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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...

Music for Passiontide and Easter - Tallis, Weelkes, etc / Crossland, Nethsingha, Choir of Wells Cathedral

1 CD / Priory / 2008-08-12

Works: Thomas Tallis: Salvator mundi; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard that Absalom was slain; Edward Bairstow: The Lamentation; William Walton: A Litany; Marco Antonio Ingegneri: Responsoria hebdomadae san...
Performers: Nethsingha, Andrew
Conductors: Crossland, Anthony
Ensemble: Wells Cathedral Choir

This recording is of representative music for the adjoining but widely contrasted Christian seasons of Passiontide and Easter. The first half is concerned with the...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...

Elgar: Anthems & Motets / Willcocks, Darlington, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-09-02

Works: Edward Elgar: Great is the Lord, Op. 67; O Hearken Thou, Op. 64; The Light of Life, Op. 29; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Light of the World; Give unto the Lord, Op. 74; O salutaris hostia I; O salut...
Performers: Layton, Stephen; Lucas, Adrian; Luff, Nicholas; Nethsingha, Andrew; Parnell, Andrew; Vivian, James
Conductors: Willcocks, David, Sir; Walsh, Colin; Crossland, Anthony; Bramma, Harry; Wright, Peter; Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: All Saints Chorus London; Guildford Cathedral Choir; Lincoln Cathedral Choir; Southwark Cathedral Choir; St. Alban's Abbey Church Choir; Wells Cathedral Choir; Worcester Cathedral Choir

"Works full of tenderness coupled with aspiration...and nobility." Daniel Gregory Mason...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...