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Geoffrey Burgon: Choral Music / Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

Works: Geoffrey Burgon: At the round earth's imagined corners, for voice, trumpet & organ; The Assumption (no 1 of Christ's Love), for chorus; Short Mass, for chorus; Of flowers and emeralds sheen, for chor...
Performers: Beckett, Kevin; Bednall, David; Cullow, Simon [Counter Tenor Vocal]; Hart, Catherine; Henderson, Frances; Macleod-Jones, Iain; Maxwell, Léonie; Rowntree, Richard; Sheldrake, Christopher; Thoma...
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: ; Wells Cathedral Choir

This mid-priced reissue featuring the Wells Cathedral Choir conducted by Matthew Owens offers a selection of evocative and accessible choral works by English composer Geoffrey...continue...
Recording information: Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England (02/20/2006-02/23/2006)....continue...

Bob Chilcott: Requiem / Wells Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Bob Chilcott: Requiem, for 2 voices, chorus, & organ (or orchestra); Salisbury Motets (4), for chorus & organ; Downing Service, for chorus & organ; Pilgrim Jesus, carol for chorus; The Nine Gifts, ca...
Performers: Ashworth, Laurie; Staples, Andrew; Vaughn, Jonathan
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble

Composer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells, Somerset (2011-05-25_2011-05-26&2011-)....continue...

MacMillan: Jubilate Deo; Tremunt videntes angeli; Le tombeau de Georges Roualt; Etc. / Matthew Owens / Wells Cathedral Choir, Jonathan Vaughn, organ

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: James MacMillan: Jubilate Deo, for chorus & organ; Serenity, for chorus & organ; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, for chorus & organ; Tremunt videntes angeli; On Love, for treble & organ; ...Here in hid...
Performers: Bland, Dominic; Clulow, Simon; Hounsell, Mark; Sheldrake, Christopher; Vaughn, Jonathan
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: ; Wells Cathedral Choir

James MacMillan is renowned for his highly original yet accessible choral music. His prolific output displays an intrinsic understanding of the human voice and his...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells, Somerset (2010-05-26_2010-05-27&2010-)....continue...

Jonathan Dove: Choral Music

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-09-14

Works: Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my soul [vv. from Psalm 104], for chorus & organ; Missa brevis, for chorus & organ; I am the Day, for chorus; Wellcome, all wonders in one sight!, for chorus; The Sta...
Performers: Gallagher, Sophie; Lapido, Folasade Nelleke; Vaughn, Jonathan
Conductors: Owens, Matthew

Jonathan Dove's beautiful choral works have made him into a household name among professional and amateur singers alike. His writing is eminently approachable yet highly...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral Church of St. Andrew in Wells, Somerset, Engl (2009-06-03_2009-06-04&2009-)....continue...

Mathias: Choral Music / Owens, Wells Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-05-12

Works: William Mathias: Let the people praise Thee, O God!, Op. 87; Jesus College Service, Op. 53; A babe is born, Op. 55; In excelsis gloria; Processional for organ; Missa brevis, Op. 64; Ave verum corpus;...
Performers: Vaughn, Jonathan
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: Wells Cathedral Choir

William Mathias' choral writing draws on a variety of musical traditions, is immediately accessible and likeable whilst demonstrating an architectural sophistication that places it in...continue...

Leighton: The World's Desire, etc / Matthew Owens, Wells Cathedral Choir, Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Sequence for All Saints, Op. 75; Rockingham; O God, enfold me in the sun; Morning Canticles, for chorus; The World's Desire, for 4 voices, chorus & organ ("A Sequence for Epiphany")...
Performers: Bednall, David; Clulow, Simon; Cotton, Jacob; Foulkesl, Stephen; Maxwell, Leonie; Milne, Iain; Sheldrake, Christopher; Wells Cathedral Choir
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: Wells Cathedral Choir

Kenneth Leighton's music stands at the heart of English cathedral repertoire and demonstrates the composer's happy absorption in this milieu from an early age. This...continue...