The Sun Most Radiant: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 4
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
gloriously broad, magisterial readings of Browne’s two Salve Regina settings and other solemn delights by Horwood and William, Monk of Stratford, delivering the listener to the beating heart...
The Sun Most Radiant: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 4
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
gloriously broad, magisterial readings of Browne’s two Salve Regina settings and other solemn delights by Horwood and William, Monk of Stratford, delivering the listener to the beating heart...
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On 'The Sun Most Radiant', their fourth volume of music from the Eton Choirbook, The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and director Stephen Darlington give glorious performances of 15th-century English sacred music including first recordings of works by John Browne and William Horwood.
This collection of music from the Eton Choirbook, the vast collection of English sacred music from the early Renaissance, is the fourth in an acclaimed series by Stephen Darlington and The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford which has proved to be a thrilling encounter with the remarkable world of the liturgy of Eton College Chapel in the late 15th century. This sumptuous volume includes two first recordings: John Browne's second setting of the Salve Regina, and William Horwood's Gaude flore virginali. This music was firmly rooted in the daily devotional life of the College, appreciated by all and not just a worshipping élite. The boys and men of Christ Church Cathedral choir maintain this tradition with a special affinity for this glorious repertoire and deliver performances of unreserved commitment.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineNovember 2016Editor's Choice
May 2017
gloriously broad, magisterial readings of Browne’s two Salve Regina settings and other solemn delights by Horwood and William, Monk of Stratford, delivering the listener to the beating heart of late medieval Marian devotion
November 2016
With this instalment of music from the Eton Choirbook, the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral sets out to rival The Sixteen’s five-volume anthology...Already it seems to me that they surpass it technically – which is remarkable considering the inevitable changes of personnel that time imposes on a choir with boy trebles – and interpretatively.
2nd October 2016
The first [Salve Regina setting] contains glories enough, but the male-voice second possesses remarkable sensual richness and sense of destination. The performances of these, and of William Horwood’s Gaude Flore Virginali and a Magnificat by William, Monk of Stratford, are excellent.
