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Hail, Gladdening Light - Music Of The English Church

6/16/2011, 23 Tracks, 1:11:44

Featuring

  • John Rutter
  • Karen Kerslake
  • Frances Jellard
  • Caroline Ashton
  • Cambridge Singers
  • Anonymous
  • Henry Purcell
  • John Amner
  • Thomas Tomkins
  • Edward C. Bairstow
  • John Goss
  • John Taverner
  • Peter Philips
  • Herbert Howells
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Richard Dering
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Charles Wood
  • John Tavener
  • Edward Elgar
  • Sir William Walton
  • Thomas Morley
  • William Byrd
  • Robert Stone
  • John Sheppard
  • William Henry Harris

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Recording & Production

The album includes a new setting of a familiar 19th-century hymn text, 'Loving Shepherd of thy sheep,' written specifically for this recording by John Rutter.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording features twenty-three examples of English sacred a cappella choral music, recorded in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The album's title, 'Music of the English Church,' is broadly interpreted to include music that has become part of the English Church's choral repertory, even if not originally intended for church performance.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Cambridge Singers, a mixed-voice choir of about 28 voices, was formed in 1981 by their director, John Rutter, with former members of Cambridge collegiate choirs.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album highlights that dividing lines between sacred and secular music should not be too rigidly drawn, as some pieces were published in collections also containing secular works.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The music on this album is not grouped chronologically, allowing for illuminating affinities to emerge between composers from different centuries.

Source: Booklet

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