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Benjamin Nicholas draws parallels between the familiar English choral sound of Howells and that of contemporary composer Ian Venables. Venables’ Requiem has already been warmly received by critics in a 2020 recording with just organ accompaniment. Now, Nicholas and his Merton College choir present it in an orchestrated version made specially for this recording.
The Howells items here are also premiere recordings: new instrumental accompaniments to two of his Four Anthems, in arrangements by Howells scholars Howard Eckdahl and Jonathan Clinch, illuminate and intensify his rich choral writing like back-lighting on a stained-glass window, and they are complemented by the first recording of Howells’ original orchestration of The House of the Mind – a chance to hear one of his major underperformed works, introspective yet dramatic. © Delphian Records
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Herbert Howells, Composer - Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Herbert Howells, Composer - Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher - Eppie Sharp, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Herbert Howells, Composer - Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher - Áine Smith, MainArtist - LucyAnne Fletcher, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher - Áine Smith, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Edmund Saddington, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, MainArtist - Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Ian Venables, Composer - Benjamin Nicholas, MainArtist - Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Orchestra - Paul Baxter, Producer - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
Album review
Benjamin Nicholas draws parallels between the familiar English choral sound of Howells and that of contemporary composer Ian Venables. Venables’ Requiem has already been warmly received by critics in a 2020 recording with just organ accompaniment. Now, Nicholas and his Merton College choir present it in an orchestrated version made specially for this recording.
The Howells items here are also premiere recordings: new instrumental accompaniments to two of his Four Anthems, in arrangements by Howells scholars Howard Eckdahl and Jonathan Clinch, illuminate and intensify his rich choral writing like back-lighting on a stained-glass window, and they are complemented by the first recording of Howells’ original orchestration of The House of the Mind – a chance to hear one of his major underperformed works, introspective yet dramatic. © Delphian Records
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:22
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir of Merton College, Oxford Benjamin Nicholas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Delphian Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2022 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2022 Delphian Records LTD
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