The Cantus Vocal Ensemble has unveiled the “COVID-19 Sessions.”

The project features several vocal recordings of a wide range of songs that were recorded back in March 17-20. Now the company is starting to distribute the project worldwide.

The “COVID-19 Sessions” features music by a variety of composers including Mari Ésabel Valverde, Shinpei Nakayama, Melissa Dunphy, Hugo Alfvén, and Billy Joel.

“Cantus’ vision is to give voice to shared human experiences and what better way than to offer these performances amidst this great turmoil and uncertainty. We hope you can find yourself and your experience reflected somewhere in these sessions. The pieces you will hear span a great breadth of emotion, from joy to sorrow to wonder to pain. We hope you will find the performances themselves informed by the emotional states in which they were recorded — heightened at different times in different ways,” said tenor Paul Scholtz, a member of the ensemble.

You can hear the recordings here.

Here is a full list of the songs recorded as part of the “COVID-19” Sessions:

FINLANDIA” by Jean Sibelius

“DAREST O SOUL” by Mari Ésabel Valverde

“SUNAYAMA” by Shinpei Nakayama

“STEAL AWAY” arr. by Stacey V. Gibbs

“Gryning vid havet” by Hugo Alfvén*

“SHENANDOAH” arr. by M. Bartholomew & J. Erb

“O FRONDENS VIRGA” arr. by Chris Foss

“LUX AURUMQUE” by Eric Whitacre

“IT’S STRANGE ABOUT STARS” by Melissa Dunphy

“STARS” by Ēriks Ešenvalds

“BEYOND” by Chris Foss

“BE LIKE THE BIRD” by Abbie Betinis

“THIS BRIGHTENING SILENCE” by Kathleen Allan

“WANTING MEMORIES” by Ysaÿe M. Barnwell

“AVE MARIA (ANGELUS DOMINI)” by Franz Biebl

“THERE’S A MEETING HERE TONIGHT” by Bob Gibson

“THAT WHICH REMAINS” by Andrea Ramsey

“YONDER COME DAY” arr. by Paul John Rudoi

“Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)” by Billy Joel*