Release Date: 12 January 2015
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599921402
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Tchaikovsky
Description
A new choral compendium from the highly regarded Choir of Royal Holloway, comprising twentieth- and twenty-first century works inspired by the adulation of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. In many ways it was Britten's Hymn to Saint Cecilia - first performed on the radio in 1942-that rekindled musicians' interest in celebrating their patron saint. The Musicians Benevolent Fund revived the tradition of an annual service of celebration for St Cecilia in 1947, and has marked the occasion with a new commission almost every year. Many of the pieces on this recording are the result of those commissions. Also included is a new work by Gabriel Jackson, one of the most popular choral composers of today, featuring Dame Felicity Lott.
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Sascha Goetzel
Oliver Barlow; Arlo Murray; Sergej Merkusjev; Joonas Ahonen; Barbara Kozelj; London Philharmonic Or
Masaaki Suzuki
Miklos Spanyi
Franz Halasz
Cecilia Zilliacus; Kati Raitinen; Bengt Forsberg; Peter Friis Johansson
Bach Collegium Japan; Hana Blazikova; Carolyn Sampson; Robin Blaze; Yoshikazu Mera; Makoto Sakurada
Arte dei Suonatori; Marcin Swiatkiewicz
