Ralf Yusuf Gawlick’s bold and original "Mass for the Human Race” Missa Gentis Humanæ blends the Latin Mass Ordinary with passages from Borges, Virgil, Brecht, Zbigniew Herbert, Dostoevsky, Plautus, Walter Scott and the Gospel According to St. John—in an 8-voice a cappella setting, recorded by select voices from the celebrated Choir of Trinity Wall Street, conducted by Julian Wachner. This work juxtaposes diverse multilingual texts, illustrating the global human element of faith, with roots in the past and its future illuminated through contemporary experience. Recorded in the famous acoustics of Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA, where many Musica Omnia releases have been made. Booklet includes a comprehensive “listener’s guide” of texts, transliteration and easy-to-follow English translation.
