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Special offer. In Terra Pax
A Christmas Anthology
Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)
City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections.
Special offer. In Terra Pax
A Christmas Anthology
Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)
City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections.
About
Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas.
The choral music on this disc includes Holst’s surprisingly neglected Christmas Day, as well as music by Leighton, Joubert, Mathias, Gardner and Rutter.
The nostalgic mood of Howells’s evergreen carol anthems is echoed in Finzi’s In terra pax, which recalls the pealing of bells at midnight on a frosty Christmas Eve.
The City of London Choir, which enjoys an enviable reputation as a “leader among non-professional choruses” (The Times), makes its Naxos début with this delightful recording.
Contents and tracklist
- Julia Doyle, Lydia Challen, Julian Davies, Simon Oberst
- City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Mark Williams
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Roderick Williams
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Julia Doyle, Roderick Williams, Mark Williams
- City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Julia Doyle, Mark Williams
- City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Julia Doyle
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Mark Williams
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Mark Williams, Ben Glassberg
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- Mark Williams
- City of London Choir
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Hilary Davan Wetton
- City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Hilary Davan Wetton
Spotlight on this release
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Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells
17th Oct 2014
David picks out some top recordings of two great twentieth-century English composers, Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells.
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Christmas Releases
30th Nov 2009
Festive albums from Ex Cathedra, The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week30th November 2009
Christmas 2009
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections.
4th December 2009
...an outstanding account of one of the minor masterpieces of 20th-century English music.
