Howells - Collegium Regale & other choral works
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Label: Hyperion
Cat No: CDA68105
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st April 2016
Contents
Works
Behold, O God our DefenderCollegium Regale
I love all beauteous things
Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale)
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Rhapsodies (3), op.17
Artists
Trinity College Choir CambridgeEleanor Kornas (organ)
Owain Park (organ solo)
Conductor
Stephen LaytonWorks
Behold, O God our DefenderCollegium Regale
I love all beauteous things
Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale)
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Rhapsodies (3), op.17
Artists
Trinity College Choir CambridgeEleanor Kornas (organ)
Owain Park (organ solo)
Conductor
Stephen LaytonAbout
Track listing:
1. Jubilate (Collegium Regale)
2. Magnificat (Collegium Regale)
3. Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale)
4. Psalm 122
5. I love all beauteous things
6. Kyrie (Collegium Regale)
7. Credo (Collegium Regale)
8. Sanctus (Collegium Regale)
9. Benedictus (Collegium Regale)
10. Agnus (Collegium Regale)
11. Gloria (Collegium Regale)
12. Psalm 121
13. Behold, O God our defender
14. Rhapsody in D flat major, op.17 no.1
15. Te Deum (Collegium Regale)
Sound/Video
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1Morning Canticle #2 Jubilate
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2Evening Canticle #1 Magnificat
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3Evening Canticle #2 Nunc Dimittis
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4Psalm 122, 'I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me'
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5I Love All Beauteous Things
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6Communion Setting #1 Kyrie
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7Communion Setting #2 Credo
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8Communion Setting #3 Sanctus
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9Communion Setting #4 Benedictus
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10Communion Setting #5 Agnus Dei
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11Communion Setting #6 Gloria
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12Psalm 121, 'I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills'
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13Behold, O God Our Defender
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143 Rhapsodies, Op. 17 - #1 In D Flat
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15Morning Canticle #1 Te Deum
Europadisc Review
In this marvellous new disc from Hyperion, it is the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge that gathers together the complete Collegium Regale music, and they do it truly handsome service. Under their Director of Music, Stephen Layton, they recorded the disc in Coventry Cathedral – an appropriate choice, as the building, like Howells’ music, reflects the post-war Anglican renewal. Underpinned by the cathedral’s splendid Harrison & Harrison organ, the Trinity choir’s singing from the very opening Jubilate is robust yet beautifully shaped, with an underlying purity of tone that reflects the very finest of the English choral tradition. The composer’s essentially introspective style is heard at its best in the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (the latter with a moving solo from tenor Jamie Roberts), but the Magnificat’s doxology is gloriously full-throated and soaring (see the YouTube video!). The Communion movements combine brevity with expressivity, and even the Te Deum – a text used over the years in many a musical monstrosity – is as notable for its conciseness as for its power.
In addition to the Collegium Regale settings, the disc includes a well-chosen and wide-ranging selection of Howells’ other sacred music. Earliest are two accomplished psalm chants from his student days – Psalms 121 and 122 – and a solo organ Rhapsody from 1915 majestically unfolded by Owain Park. The Coronation Introit ‘Behold, O God our defender’ (1952) is given a wonderfully sensitive performance, but the real icing on the cake is the 1977 Robert Bridges setting, ‘I love all beauteous things’. Commissioned by St Albans Cathedral, it represents Howells’ late style in all its exquisite glory, and the Trinity choir excels itself, unerringly scaling the musical heights and plumbing the emotional depths as they do throughout this programme.
The exceptionally warm recording is first-rate, as is the presentation, and – with extensive notes from Howells expert Paul Andrews – for lovers of top-quality choral singing this disc is simply unmissable.
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