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Parry: I was glad & other choral works

Daniel Cook (organ), Jonathan Brown (bass), Alexander Kyle (treble), David Martin (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Robert Macdonald (bass)

Westminster Abbey Choir, Onyx Brass, James O'Donnell

O'Donnell's performance of I was glad is hugely expansive and majestic...I'm not sure there isn't an element of overkill...Still, it's difficult to resist the spine-tingling monumentalism of...

Parry: I was glad & other choral works

Daniel Cook (organ), Jonathan Brown (bass), Alexander Kyle (treble), David Martin (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Robert Macdonald (bass)

Westminster Abbey Choir, Onyx Brass, James O'Donnell

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The pageantry of a nation is encapsulated in the music of Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet, Knight and fervent supporter of the suffragette movement.

This new programme from Westminster Abbey contains some lesser-known early works alongside blazing performances of the favourites, recorded in the very building for which many of them were so skilfully crafted.

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October 2015

O'Donnell's performance of I was glad is hugely expansive and majestic...I'm not sure there isn't an element of overkill...Still, it's difficult to resist the spine-tingling monumentalism of the performance, especially in its high-resolution download format...Jerusalem thrills without bombast, while a no-holds-barred Coronation Te Deum brings this virtually ideal introduction to Parry's choral output to a scorching conclusion.

September 2015

The Choir of Westminster Abbey give solid, well-crafted performances…Onyx Brass play very well, with a wide range of dynamics, and many listeners may welcome their contribution…there is also a plethora of magical orchestral registers [from the Abbey's 105-stop Harrison organ], brilliantly exploited by Daniel Cook in his superb, colourful accompaniments.

23rd August 2015

the work that truly sends shivers up and down the spine in this programme is the anthem “I Was Glad”...Parry clearly knew the abbey’s acoustics...and the way that the words and music fill the resonant architectural expanses while, under James O’Donnell’s knowledgeable direction, remaining sharply focused is another thrilling facet of this performance.

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