Gott ist nicht tot. The sacred in post WW2 music.

[DaveF]

James MacMillan has written a large amount of sacred music, much of it intended for liturgical use.  Some is very loud, and all very proud (he's a Roman Catholic).  I sang the Magnificat last week:

Congregation was a bit stunned at the end.  Lots of Messiaenic birdsong in it.

[San Antone]

Barber : Agnus Dei
Voces8

[Mandryka]

Ralph Shapey's Praise contains settings of central Jewish liturgical texts like The Shema and the Kedushah as well as some psalms. I can't recommend it more highly, I'm a bit of a Shapey fan and this is one of his more astonishing pieces.

Some more info here, it's streaming everywhere.

https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/ralph-shapey-praise

[Mandryka]

I also want to mention Scelsi's Quattro illustrazioni sulle metamorfosi di Visnu, which are musical metaphors for four traditional incarnations of Vishnu. Todd McComb's comments here

http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/scelsi/4illus.php

and a random performance on youtube

[AnotherSpin]

I also want to mention Scelsi's Quattro illustrazioni sulle metamorfosi di Visnu, which are musical metaphors for four traditional incarnations of Vishnu. Todd McComb's comments here

http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/scelsi/4illus.php

Are there four parts, one for each? Lord Vishnu, the preserver within the Trimurti, is said to possess innumerable incarnations. Among the most renowned are Rama and Krishna.