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The novelty of this album of anthems, significant enough to propel it onto British classical sales charts, is the presence of female singers. The program, consisting of half-Renaissance music and half-19th/20th century works, is of a common enough type, and the music is quite familiar. But the presence of the new Canterbury Cathedral Girls' Choir lends an effect quite different from the usual boys' groups on the top voices. (There are choirboys at Canterbury Cathedral, but this release features only the girls and the choir's adult male Lay Clerks.) The girls range in age from 12 to 18, and director David Newsholme shapes it intelligently: they keep the ethereality of boys but have just a bit more heft. Try one of the Three Motets, Op. 38, of Charles Villiers Stanford (1890). There are plenty of recordings of these, quite a few of which are by mixed choirs including John Rutter's Cambridge Singers. But the delicacy of this one is hard to match. Signum also does a fine job in Canterbury Cathedral, which does not have the long recording history of other English cathedral groups. On the evidence here, though, they're going to catch up fast.
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Thomas Tallis, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ensemble - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
William BYRD, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ensemble - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Stephen Foster, MainArtist - Paul Young, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - James Hall, MainArtist - David Newsholme, Conductor - Saskia Jamieson-Bibb, MainArtist - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble - Adrian Bawtree, MainArtist - Sam Sytsma, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Stephen Foster, MainArtist - Paul Young, MainArtist - William Croft, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble - Adrian Bawtree, MainArtist - Sam Sytsma, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Nicholas Wearne, MainArtist - Maurice Green, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Saskia Jamieson-Bibb, MainArtist - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble - Ellen Spurling, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Stephen Foster, MainArtist - William Boyce, Composer - Paul Young, MainArtist - Nicholas Wearne, MainArtist - Elizabeth Green, MainArtist - David Newsholme, Conductor - Saskia Jamieson-Bibb, MainArtist - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble - Sam Sytsma, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ensemble - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ensemble - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ensemble - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble - Adrian Bawtree, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
William Henry Harris, Composer - David Newsholme, Conductor - Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ensemble - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Herbert Howells, Composer - Nicholas Wearne, MainArtist - David Newsholme, Conductor - Saskia Jamieson-Bibb, MainArtist - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Nicholas Wearne, MainArtist - David Newsholme, Conductor - Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Ensemble
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
Album review
The novelty of this album of anthems, significant enough to propel it onto British classical sales charts, is the presence of female singers. The program, consisting of half-Renaissance music and half-19th/20th century works, is of a common enough type, and the music is quite familiar. But the presence of the new Canterbury Cathedral Girls' Choir lends an effect quite different from the usual boys' groups on the top voices. (There are choirboys at Canterbury Cathedral, but this release features only the girls and the choir's adult male Lay Clerks.) The girls range in age from 12 to 18, and director David Newsholme shapes it intelligently: they keep the ethereality of boys but have just a bit more heft. Try one of the Three Motets, Op. 38, of Charles Villiers Stanford (1890). There are plenty of recordings of these, quite a few of which are by mixed choirs including John Rutter's Cambridge Singers. But the delicacy of this one is hard to match. Signum also does a fine job in Canterbury Cathedral, which does not have the long recording history of other English cathedral groups. On the evidence here, though, they're going to catch up fast.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Canterbury Cathedral Girls’ Choir David Newsholme
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2018 Signum Records (P) 2018 Signum Records
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