Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Bairstow) - from CDA66374 - Hyperion Records

Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.

Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.

Please use the dropdown buttons to set your preferred options, or use the checkbox to accept the defaults.

Don't show me this message again

Track(s) taken from CDA66374

Digital booklet (PDF)

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

composer

Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946)

published in 1925; SATB divisi unaccompanied

author of text

Anonymous - traditional

from the Divine Liturgy of St James

translator of text

John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

Recording details: June 1989
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: June 1990
Total duration: 3 minutes 46 seconds

Other recordings available for download

St John's College Choir Cambridge, David Hill (conductor)» More

Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Robert Macdonald (bass)» More

The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (conductor)» More

Reviews

‘Serene beauty that heals the spirit and calms the troubled soul. They sing with perfect unity and a rare vigour. Hyperion has captured the famed acoustics of St Paul's to perfection. There is no finer collection available’ (American Record Guide)

Introduction
English

Let all mortal flesh keep silence was published in 1925. It achieves its mysterious effect at the outset by using tenor and bass parts in octaves, followed by upper voices only at the words 'and lift itself above all earthly thought.' This high-pitched texture returns as the words 'the Cherubim with many eyes' chime out with a short, arpeggiated ostinato-figure in the bass part. The final dramatic alleluias lead to a restatement of the opening material with a dark choral accompaniment.

Other albums featuring this work

Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral works

Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Peter Holder (organ)

Studio Master: CDA68259Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

Three composers whose contributions to the Anglican choral tradition are rich in historical significance.» More

Bairstow: Choral Music

St John's College Choir Cambridge, David Hill (conductor)

CDA67497

‘An excellent disc in regard both to the standard of performance and to the selection of Bairstow's music. And to that should be added straight away t ...
‘His anthems and services … are treasured within the church. Their touch is sure, and their word-setting is impeccable … Bairstow could hard ...» More

Images of Christ

The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (conductor)

COLCD124Download only

Here is music for a cappella choir, grouped loosely according to the themes of its texts, drawing together composers as far apart in time and space as eleventh-century France and twentieth-century Russia and America.» More