Utwory na płycie:

• Drop, drop, slow tears
• Requiem: ii. The Lord is my shepherd
• Requiem: iii. Requiem aeternam
• Requiem: iv. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
• Requiem: v. Requiem aeternam (2)
• Requiem: vi. I heard a voice from heaven
• Lord, let me know mine end (from Songs of Farewell)
• A Litany: Drop, drop, slow tears
• Christe, qui lux es et dies
• A child's prayer
• In manus tuas (I)
• Into thy hands
• Funeral sentences
• They are at rest
• Requiem: i. Salvator mundi

Orlando Gibbons - arr. Percy Dearmer (1867 - 1936):
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

William Walton:
A Litany
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

Robert White:
Christie, Qui Lux es et Dies (I)

James MacMillan:
A Child's Prayer

John Sheppard:
In Manus Tuas (I)

Jonathan Dove:
Into Thy Hands

Thomas Morley:
Funeral Sentences

Edward Elgar:
They Are At Rest

Herbert Howells:
Requiem
I. Salvator Mundi
II. The Lord is My Shepherd
III. Requiem Aeternam (1)
IV. I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills
V. Requiem Aeternam (2)
VI. I Heard a Voice from Heaven

C. Hubert H. Parry:
Lord, Let Me Know Mine End from Songs of Farewell

Continuing Signum’s new partnership with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Cosort following the triumphant success of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts (SIGCD280), their next release will be a recording of the groups renowned a cappella programme of music for mourning and consolation. This is a beautifully poignant programme of British choral music, including works by composers as diverse as Morley and Dove, Sheppard and Walton and featuring Howells sublime Requiem.

BBC Music Magazine – *****

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