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Dormi Jesu: A Caius Christmas (the name refers to the Choir of Gonville & Caius College at Cambridge University) is one of a number of recordings by the venerable English university and cathedral choirs aiming to modernize and expand their repertory. The wrinkle here is that most of the music is not English. That may be anathema to the Classic FM listener hoping to experience just a little bit more Empire, but there's no denying that director Geoffrey Webber has put together an innovative program that stretches from limpid traditional carols to the title work by none other than Anton Webern, all without showing any signs of strain or startlement. He manages this by picking pieces of a common straightforward texture, even if not a common harmonic language, and letting the choir do its expert thing. Generally Webber sticks to traditional and Renaissance pieces on one hand and contemporary choral music on the other, but he goes well beyond the usual British music involved in such programs and touches on Poulenc, Giovanni Gabrieli, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and the not-often-programmed Carl Rütti of Switzerland, whose lovely A Patre unigenitus (track 2) makes a good place to start sampling. The texts are thematically varied, with the naturalness of the musical segue being the main programming idea, and the whole thing makes a satisfying and fresh package. The Delphian label has been doing excellent engineering work with English choirs, and here, working in the Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist in South East London, they achieve superior results.
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Michael Praetorius, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Jan Sandstrom, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Carl Rutti, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Matthew Owens, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Herbert Howells, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Traditional, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Thomas Hewitt Jones, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Traditional, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Traditional, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Peter Tranchell, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Pierre Villette, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
William Mathias, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Robert Parsons, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Anton Webern, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Joe Shiner, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - William Walton, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Martin Shaw, Composer - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Traditional, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Composer - Geoffrey Webber, Conductor - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, MainArtist - Delphian Records Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records
Album review
Dormi Jesu: A Caius Christmas (the name refers to the Choir of Gonville & Caius College at Cambridge University) is one of a number of recordings by the venerable English university and cathedral choirs aiming to modernize and expand their repertory. The wrinkle here is that most of the music is not English. That may be anathema to the Classic FM listener hoping to experience just a little bit more Empire, but there's no denying that director Geoffrey Webber has put together an innovative program that stretches from limpid traditional carols to the title work by none other than Anton Webern, all without showing any signs of strain or startlement. He manages this by picking pieces of a common straightforward texture, even if not a common harmonic language, and letting the choir do its expert thing. Generally Webber sticks to traditional and Renaissance pieces on one hand and contemporary choral music on the other, but he goes well beyond the usual British music involved in such programs and touches on Poulenc, Giovanni Gabrieli, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and the not-often-programmed Carl Rütti of Switzerland, whose lovely A Patre unigenitus (track 2) makes a good place to start sampling. The texts are thematically varied, with the naturalness of the musical segue being the main programming idea, and the whole thing makes a satisfying and fresh package. The Delphian label has been doing excellent engineering work with English choirs, and here, working in the Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist in South East London, they achieve superior results.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:17
- Main artists: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Delphian Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd (P) 2014 Delphian Records Ltd
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