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Album Veröffentlichung:
2019

HRA-Veröffentlichung:
07.06.2019

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  • Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983): Te Deum and Jubilate "Collegium Regale":
  • 1Te Deum and Jubilate "Collegium Regale": Te Deum08:52
  • An English Mass:
  • 2An English Mass: I. Kyrie05:42
  • 3An English Mass: II. Credo08:40
  • 4An English Mass: III. Sursum corda00:58
  • 5An English Mass: IV. Sanctus02:50
  • 6An English Mass: V. Benedictus04:12
  • 7An English Mass: VI. Agnus Dei03:34
  • 8An English Mass: VII. Gloria09:09
  • Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Regale":
  • 9Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Regale": Magnificat04:57
  • Cello Concerto:
  • 10Cello Concerto: I. Fantasia. Tranquillo - Assai andante17:08
  • 11Cello Concerto: II. Threnody. Lento calmato - Assai teneramente09:19
  • 12Cello Concerto: III. Finale. Allegro vigoroso08:32
  • Six Pieces for Organ:
  • 13Six Pieces for Organ: VI. Paean06:14
  • 14Six Pieces for Organ: III. Master Tallis's Testament06:43
  • Three Rhapsodies, Op. 17:
  • 15Three Rhapsodies, Op. 17: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor06:39
  • Total Runtime01:43:29

Info zu Howells: Cello Concerto, An English Mass

A double-album set of orchestral, choral and organ music by one of the most distinguished English composers of the 20th century. Herbert Howells’ An English Mass is presented by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge with the Britten Sinfonia, recorded in the sublime acoustic of King’s College Chapel. Alongside the work is the magnificent orchestrated Te Deum from the Collegium Regale service, and a premiere recording of the Magnificat from the same service, orchestrated by John Rutter. For both these recordings, the Choir and orchestra are joined additionally by the King’s College mixed voice choir, King’s Voices.

Howells’ completed Cello Concerto is performed by former King’s chorister Guy Johnston, one of the UK’s best solo cellists, with the Britten Sinfonia directed by Christopher Seaman. Also recorded in King’s College Chapel, the surround-sound recording presents this glorious, but lesser-known work in a way never before heard, but in an environment perfectly suited to Howells’ music. Stephen Cleobury rounds off the second part of the album with three of Howells’ best-known organ works, performed on the recently-restored Harrison & Harrison organ, also presented here in surround-sound.

Accompanying the album are specially-written essays by two of the foremost experts on the composer. Paul Spicer explores how the thrilling Te Deum came about as the result of a bet between Howells and the Dean of King’s, and the subsequent canticle settings for cathedrals and foundations across the land for which Howells became so well-known. An English Mass, in contrast, is one of Howells’ darkest religious works, with an agonising and troubled presentation of much of the Mass, and Spicer’s essay considers Howells’ state of mind and some of the possible reasons for this. Jonathan Clinch’s essay describes the fascinating journey of completing Howells’ Cello Concerto, giving a remarkable insight into the mind of the composer and the history of the work itself.

Guy Johnston, cello
Stephen Cleobury, organ
Britten Sinfonia
King's College Choir Cambridge
King's Voices
Christopher Seaman, conductor



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