Jenkins,Karl Jenkins: Requiem CD

Karl Jenkins, the mastermind of the Adiemus project and the Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) has the gift of composing music that speaks to a very wide audience. This is a highly interesting work that draws on Western and Oriental traditions. Requiem is a mass for the souls of the dead set to texts in both Latin and Japanese, highlighting the cyclical nature of life, death and rebirth. EMI Classics. 2005.

1. Introit 2. Dies Irae 3. Snow of Yesterday (Haiku By Gozan) 4. Rex Tremendae 5. Confutatis 6. From Deep in My Heart (Haiku By Issho) 7. Lacrimosa 8. Now As a Spirit (Kaiku By Hokusai) 9. Pie Jesu 10. Having Seen the Moon (Haiku By Kaga-No-Chijo) 11. Lux Aeterna 12. Farewell (Haiku By Banzan) 13. In Paradism 14. Agorawd (Overture) Part I : Can Yr Alltud (The Exile Song) 15. Agorawd (Overture) Part Il : Nawr! (Now!). Words By Menna Elfyn 16. Grey (Llwyd). Words By Grahame Davies 17. Eleni Ganed (Born This Year). Words By Menna Elfyn 18. In These Stones Horizons Sing. Words By Gwyneth Lewis