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Its profoundly calm, soothing character is apparent from the opening version of Rachmaninov's "We Praise Thee", with its seemingly wordless vocal drones – an impression sustained through subsequent material by less renowned writers such as Kalinnikov and Tchesnokov. The most recent piece here is "De Profundis" by Paul Mealor, notable for including the lowest notes ever written for a choral arrangement, an extraordinary subterranean vibration of fundamental impact.
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