Ora - Refuge from the Flames, Miserere and the Savonarola Legacy (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Following the stunning success of their best-selling debut, Suzi Digby’s crack vocal ensemble ORA presents their new album: ‘Refuge from the Flames’. Dedicated to the legacy of Girolamo Savonarola, 15th century Dominican and religious reformer, this new CD further showcases ORA's commitment to bringing together Renaissance choral masterpieces and commissioned reflections from contemporary composers. ORA bring a wealth of experience that gilds these pieces, both new and old, into the lustrous works of art they truly are.

“We begin and end this second ORA album with two contrasting settings of the Miserere mei (Psalm 50, Vulgate). Over the centuries this text has inspired reflections by many Christian writers, none more influential than those by Girolamo Savonarola, and we have devoted much of this album to his extraordinary legacy. Central to the recording is Savonarola’s meditation on the psalm, 'Infelix Ego', written shortly before his execution. We present it here in William Byrd’s justly famous setting, and in a newly commissioned masterpiece by the Latvian composer Eriks Ešenvalds.” (Suzi Digby, artistic director & conductor)

Tracklist:
01. Miserere (Ben Byram Wigfield edit.)
02. Iesu, sommo conforto
03. Alma, che si gentile
04. Che fai qui, core?
05. Ecce quam bonum
06. Letamini in Domino
07. Infelix ego
08. Infelix ego after Byrd
09. O quam dulcis
10. Tristitia obsedit me, mango
11. Ecce quomodo moritur
12. Tristitia obsedit me, amici
13. Miserere

Personnel:
ORA
Suzi Digby, conductor