希科克斯指揮芬齊合唱作品集 (世界首度CD發行)

英國作曲家Gerald Finzi非常擅長於創作小編制的合唱作品,這套由指揮家Richard Hickox企畫的專輯收錄其最動聽的作品.世界首度CD發行,強力推薦!
 
Finzi – more master of the small-scale than the large-scale – had a fine ear for poetry and a great sensitivity in his verse settings. In 1978 and 1979, Richard Hickox made two LPs for Argo of (mainly) choral music by Gerald Finzi. Never issued in their entirety, they appear here complete on a 2CD set. They are filled out with a further L’Oiseau-Lyre LP of music for a cappella- chorus and choir with organ, recorded by Garrett O’Brien and his Exultate Singers in London’s Southwark Cathedral in 1979. This 2CD set presents two versions – choir/orchestra and choir/organ – of two of Finzi’s most substantial single-movement choral works: the Festival anthem ‘Lo, the full, final sacrifice’ and the ‘Magnificat’.
 
曲目:
GERALD FINZI
CD 1
Introit, Op. 6
with Simon Standage, violin
For St. Cecilia, Op. 30: Ceremonial ode for tenor solo, chorus & orchestra
Dies natalis, Op. 8: Cantata for tenor solo & orchestra
 
Philip Langridge, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
 
In terra pax, Op. 39: Christmas scene for soprano, baritone, small chorus & orchestra
Magnificat, Op. 36 for choir & orchestra
 
Norma Burrowes, soprano
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Richard Hickox Singers
City Of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
 
CD 2
Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26: Festival anthem for choir & orchestra
 
Richard Hickox Singers
City Of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
 
Seven Part Songs, Op. 17
God is gone up (Three Anthems, Op. 27)
Three Short Elegies, Op. 5
All this night, Op. 33
Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26: Festival anthem for choir & organ
Magnificat, Op. 36: for choir and organ
 
Exultate Singers
Garrett O’Brien
Timothy Farrell, organ
 
CD1: 1 & CD2 – FIRST RELEASE ON CD