English Choral Music: Britten
Director of Music:
Christopher RobinsonRelease date:
May 2000Record label:
NaxosCatalogue number:
8.554791Awards:
Diapason D'Or
Diapason
January 2000
Gramophone Award Nominee
Gramophone
January 2000
This album was chosen for 'Diapason D'Or' and was also selected for Gramophone 'Editor's Choice'. It was later nominated for a Gramophone Award in 2000.
Track list
- Rejoice in the Lamb
- Te Deum in C
- Jubilate Deo
- Antiphon
- A Hymn to the Virgin
- Festival Te Deum
- Missa Brevis in D
- Hymn to St Peter
- A Hymn of St Columba
- Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria
- Hymn to St Cecilia
Reviews
With Britten comes the thought of high voices: boys' voices that on this Naxos disc belong to the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge... the St. John's singers roundly capture the elusive tonal qualities of Britten's choral music, and the recording has a proper sense of space and locality
Nicholas Williams, BBC Music Magazine (June 2000)
This disc will make an excellent introduction to Britten's choral music-and will satisfy Britten aficionados who just can't resist adding another top drawer compilation to their collection
David Vernier, Classics Today (June 2000)
The biting attack of these young singers is enhanced by refined recording which thrillingly brings out the wide dynamic contrasts. The Prelude and Fugue for organ with its elaborate counterpoint is also brilliantly done
Penguin Guide (January 2009)
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The contribution of Andrew Nethsingha and St John's College, Cambridge to the Evensong tradition - both in the chapel and on record - deserves great praise
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