Vaughan Williams - A Cappella Choral Works
Laudibus, Mike Brewer
Vaughan Williams… musical personality shines out all through this selection of sacred and secular a cappella music… Mike Brewer's excellent chamber choir Laudibus sings with beautifully blended...
Vaughan Williams - A Cappella Choral Works
Laudibus, Mike Brewer
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Vaughan Williams… musical personality shines out all through this selection of sacred and secular a cappella music… Mike Brewer's excellent chamber choir Laudibus sings with beautifully blended...
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The Song of Songs stands apart from its Biblical surroundings as one of the supreme love poems of world literature, a celebration of erotic love in the form of a dialogue between a bridegroom and his bride, invoking all the senses – the fragrance of wine, blossom, fruits and spices. Ranging widely over five centuries,from the relative asperity of Dunstaple to the lush exoticism of Daniel-Lesur, this cherrypicked assortment of sweetmeats is given exultant life by Mike Brewer and Laudibus.
Brewer and his award-winning chamber choir Laudibus have unearthed some rare and precious gems in this recording of a cappella choral music by one of England’s best-loved composers. Little-known works both early and late nestle alongside repertory staples such as the glorious Mass in G minor, in a programme which displays Vaughan Williams’ indebtedness to both the sacred and secular instincts of his Elizabethan precursors.
Contents and tracklist
- Soprano Soloist (soprano), Tenor Soloist (tenor)
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Soprano Soloist (soprano), Tenor Soloist (tenor), Alto Soloist (alto), Bass Soloist (bass)
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Alto Soloist (alto)
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Tenor Soloist (tenor)
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Soprano Soloist (soprano)
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
- Soprano Soloist (soprano)
- Laudibus
- Michael Brewer
Awards and reviews
August 2008
Vaughan Williams… musical personality shines out all through this selection of sacred and secular a cappella music… Mike Brewer's excellent chamber choir Laudibus sings with beautifully blended tone, and good stand-out solo work… the disc offers must to discover and must to enjoy, and its altogether a treasurable contribution to the Vaughan Williams anniversary celebrations.
Fascinating and splendidly executed …enlightens and reveals as much as it Impresses and delights
Laudibus seems to be not one chamber choir but several on this CD
Magnificently sung … superlative recording
1st August 2008
The finely blended voices of Mike Brewer’s Laudibus, an offshoot of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, provide much pleasure in this inventive selection of a cappella Vaughan Williams. Little-heard late motets mix with early strivings and that radiant response to Tudor polyphony, the Mass in G minor. But as the disc advances, a doubt arises. Mass or folk song, everything is sung with the same rapt reverence. Let’s also have a little iron in the fire.
