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Magnificat, Vol. 4

7/12/2024, 18 Tracks, 1:19:32

Featuring

  • Alex Semple
  • Andrew Nethsingha
  • George Herbert
  • Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge
  • Anna Semple
  • Judith Weir
  • Jonathan Dove
  • Herbert Howells
  • Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
  • Adrian Cruft
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Herbert Murrill
  • Piers Kennedy

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Recording & Production

The album includes two works commissioned for the College Choir, by Judith Weir and Jonathan Dove.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis are principal canticles from the older services of Vespers and Compline, combined into one service of Evening Prayer by Cranmer.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The Te Deum, included on this recording, is a Christian hymn from no later than the fourth century, not a biblical text, and has been used in daily offices and special liturgies of praise.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is the first in the Magnificat series to feature canticle settings by female composers.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording is believed to be the first of the original version of Herbert Howells' Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E, written for tenors and basses.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording session was the first to include girls in the treble line of the St John's College Choir.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is the final volume in a Magnificat series recorded by Andrew Nethsingha with the St John's College Choir.

Source: Booklet

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