The Sun Most Radiant: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 4

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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... — Choir & Organ, May 2017 More…

Release Date: 9th Sep 2016
Catalogue No: AV2359
Label: Avie
Series: Music from the Eton Choirbook
Length: 68 minutes

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Browne, J: Salve regina I

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Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Stephen Darlington

Browne, J: Salve Regina II

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Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Stephen Darlington

Horwood, W: Gaude Flore Virginali

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Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Stephen Darlington

Stratford: Magnificat

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Stephen Darlington

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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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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.

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