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

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

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...

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...

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...

The English Hymn Vol 2 - Jerusalem the Golden / Archer, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-02-01

Works: Hubert Parry: O praise ye the lord; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; At The Name Of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow; Herbert Stanley Oakeley: Sun of my soul, hymn; John Stainer: Hail, gladdening light; ...
Performers: Gough, Rupert; Wells Cathedral Choir; Whitehead, Laurence
Conductors: Archer, Malcolm
Ensemble: Wells Cathedral Choir

'Delivered with crisp, evocative conviction' (Classic FM Magazine)...continue...