Westminster Abbey Choir / James O'Donnell
Release Date: 02 June 2023
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571284200
Description
From established favourites by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir John Tavener, to recent works—including two premiere recordings—by Sir James MacMillan.
This is an outstanding programme of choral works with strong musical and historical connections to Westminster Abbey and its celebrated choir.
"This CD amply demonstrates that James O'Donnell passed on to his successor, Andrew Nethsingha, a choir in peak condition. The singing throughout is highly skilled and strongly committed. It's a demanding programme which presents the choir with a wide variety of challenges: all these challenges are successfully met." – MusicWeb International
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CHORAL AND SONG CHOICE, AUGUST 2023
"This, apparently his last recording at the Abbey [O'Donnell], sustains the remarkably high standards he and his choir consistently achieved during his tenure. A special sense of intimate devotion suffuses the opening Kyrie of Vaughan Williams's Mass, the singing restrained but immaculately controlled technically […]. In all, a fine and unmissable farewell by O'Donnell." – BBC Music Magazine; Performance 5 STARS, Recording 5 STARS
"James O'Donnell masterminds an account of Vaughan Williams's Mass in G minor to rank alongside the finest to have come my way [...]. In sum, this classy collection will surely give lasting pleasure." – Gramophone
"[Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor] the ebb and flow of the music is exquisitely controlled; the solo quartet emerges seamlessly from the texture and back again." – Cathedral Music
Tracklisting
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Polina Pastirchak, Anke Vondung, Sungmin Song, Milan Siljanov, Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochumer Symphoniker,
Kammerchor Stuttgart; Barockorchester Stuttgart; Frieder Bernius; Hannah Morrison; Franziska Bobe;
Choralchor der St. Johannis-Kantorei Rostock
Capella Daleminzia, Capella Vocale Waldheim, Rene Michael Roder
Gewandhaus Children's Choir, Frank-Steffen Elster, Gewandhaus Youth Choir, Gewandhaus Choir, Gregor
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Marek Mos
Herbert von Karajan; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Berliner Philharmoniker
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
