

Release Date: June 9, 2014

Conducted by Allan Wilson

Performed by
Westminster Cathedral Chamber Choir

Format: CD

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Track Listing

1. The Christ Theme – Ben-Hur 2:27
2. Star of Bethlehem – Ben-Hur 2:10
3. The Nativity – King of Kings 2:29
4. The Kings of Bethlehem 5:28
5. Adoration of the Magi – Ben-Hur 2:03
6. Blessed Mary – King of Kings 2:17
7. The Mother's Love – Ben-Hur 4:16
8. The Prayer of Our Lord – King of Kings 2:32
9. The Sermon on the Mount – King of Kings 4:49
10. The Way of the Cross – King of Kings 4:44
11. Pietà – King of Kings 5:32
12. King of Kings Theme – King of Kings 2:53
13. The Twenty-Third Psalm, Op. 34 7:08
  Total Album Time: 48:48

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From the Manufacturer

Intrada announces the latest in its Excalibur Collection—a brand new recording of Miklos Rozsa's The Twelve Choruses. The film choruses on this disc—derived from Ben-Hur (1959) and King of Kings (1961) were published by Robbins Music, the publishing division of M-G-M, shortly after the films were released. Accessible and relatively easy to perform, they were intended primarily for church and school choirs.

To expand their appeal and usefulness, most were published in two arrangements—mixed choir and women's choir—with piano or organ accompaniment. Although the composer did not necessarily intend all 12 of these pieces to be performed as a group, they were recorded as such by Rózsa's friend and associate Tony Thomas in the early 1980s and Christopher Palmer arranged some of them in a "Christmas Sequence" recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992.

This Intrada release is their first complete recording in over three decades.

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