César Franck: Organ Works
Jarosław Tarnawski’s plan to record Franck’s most significant works on organs of appropriate age finds perfect voice in the Cavaillé-Coll of Saint-François-de-Sales, Lyon
Reviews
John Sheppard: Missa Cantate
Captivating vistas of the six-voice Missa Cantate appear alongside stunningly inventive examples of chant-based responsories, hymns and votive antiphons
Alvin Lucier: Swing Bridge & Sizzles
I imagine the experience is considerably more effective heard and seen live in concert
Eric Whitacre: Home
This intense, beautifully crafted and very personal piece speaks eloquently to young adults of today
Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night & other choral works
Stephen Layton has the singers exactly on point in material like Lux aeterna and the quietly devastating Those tender words
Leighton: Every Living Creature (choral works including Laudes Animantium, Three Carols and Nativitie)
Londinium possess a thoroughly satisfying, vibrant sound and remain undaunted by the challenges of Leighton's highly individual harmonies
Orchestral Anthems (Elgar, Finzi, Dyson, Howells)
The 42 undergraduate and postgraduate members of Merton College Choir and 18 girl choristers rise with aplomb to the challenge of matching the superb Britten Sinfonia
Love & Light
The repertoire is contemplative in mood, with medieval chants and liturgical texts a constant theme, beautifully expressed by their ethereal, beautifully blended voices
Bjørn Morten Christophersen: The Lapse Of Time
So original and convincing that any concern about rock-opera cliché quickly disappears
Caroline Leighton: Could the sky forget rain?
The version for high voice and piano is very well placed for young developing voices
Solemn Notes of Sweetest Sound – Sacred music for upper voices and organ from the Charity Institutions for girls and boys in Georgian London
Solemn Notes of Sweetest Sound is a fascinating collection of ten works by men and women composers drawn from publications originally issued by the charity institutions of London throughout the period...
On a Clear Day (Chanticleer)
The entire programme is delivered with the skilful aplomb one expects from these voices
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