Hyperion
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Adeste fideles
Christmas music from Westminster Cathedral
Iain Simcock (organ)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell
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This disc is studded with pleasures, even (especially in the Petrarch sonnets) with flashes of ecstasy. Fine sound too —
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The performance is so good, conveying a genuine contemplative intimacy —
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Bob Chilcott: Requiem & other works
Andrew Staples (tenor), Laurie Ashworth (soprano) & Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Jonathan Vaughn (organ) & Alfie Johnson (tubular bell), Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir, with The Nash Ensemble, Matthew Owens
Can something be too beautiful? It's a thought that struck me occasionally, listening to Bob Chilcott's new Requiem...there's plenty of fluid writing for the choir and two excellent soloists,... —
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Westminster Cathedral Choir is at its best in the large-scale drama of the Credo of the Mass…though they discover a truly moving spaciousness in O quam suavis est…overall, a convincing introduction... —
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His music doesn’t deserve its neglect, even if his settings of Meinem Kinde and Morgen won’t displace Strauss’s...[Bevan] is characterful in the song quoting Mendelssohn’s Wedding March ironically,... —
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There are excellent moments in Tiberghien’s Preludes: the beautiful voicing of No. 1, or the interesting pacing for the F minor, in which he holds back the energy at first, then lets it build... —
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He plays here not only with his usual technical facility and understanding of the Lisztian idiom, but also with verve, wit, and an enjoyment that he conveys to the listener —
