Description
This recording was inspired by a unique collaboration between Tony Iommi (lead guitarist of Black Sabbath), the Dean of Birmingham, and the Cathedral Choir, gifting the download-only track, How Good It Is to the City of Birmingham, released in January 2017.
This new disc follows that with a collection of favourite anthems for the church’s year, and includes three works written over the last twenty years for Birmingham Cathedral and here receiving their first recording.
Track List
1
Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
2:05
2
Dum transisset Sabbatum – John Taverner
7:35
3
Ding dong! merrily on high – French, arr Stuart Nicholson
2:51
4
The Souls of the Righteous – Mary L Davies
1:30
5
When I survey the wondrous cross* – arr Marcus Huxley
4:26
6
Nunc dimittis* – Antony le Fleming
2:57
7
The heavens are telling the Father’s glory – Heinrich Schütz
4:43
8
O clap your hands (Birmingham setting)* – Bryan Kelly
5:08
9
If ye love me – Thomas Tallis
2:10
10
Say, where is He born? – Felix Mendelssohn
2:37
11
Méditation (organ) – Maurice Duruflé
4:30
12
Kyrie eleison (8 voices) – Mendelssohn
1:34
13
Christus factus est – Anton Bruckner
4:53
14
The Lamentation – Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
10:02
15
Lift thine eyes – Mendelssohn
1:58
16
Tu Trinitatis – Antonin Dvořák
2:41
17
Beati quorum via – Charles Villiers Stanford
3:26
18
Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
3:49
19
Faire is the heaven – Sir William Harris
4:50
Total Playing time: 73:51
Production credits
Recorded in Birmingham Cathedral 20-22 April 2016, by permission of the Dean
Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole
Assistant: Matt Pinfield
Edited by Steve Swinden and Gary Cole
Reviews
‘…the 73 minutes flew by in what is a most enjoyable and proficient release.’ Crossrhythms.com
‘One senses real enthusiasm in the singing, together with an attention to detail that Marcus Huxley brings to the performances. The choir blends very well together, with variety being achieved by using just upper voices or lower voices for a few of the pieces. ’
Cathedral Music November 2017
