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This is not just another collection of Anglican church music, but is devoted to a specific genre, the hymn anthem, which became distinct around 1880 and picked up speed in the early 20th century as large churches sought ways to connect more directly with those who attended their services. It might be viewed as a sort of large, German, late-Romantic counterpart to the Bach cantata: composers built medium-sized pieces, mostly atop organ accompaniment (if you're buying the album for the popular trumpeter Alison Balsom, note that she appears only in at the very end), on well-known hymn tunes. There are a few organ-only pieces constructed according to the same principle. It's an appealing combination that seems to have led the composers involved -- a few big names including Parry, Stanford, and Vaughan Williams, but others largely forgotten outside of England -- to a new simplicity. The choristers of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, responded to this simplicity with very strong performances, and the engineering work at their own chapel is absolutely superb. Recommended even for those who don't think they like English choral music.
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Hubert Parry, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Douglas Tang, Organ, MainArtist - Tom Pickard, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Daniel D'Souza, MainArtist, BassVocals
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Parker Ramsay, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Parker Ramsay, Organ, MainArtist - Edward C Bairstow, Composer
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Percy Whitlock, Composer
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Hubert Parry, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Henry Walford Davies, Composer - Parker Ramsay, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Aaron Harris, Composer - Douglas Tang, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - John Ireland, Composer - Tom Pickard, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Adam Banwell, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Parker Ramsay, MainArtist - Feargal Mostyn-Williams, MainArtist, Countertenor - Ruairi Bowen, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Benedict Oakley, MainArtist, BassVocals
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - George Dyson, Composer - Parker Ramsay, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Wood, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Douglas Tang, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Alison Balsom, Trumpet, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Douglas Tang, Organ, MainArtist
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
Album review
This is not just another collection of Anglican church music, but is devoted to a specific genre, the hymn anthem, which became distinct around 1880 and picked up speed in the early 20th century as large churches sought ways to connect more directly with those who attended their services. It might be viewed as a sort of large, German, late-Romantic counterpart to the Bach cantata: composers built medium-sized pieces, mostly atop organ accompaniment (if you're buying the album for the popular trumpeter Alison Balsom, note that she appears only in at the very end), on well-known hymn tunes. There are a few organ-only pieces constructed according to the same principle. It's an appealing combination that seems to have led the composers involved -- a few big names including Parry, Stanford, and Vaughan Williams, but others largely forgotten outside of England -- to a new simplicity. The choristers of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, responded to this simplicity with very strong performances, and the engineering work at their own chapel is absolutely superb. Recommended even for those who don't think they like English choral music.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:43
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury Alison Balsom
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Kings College Cambridge
- Genre: Classical
2014 King's College, Cambridge 2014 King's College, Cambridge
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