The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Stanford - English Choral Music

Director of Music:

Christopher Robinson

Organ Scholar:

Christopher Whitton

Record Label:

Naxos

Catalogue Number:

8.555794

Release Date:

Sep 2002

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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford is considered the father of English choral music and played a major role in the English musical renaissance through his legacy of teaching and composing. In his compositions he re-shaped and enriched the repertoire with finely-wrought anthems and services, many of which are still performed every day in Anglican cathedrals around the world.

Notes:

Soloists: Oliver Lepage-Dean (Treble); Andrew Staples (Tenor); Gareth Jones (Bass)

Reviews:

"Another triumphant recording ... wonderfully performed ... A fine Stanford programme that shows off the good vocal health of St John's Choir ... The St John's choir bite into the words with relish, the acoustic and their well-judged tempo reinforcing the rhythmic energy of the passage" Gramophone 2003

Track Listing:

Morning Service in C major, Stanford

Justorum animae, Stanford

Coelos ascendit hodie, Stanford

Beati quorum via, Stanford

Evening Service in C major, Stanford

Communion Service in C major, Stanford

Organ Prelude in G minor, Stanford

Evening Service in G major, Stanford

Organ Postlude in D minor, Stanford

For lo, I raise up, Stanford