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A "Commissions & Premieres" subtitle from anybody else would mean new music, but only three of the pieces on this release from the Choir of New College, Oxford, are from the 21st century; the rest are all from the 20th century, and all of the music on the album draws in one way or another on even older traditions. It is a story, writes director Robert Quinney, "largely of continuity and conservatism: a performing and composing tradition quietly at work in cathedrals and the collegiate chapels of Oxford and Cambridge...." Quinney's notes, in fact, are a major attraction here, offering a deep dive into the composers who made this music and into the genius loci, the spirit of the place, that shaped it. Other choirs have begun to experiment with the collegiate repertory, but there is also room for this approach, which reveals some fine little-heard music. Good places to sample include the three Magnficat-Nunc dimittis pairs, of which the one by Herbert Howells is an unusually joyous work by his standards. The pairs by Paul Drayton and contemporary composer Deborah Pritchard evolve somewhat but are still, as Quinney says, conservative works. An important part of the "spirit of the place" is the acoustic of the New College Chapel, which is ideally treated here by Linn's engineers, bringing the elusive combination of resonance and clarity. This release is a nice find for lovers of the modern English choral tradition.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Sir William Harris, Composer - Edmund Spenser, Lyricist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
New College Service (Herbert Howells)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Herbert Howells, Composer - Bible, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Herbert Howells, Composer - Bible, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38 (Kenneth Leighton)
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrick Carey, Lyricist - Nick Pritchard, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrick Carey, Lyricist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrick Carey, Lyricist - Nick Pritchard, Soloist, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Phineas Fletcher, Lyricist
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
New College Service (Paul Drayton)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Bible, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Drayton, Composer
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Bible, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Drayton, Composer
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Hildegard of Bingen, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Caitlin Harrison, Composer
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Bible, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Deborah Pritchard, Composer
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Bible, Lyricist - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Deborah Pritchard, Composer
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Thomas Ken, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Choir of New College Oxford, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Quinney, Conductor, MainArtist - Toby Young, Composer
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
Albumbeschreibung
A "Commissions & Premieres" subtitle from anybody else would mean new music, but only three of the pieces on this release from the Choir of New College, Oxford, are from the 21st century; the rest are all from the 20th century, and all of the music on the album draws in one way or another on even older traditions. It is a story, writes director Robert Quinney, "largely of continuity and conservatism: a performing and composing tradition quietly at work in cathedrals and the collegiate chapels of Oxford and Cambridge...." Quinney's notes, in fact, are a major attraction here, offering a deep dive into the composers who made this music and into the genius loci, the spirit of the place, that shaped it. Other choirs have begun to experiment with the collegiate repertory, but there is also room for this approach, which reveals some fine little-heard music. Good places to sample include the three Magnficat-Nunc dimittis pairs, of which the one by Herbert Howells is an unusually joyous work by his standards. The pairs by Paul Drayton and contemporary composer Deborah Pritchard evolve somewhat but are still, as Quinney says, conservative works. An important part of the "spirit of the place" is the acoustic of the New College Chapel, which is ideally treated here by Linn's engineers, bringing the elusive combination of resonance and clarity. This release is a nice find for lovers of the modern English choral tradition.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Robert Quinney Choir of New College Oxford
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Linn Records
- Genre: Klassiek
2023 Outhere 2023 Linn Records
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