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"Rosa Mystica" takes its title from Benjamin Britten’s passionate setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins and forms the centrepiece of a programme ranging from the glorious Tudor polyphony of Nicholas Ludford’s motet Ave cujus conception via Bruckner’s dramatically contrasted Ave Maria to the Norwegian Ole Gjeilo’s apparently simple but sophisticated Second Eve, composed as recently as 2012.
Two versions of the Magnificat are heard in George Dyson’s bewitchingly peaceful depiction of the Virgin Mary, composed just after the end of the Second World War, and Herbert Howell’s more troubled setting for Chichester Cathedral in 1967. The enduring fascination with and devotion to Mary in the modern era is represented by a diverse array of composers from the austere, hushed, mystical atmospheres of John Tavener’s Mother of God, here I stand, the jazz-Blues-accented Ave Maria of Carl Rütti, rich harmonic and colour palette of Judith Bingham’s Ave Virgo Sanctissima and Trond Kverno’s beautiful, unusual setting of Ave Maris Stella to Cecilia McDowall’s short but highly effective carol, Of a Rose. © SOMM Recordings
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Mother of God, here I stand (Sir John Tavener)
Sir John Tavener, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Ave cujus conceptio (Nicholas Ludford)
Nicholas Ludford, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Ave Maria, WAB 6 (Anton Bruckner)
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Mater salutaris (Martin Dalby)
Martin Dalby, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir - Callum Alger, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Second Eve (Ola Gjeilo)
Paul Spicer, Conductor - Ola Gjeilo, Composer - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in F Major (George Dyson)
George Dyson, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir - Callum Alger, Artist - Isabella Abbot Parker, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
A.M.D.G. (Ad majorem Dei gloriam) (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Chichester Service) (Herbert Howells)
Herbert Howells, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir - Callum Alger, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Ave Maria (Carl Rütti)
Carl Rutti, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir - Callum Alger, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove, HWC 312 (Healey Willan)
Healey Willan, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Ave Virgo Sanctissima (Judith Bingham)
Judith Bingham, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir - Imogen Russell, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Hymne à la Vierge (Pierre Villette)
Pierre Villette, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir - Imogen Russell, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Ave maris stella (Trond Kverno)
Paul Spicer, Conductor - Trond Kverno, Composer - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Of a Rose (Cecilia McDowall)
Unknown Artist, Artist - Cecilia McDowall, Composer - Paul Spicer, Conductor - Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Album review
"Rosa Mystica" takes its title from Benjamin Britten’s passionate setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins and forms the centrepiece of a programme ranging from the glorious Tudor polyphony of Nicholas Ludford’s motet Ave cujus conception via Bruckner’s dramatically contrasted Ave Maria to the Norwegian Ole Gjeilo’s apparently simple but sophisticated Second Eve, composed as recently as 2012.
Two versions of the Magnificat are heard in George Dyson’s bewitchingly peaceful depiction of the Virgin Mary, composed just after the end of the Second World War, and Herbert Howell’s more troubled setting for Chichester Cathedral in 1967. The enduring fascination with and devotion to Mary in the modern era is represented by a diverse array of composers from the austere, hushed, mystical atmospheres of John Tavener’s Mother of God, here I stand, the jazz-Blues-accented Ave Maria of Carl Rütti, rich harmonic and colour palette of Judith Bingham’s Ave Virgo Sanctissima and Trond Kverno’s beautiful, unusual setting of Ave Maris Stella to Cecilia McDowall’s short but highly effective carol, Of a Rose. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:38
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir Callum Alger Isabella Abbot Parker Imogen Russell Paul Spicer Unknown Artist
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
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