 | from Howells: Requiem & other choral works (CDA67914) 1 Salvator mundi [2'38] 20 minutes 18 seconds 6 tracks2 Psalm 23 [2'43] 3 Requiem aeternam I [3'45] 4 Psalm 121 [3'05] 5 Requiem aeternam II [3'37] 6 I heard a voice from heaven [4'30] ‘The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge is ideally pure and full in tone. The grand hymns and canticles are extroverted and focused, the intimate supplications such as Take him, earth sung with ... ‘This is a fine progamme for Howells fans … Layton elicits a gentleness of tone from sopranos which casts such muscular writing as found in Take him, earth, for cherishing in a new, mature ... ‘The tonal blend drawn from the choir by conductor Stephen Layton, suffused by the acoustic of the Lady Chapel in Ely Cathedral, is glowing … in tutti sections, the clear, youthful timbre of the ... |