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The grand collegiate choirs of England continue to flourish, and it's not surprising that composers continue to write music for them following well-worn paths. A rising star in the field is Matthew Martin, a product of the same Magdalen College Oxford music forces that perform here, but also in demand among other college and cathedral choirs. What some may think of this selection of mostly brand-new, organ-accompanied music depends largely on any feelings toward Martin's models: Kenneth Leighton, and before him, Benjamin Britten and a host of other composers of British sacred music going back to the 19th century. The hallmarks of the style are there: the quartal harmonies deployed in fanfare-like bursts, the quasi-Renaissance moves, the broadly pictorial writing. Martin perhaps has a bit more of Stravinsky's neo-classical sacred music in the mix than the others, but it would be hard to say he has advanced the tradition much. He has, nevertheless, handled it suavely, and the musicians involved in the project, under director Daniel Hyde, are to the manner (and perhaps the manor) born. So are the engineers from Opus Arte, who get absolute clarity, curiously not from the Magdalen College Chapel but from that of Oxford's Keble College. Recommended for aficionados of the big British choral styles.
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Jubilate Deo (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
I saw the Lord (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Bible - Old Testament, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Christe redemptor omnium (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Chester Missa Brevis (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Te lucis ante terminum (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
St. John's College Service (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Justorum Animae (Matthew Martin)
Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Dormi, Jesu! (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
A Hymn of St. Ambrose (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Short Mass of St. Dominic (Matthew Martin)
Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
A Song of the New Jerusalem (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Laudate Dominum (Matthew Martin)
Stephen Farr, Performer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor - Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Choir - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Martin, Composer
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
Album review
The grand collegiate choirs of England continue to flourish, and it's not surprising that composers continue to write music for them following well-worn paths. A rising star in the field is Matthew Martin, a product of the same Magdalen College Oxford music forces that perform here, but also in demand among other college and cathedral choirs. What some may think of this selection of mostly brand-new, organ-accompanied music depends largely on any feelings toward Martin's models: Kenneth Leighton, and before him, Benjamin Britten and a host of other composers of British sacred music going back to the 19th century. The hallmarks of the style are there: the quartal harmonies deployed in fanfare-like bursts, the quasi-Renaissance moves, the broadly pictorial writing. Martin perhaps has a bit more of Stravinsky's neo-classical sacred music in the mix than the others, but it would be hard to say he has advanced the tradition much. He has, nevertheless, handled it suavely, and the musicians involved in the project, under director Daniel Hyde, are to the manner (and perhaps the manor) born. So are the engineers from Opus Arte, who get absolute clarity, curiously not from the Magdalen College Chapel but from that of Oxford's Keble College. Recommended for aficionados of the big British choral styles.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:07
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Stephen Farr Daniel Hyde Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford
- Composer: Matthew Martin
- Label: Opus Arte
- Area: Angleterre
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Composers born after 1958
(C) 2015 Opus Arte (P) 2015 Opus Arte
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