Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas - Orchestral Anthems Vol. 2: Bairstow | Elgar | Ireland | Stanford | Walton | Wesley (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. The Light of Life in G Major, Op. 29: VI. Light out of Darkness
02. Morning, Evening and Communion Service in A Major, Op. 12: XI. Magnificat
03. Morning, Evening and Communion Service in A Major, Op. 12: XII. Nunc Dimittis
04. Lord, thou hast been our Refuge in A Major
05. 3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: III. Rhosymedre (Arr. for Orchestra by Arnold Foster)
06. Ascribe unto the Lord in G Major: I. Ascribe unto the Lord
07. Ascribe unto the Lord in G Major: II. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
08. Ascribe unto the Lord in G Major: III. As for for gods of the heathen
09. Ascribe unto the Lord in G major: IV. They that make them are like unto them
11. Greater Love Hath No Man
12. The Twelve

The Choir of Merton College reunites with Britten Sinfonia to explore some much-loved Anglican repertoire in its full orchestral splendour.Stanford in A, as it was originally heard in 1880, reveals its symphonic side, not least in the masterful and eloquently scored Nunc dimittis. Anthems by Elgar and Bairstow gain new life in their original scoring, while others, originally for organ, are given added dimensions by their composers' orchestrations.Walton's The Twelvematches W.H. Auden's striking and dramatic poetry with typically dynamic vocal and instrumental writing; Ireland's Greater love and Wesley's mighty Ascribe unto the Lord bring to the anthem tradition a richness of harmony and orchestral colour to which Benjamin Nicholas's combined forces do full-blooded justice.

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