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Our cover is Salvador Dalí's The Assumption of a Body into Lapis Lazuli (1952). See the full painting here.

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Hieremiæ prophetæ lamentationes, Opus 14 (1946/7)

1. O vos omnes
2. Ego vir vivens
3. Recordare

4. Nemesio Otaño (1880-1956) Tota Pulchra, for solo tenor, choir and organ.

5. Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989) Oratio, for solo bass, alto and choir. (1935)

6. Jesús Guridi (1886-1961) Final para gran órgano (Finale for grand organ) (1960)

7. Javier Busto (1949-) Agnus Dei (Missa Brevis "Pro Pace") (1985-6)

8. Frederic Mompou (1893-1987) Ave Maria (1958)

9. Fernando Remacha (1898-1984) Veni sponsa Christi (1950)

10. Pau Casals (1876-1973) O vos omnes (1932)

11. Cristóbal Halffter (1930-) Panis Angelicus (1956)

12. Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Ave Maria (1954)

13. Joaquim Homs (1906-) Les llums del món (Responsoris) (1936)

14. Jesús Guridi (1886-1961) Tantum ergo (1915)

15. José Antonio de Donostia (1886-1956) O Iesu mi dulcissime (1941)

16. Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002) Aureola para una imagen de Ramón Amadeu, for solo organ. (Aureole for an image of Ramón Amadeu) (1970)

Antón García Abril (1933)

      17. Pater Noster (1964)

      18. Ave Maria (1964)

 19. César Cano (1960-) Speculum in ænigmate. 1st Prize "Juan Bautista Comes" Choral Composition Competition 1997. Premio de Composición Coral "Juan Bautista Comes"1997.

CORO CERVANTES -  CARLOS FERNÁNDEZ ARANSAY, director

Benjamin Hulett  - solo tenor (4)            Paul Parfitt - solo bass & Jennifer Fisher -solo alto (5)

Andrea Brown -solo soprano & Zulma Ramírez - solo alto (9)

Karen Cull -solo soprano, Valerie McFarlane -solo alto & Esteve Gascón Martorell -solo bass (17)

Debra Skeen -solo soprano & Alan Widdowson -solo tenor (19)

CHARLES MATTHEWS, organ

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19