Recordings
Women Making Waves (2020)
The Peninsula Women’s Chorus is proud to announce the release in December 2020 of its ninth CD, Women Making Waves, in celebration of the centenary of the 19th Amendment. Our sparkling new recording features the three very special pieces that were commissioned by the PWC for our Trailblazers Project, honoring the achievements of three American women pioneers: abolitionist Harriet Tubman, transgender rights activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and women’s suffrage leader Alice Paul. Along with Eric Tuan’s brilliant, haunting displacement, the inspiring words of Susan B. Anthony in “Rise Up” by Jake Runestad, Jocelyn Hagen’s thrilling “Moon Goddess” and more, this is a powerful, beautiful collection that celebrates women—making waves!
Price: $15 USD + shipping
Women Making Waves can also be downloaded from iTunes, Amazon, Pandora, and Spotify, where you can listen to audio clips from the CD.
Mostly Made in America (2015)
This CD is an homage to the musical heritage of America, giving voice to celebration, uncertainty, and the spirit of struggle, as well as to the tranquility and familiarity of the sounds of home. Featured on the CD are some of the PWC’s signature and most intimate performances, including the heart-wrenching “Let Evening Come,” the battling interludes of “Thou Famished Grave,” the intricate and exuberant “Venite Exultemus Domino” and the well-loved Songs of Night, commissioned to celebrate Artistic Director Martín Benvenuto’s 10th anniversary with the PWC in 2013. (APG-1008)
Price: $10 USD + shipping
Mostly Made in America (2015) can also be downloaded from iTunes and Amazon, where you can listen to audio clips from the CD.
Nature Pictures (2010)
PWC celebrates a close relationship with prominent Estonian composer Veljo Tormis. Influenced by his deep conviction that ancient song traditions reflect a close connection to nature, the prolific Tormis gives us the four seasons in 36 miniatures of intense choral imagery in his evocative song cycle, Looduspildid (Nature Pictures). We are proud to present the first American recording of this cycle! This eclectic recording continues the theme with Karl Korte’s “Spring,” Chen Yi’s “Looking at the Sea” and Samuel Barber’s “To be Sung on the Water.” Also included are Edward Elgar’s “The Snow” and Kenneth Leslie’s lovely “Cape Breton Lullaby,” a PWC favorite. (LDR-1007)
Price: $10 USD + shipping
Winter Patterns (2006)
This holiday-themed CD takes its name from the evocative choral landscape of Estonian composer Veljo Tormis’s Talvemustrid (Winter Patterns). Other highlights include Daniel Pinkham’s lively and popular Christmas Cantata, Hildegard von Bingen’s meditative “O Vivens Fons,” remarkable settings by Joan Szymko and Rebecca Clarke of the Ave Maria text, the post-minimalist “Agnus Dei” by Charles Griffin, and Francis Poulenc’s stunning “Litanies à la Vierge Noire.” Also featured is the fiery and intense “Suite” de Lorca by modern Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. Selections from William Mathias’s joyous Salvator Mundi, A Carol Sequence and a multilingual arrangement of the immortal “Silent Night” close the CD on the perfect seasonal note. (LDR-1006)
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Earth Tones (2004)
A tribute to our late conductor Patricia Hennings and her love of music and nature. From the sublime “O viridissima virga” by Hildegard von Bingen to Libby Larsen’s soaring “Psalm 121” to Lojze Lebic’s spine-tingling “Urok,” the CD showcases a wide array of pieces that spans seven centuries, but collectively celebrates nature and the Earth’s beauty. (LDR-1005)
Price: $10 USD + shipping
Carols and Lullabies (2000)
Carols and Lullabies is the PWC’s fourth CD and our second holiday CD featuring festive choral music. Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest of the Southwest, an audience and chorus favorite from our December 1999 concerts, is the CD’s centerpiece. Also included are Randall Thompson’s traditional choral favorites “Carol of the Rose” and “Alleluia,” Jozsef Karai’s powerful “Hodie Christus Natus est,” Ramona Luengen’s beautiful Missa Brevis, and David Conte’s “Christmas Intrada.”
Price: $10 USD + shipping
Carols and Lullabies (2000) can also be downloaded from iTunes and Amazon, where you can listen to audio clips from the CD.
Songs of the Spirit
Songs of the Spirit (1999) features inspirational music ranging from the vocal orchestra arrangements of Song of Survival to the scintillating contemporary works of Ron Jeffers and Lou Harrison. For those who have requested a recording of Dvorak’s powerful “Largo,” Johansson’s shimmering “Examine Me,” R. Murray Schafer’s exotic “Snowforms,” or the PWC’s favorite “Shenandoah,” this CD is for you!
Price: $10 USD + shipping
Alleluia Psallat
Alleluia Psallat (1997) features 28 glorious selections of Christmas music from medieval to modern. Highlights include the Pastoral Symphony by Handel, “Caritas abundat” by Hildegard von Bingen, selections from Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten, Bach’s “In dulci jubilo” arranged for piano and performed by Josephine Gandolfi, and several pieces from Seven Joys of Christmas by Kirke Mechem.
Price: $10 USD + shipping
Treasures
Treasures, the PWC’s first compact disc, has been a hit with old fans and new friends. While paying homage to the past, this recording focuses on recent treasures from composers around the world. From the 15th century to the 20th, from America to Sweden, Treasures includes great works that highlight the beauty and strength of women’s voices.
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