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Will Todd: Mass in Blue, etc / Backhouse, Halliday, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-10-01

Works: Will Todd: Mass in Blue (Jazz Mass), for soprano solo, chorus & piano, Op. 28; Christus est stella, for chorus & piano; The Christ-Child, for chorus & piano; Ave verum corpus, for chorus & piano; Non...
Performers: Castle, Ben; Davies, Gareth Huw; Fleeman, Jim; Glover, Dominic; Halliday, Bethany; Hartley, Patrick; Henry, Richard [Trombone]; Revell, Adrian; Smith, Mike; Storr, Chris; Todd, Will; Turner, Matthew;...
Conductors: Todd, Will; Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

This central work is complemented by beautiful musical settings of religious texts, infused with a highly individual and melodic style, bringing the composer's life-long love...continue...

Anthems for the 21st Century / Backhouse, Filsell, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-06-04

Works: Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my soul [vv. from Psalm 104], for chorus & organ; Jonathan Rathbone: Absalom, my son [2 Samuel 18, v. 33], for chorus & organ; Will Todd: Angel Song II, for chorus & ...
Performers: Angus, Andrew; Balzan, Nicola; Burges, Dan; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Jackson, David; McWilliams, Fiona; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

"Will Todd's wordless Angel Song II...where a soothing melody intones over weirdly rippling aleatoric incantations. James MacMillan's Chosen, adding to his increasingly compelling body of...continue...