English Choral Music
Benjamin Britten / Ralph Vaughan Williams / Gustav Holst / Herbert Howells / David Bedford

English Choral Music

Netherlands Chamber Choir

GLO 5170 - 8711525517004

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With John Alldis, one of today's great expert conductors for this kind of repertoire, the illustrious Netherlands Chamber Choir once again gives a superb example of its versatility with this album devoted to some of the greatest English Choral Music ever written for a cappella chorus. Stunningly beautiful choral pieces, some of which have either never before (David Bedford's The Golden Wind is Drunk) or very rarely (Herbert Howell's Requiem) been recorded, and most certainly never on such a high performance level! A record that needs no further recommendation and undoubtedly will find its own way to the ears and hearts of all lovers of great choral master pieces and great choral singing.

Tracklisting
  • 1
    Three Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five
    02:36
  • 2
    Three Shakespeare Songs: the Cloud-Capp'd Towers
    02:01
  • 3
    Three Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale
    00:59
  • 4
    Requiem: Salvator Mundi
    02:01
  • 5
    Requiem: Psalm 23
    02:10
  • 6
    Requiem: Requiem Aeternam (I)
    03:21
  • 7
    Requiem: Psalm 121
    02:06
  • 8
    Requiem: Requiem Aeternam (II)
    03:32
  • 9
    Requiem: I Heard a Voice from Heaven
    04:13
  • 10
    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26, 3rd Group: Hymn to the Dawn
    03:07
  • 11
    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26, 3rd Group: Hymn to the Waters
    02:00
  • 12
    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26, 3rd Group: Hymn to Vena
    05:03
  • 13
    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26, 3rd Group: Hymn of the Travellers
    02:27
  • 14
    Five Flower Songs: To Daffodils
    02:26
  • 15
    Five Flower Songs: The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
    01:56
  • 16
    Five Flower Songs: Marsh Flowers
    02:01
  • 17
    Five Flower Songs: The Evening Primrose
    02:25
  • 18
    Five Flower Songs: Ballad of Green Broom
    01:58
  • 19
    The Golden Wine Is Drunk
    13:06