Blow: Anthems / David Hill, Cathedral Choir - Hyperion - HYP 22055 - 034571120553

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Blow, John : God Spake Sometime in Visions for soloists, chorus & orchestra

Blow, John : How Doth the City Sit Solitary

Blow, John : The Lord is My Shepherd

Blow, John : God is our Hope and Strength

Blow, John : I Beheld, and Lo! A Great Multitude

Blow, John : Turn Thee unto Me, O Lord

Blow, John : Blessed is the Man that hath not Walked

Blow, John : Lift up Your Heads, O Ye Gates

Blow, John : O Lord, I Have Sinned

Blow, John : O Give Thanks Unto the Lord, for He Is Gracious

Blow, John : O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me Out and Known Me

Blow, John : Cry Aloud and Spare Not

Blow, John : Lord, Who Shall Dwell in Thy Tabernacle?

Blow, John : I Said in the Cutting Off of My Days

Performers

Donald Sweeney (Bass)
Paul Denley (Viola)
Sarah Bealby-Wright (Violin)
Lisa Cochrane (Viola)
Robin Blaze (Countertenor)
Richard Childress (Baritone)
William Kendall (Tenor)
Rosalind Harris (Violin)
Rebecca Miles (Violin)
Helen Gough (Bass Violin)
Katherine Sharman (Cello)
Joseph Cornwell (Tenor)
Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo)
Peter Fender (Violin)
Henrietta Wayne (Violin)
Stephen Alder (Baritone)
Richard Campbell (Viola da gamba)
Paula Chateauneuf (Theorbo)
David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar] (Theorbo)
David Dunnett (Organ)
Peter Holman (Organ)
Richard Childress (Tenor)
Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
Stephen Varcoe
Jean Paterson (Violin)
Peter Butterfield (Tenor)

Conductor

Hill, David

Ensembles

Composer

John Blow (Composer) (1649 - 1708)

Notes & Reviews:

"Performances that are not likely to be bettered soon. The sound is marvellous." -Fanfare

'Well worth exploring' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Winchester Cathedral Choir is singing wonderfully well these days . . . One of the richest of all contributions to the excellent English Orpheus Series' (Gramophone)

'Un pur ravissement' (Le Monde de la Musique, France)

'Performances that are not likely to be bettered soon. The sound is marvellous' (Fanfare, USA)

'Un suculento banquete de solemnidad británica' (Ritmo, Spain)

'When it comes to re-releases this is a great buy... This is an excellent vintage recording with Robin Blaze and Stephen Varcoe, just a couple of singers amongst a considerable feast of talent. The sound produced here is fabulous and the singing wonderful with crisp, rhythmic playing from Peter Holman's instrumental group' (Cathedral Music)

'Quite apart from the beauties of the music itself, the perfomances are all first rate. The soloists are clearly at home in this idiom, singing it as their native musical language. The sound is warm but clear, with a delicious intimacy that is entirely in character for music written primarily for the Chapel Royal ... the choir is excellent, as are the period instrumentalists, and David Hill directs performances that are sensitive, well paced, and coherent. So far, this is still the mother lode among recordings of Blow's church music' (American Record Guide)

'It is an important and essential addition to any collection of English church music, the 50 percent reduction in price now leaving no further excuse for anyone remotely interested in this field' (Fanfare, USA)

BBC Music Magazine
Though overshadowed by his pupil Purcell, John Blow's church music is highly distinguished. Here are 14 of his richly scored anthems in skilful and idiomatic performances.

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