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Director of Music:
Andrew NethsinghaOrgan Scholar:
Edward Picton-TurbervillRelease date:
May 2016Featuring:
- George Balfour, Joel Branston, Oliver Brown (treble)
- Jack Hawkins, Thomas Lilburn, Hamish McLaren, Alexander Simpson (counter tenor)
- William Ashford, Michael Bell, John Clapham, Benedict Flinn, Xavier Hetherington (tenor)
- Quintin Beer, Stephen Matthews, Oliver Morris, August Perkins Ray, Theodore Platt (bass)
Record label:
St John's Cambridge/SignumCatalogue number:
SIGCD456Booklet:
Download album booklet (4.05 MB)Awards:
Critics' Choice
Gramophone
December 2016
CD of the Month
Choir & Organ
June 2016
The Choir presents an award-winning recording of sacred works by Jonathan Harvey - a composer with close associations with St John's, having studied there and been awarded an Honorary Fellowship.
Alongside Toccata for Organ and Tape and the organ solo Laus Deo, the recording also features the popular anthems Come, Holy Ghost, I love the Lord and two works, The Annunciation and The Royal Banners, written especially for the choir.
The disc received a BBC Music Magazine Award in the Choral category in 2017 and has received much critical acclaim.
Track list
- I Love the Lord
- Magnificat
- Nunc Dimittis
- Tocatta for Organ and Tape
- Come, Holy Ghost
- Praise ye the Lord
- Missa Brevis: Kyrie
- Missa Brevis: Gloria
- Missa Brevis: Sanctus and Benedictus
- Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei
- The Royal Banners Forward Go
- Laus Deo
- The Annunciation
Reviews
This is an essential disc not only for admirers of Jonathan Harvey’s work in general but for all those interested in contemporary sacred music
Ivan Moody, Gramophone
★★★★★ ecstatic... richly challenging... The Choir tackles it all with confidence and clarity
a terrific disc... These are performances to treasure, of great intensity and remarkable power
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, has done one of its old boys proud... ambition has paid off handsomely... the music on this disc is so varied and inspiring
Richard Fairman, Financial Times
Andrew Nethsingha and the St John’s forces have this often-challenging repertoire well under control, delivering characterful yet authoritative performances of which they can be justly proud
CD of the Month, Choir & Organ
No choir performs these works better than St. John’s, which sings with the intensity, commitment, and, under music director Andrew Nethsingha, attention to detail that Harvey requires
James Imam, Classics Today
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