Wells Cathedral Choir & Matthew Owens - Burgon: Nunc dimittis, Short Mass & Other Choral Music (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
- Title: Burgon: Nunc dimittis, Short Mass & Other Choral Music
- Year Of Release: 2006 / 2023
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
- Total Time: 1:12:34
- Total Size: 272 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
02. Christ's Love: I. The Assumption
03. Short Mass: I. Kyrie
04. Short Mass: II. Gloria
05. Short Mass: III. Sanctus
06. Short Mass: IV. Benedictus
07. Short Mass: V. Agnus Dei
08. Of Flowers and Emeralds Sheen
09. Magnificat
10. Nunc dimittis
11. The First World: I. As the Angels Stood
12. The First World: II. Apple Blossom
13. Christ's Love: II. The Corpus Christi Carol
14. The Song of the Creatures
15. Death Be Not Proud
16. Come Let Us Pity Not the Dead
17. Te Deum
18. Nunc dimittis (1997 Version)
01. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
02. Christ's Love: I. The Assumption
03. Short Mass: I. Kyrie
04. Short Mass: II. Gloria
05. Short Mass: III. Sanctus
06. Short Mass: IV. Benedictus
07. Short Mass: V. Agnus Dei
08. Of Flowers and Emeralds Sheen
09. Magnificat
10. Nunc dimittis
11. The First World: I. As the Angels Stood
12. The First World: II. Apple Blossom
13. Christ's Love: II. The Corpus Christi Carol
14. The Song of the Creatures
15. Death Be Not Proud
16. Come Let Us Pity Not the Dead
17. Te Deum
18. Nunc dimittis (1997 Version)
The thirteen works recorded here range from the contemplative of the Nunc dimittis to the ceremonial of an anthem such as At the round earth’s imagined corners where the familiar Donne text receives a thoroughly fresh interpretation. This is music reaching out to a modern desire for immediate accessibility masking consummate artistry: ‘I can’t believe it’s not Rutter’, perhaps …
Television credits for Geoffrey Burgon include the music for Brideshead Revisited and the pop chart-topping Nunc dimittis (recorded here) which introduced the BBC’s John le Carré adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in 1979.
But commercial success should not prevent us from recognizing, and appreciating, a depth of invention and mastery of formal conception which might just as well be described as being firmly rooted in the classical tradition, and particularly that of the Anglican Church.
Television credits for Geoffrey Burgon include the music for Brideshead Revisited and the pop chart-topping Nunc dimittis (recorded here) which introduced the BBC’s John le Carré adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in 1979.
But commercial success should not prevent us from recognizing, and appreciating, a depth of invention and mastery of formal conception which might just as well be described as being firmly rooted in the classical tradition, and particularly that of the Anglican Church.
Year 2023 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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