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Compact Disc CDH55220

£6.99

Recorded in the Church of St Alban, Holborn, London on 7, 9, 14 and 15 February 1983
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2008
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA66076

Duration: 60'26
DDD
Front illustration: Gloucester Cathedral is known as ‘The Lighthouse in the Vale’, a historic photograph by Sydney A Pitcher

HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983)

Requiem

 
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872–1958)

Mass & Te Deum

CORYDON SINGERS
MARY SEERS †, JANET COXWELL ‡ soprano
MICHAEL CHANCE †‡ countertenor
PHILIP SALMON †‡ tenor
JONATHAN BEST †‡ baritone

MATTHEW BEST conductor

Contents:

    RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872–1958)
    Mass in G minor † [24'00]
  1. Kyrie [4'10]
  2. Gloria [4'03]
  3. Credo [6'43]
  4. Sanctus [5'14]
  5. Agnus Dei [3'46]
  6. Te Deum in G   THOMAS TROTTER organ [7'15]

    HERBERT HOWELLS (1892–1983)
    Requiem ‡ [20'03]

  7. Salvator mundi [2'21]
  8. Psalm 23 [2'48]
  9. Requiem aeternam (I) [4'30]
  10. Psalm 121 [2'38]
  11. Requiem aeternam (II) [3'45]
  12. I heard a voice from heaven [3'52]

  13. Take him, earth, for cherishing [8'55]
Sleeve Notes

'One of the most luminous and touching of 20th-century Requiem settings' (Tower@classical music)

'Beautiful' (Hi Fi News)

'A moving and impressive addition to the a cappella repertoire' (The Daily Telegraph)

'An hour of the finest English choral music and not to be missed' (The Good CD Guide)

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