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Hear My Words

Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Hear My Words

...grace and clarity
CHSA5085 (Chandos)
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Track Time Listen
1
Il salmo Miserere mei Deus

Il salmo Miserere mei Deus

Composer Gregorio Allegri
Band St. John's College Choir
14:07 Play $5.10
2
Ave, maris stella (version for choir)

Ave, maris stella (version for choir)

Composer Edvard Grieg
Band St. John's College Choir
03:20 Play $1.70
3
Bogoroditse Djevo (Mother of God and Virgin)

Bogoroditse Djevo (Mother of God and Virgin)

Composer Arvo Part
Band St. John's College Choir
01:17 Play $1.70
4
All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Hail, O Virgin Mother (Ave Maria)

All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Hail, O Virgin Mother (Ave Maria)

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov
Band St. John's College Choir
02:52 Play $1.70
5
Ave Maria

Ave Maria

Composer Robert Parsons
Band St. John's College Choir
05:42 Play $3.40
6
Motets for 5-8 Voices: Book 5 for 5 Voices: Exultate Deo

Motets for 5-8 Voices: Book 5 for 5 Voices: Exultate Deo

Composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Band St. John's College Choir
02:27 Play $1.70
7
Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei

Composer Thomas Tallis
Band St. John's College Choir
06:32 Play $3.40
8
A New Song

A New Song

Composer James MacMillan
Band St. John's College Choir
05:12 Play $3.40
9
Panis angelicus

Panis angelicus

Composer Thomas Aquinas / Cesar Franck
Band St. John's College Choir
03:43 Play $1.70
10
Jubilate Deo

Jubilate Deo

Composer Charles Villiers Stanford
Band St. John's College Choir
03:17 Play $1.70
11
O Taste and See

O Taste and See

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
Band St. John's College Choir
01:38 Play $1.70
12
O Lord, thou hast searched me out

O Lord, thou hast searched me out

Composer John Rutter
Band St. John's College Choir
07:38 Play $3.40
13
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

Composer Gabriel Faure / Jean Racine

 

Band St. John's College Choir
05:30 Play $3.40
14
Hear my words, ye people

Hear my words, ye people

Composer Hubert Parry
Band St. John's College Choir
14:12 Play $5.10
Total Running Time 77 minutes Purchase all tracks 
$13.00 
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The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge present their second album, recorded in St. John's College Chapel, containing a selection of music spanning over 500 years.

This album is licensed for download by Chandos.

Download includes - cover art

'The boy treble voices bring lustre and freshness to the sonority, and the singing throughout is stirring and polished.' Telegraph

'The boy trebles are...radiant, the tone pious and reverential, and the sound...exceptional.' Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco)

'The famous choir appear to thrive under Andrew Nethsingha's management...the trebles provide some star soloists.' Gramophone Magazine

'Sheer flexibility and technical quality...which is caught in rich and precise sound.' Choir and Organ

'...an enticing blend of the familiar and unfamiliar.' 5 stars Daily Mail

'Andrew Nethsingha knows how to fill every corner with grace and clarity...the choir sings suavely and radiantly without resorting to cathedral prissiness, a joy all round.' Classic FM Magazine

The music itself represents a time span of nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest piece dates from the first half of the sixteenth century, and the newest was composed as recently as 2007. The styles and genres are varied, but there are clear links between the works throughout. For example, several are based on texts from the psalms, and the works by Pärt, Parsons, and Rachmaninoff offer three radically different interpretations of the Ave Maria. Some of the works also add a solo instrument to the familiar mix of voices and organ. But perhaps most importantly, all the pieces recorded here sit comfortably under the heading of ‘Popular Choral Classics'. Allegri's Miserere is counted among the great classics of church music. Part of its mystique stems from its origins; for many years the work was performed only in the Sistine Chapel, and as with other works tied to a single place it became an object for pilgrimage. In this case the pilgrims included Mendelssohn, as well as Mozart who famously noted down the work from memory after leaving the Vatican, thereby risking excommunication by the Catholic Church. This new release also features Stanford's Jubilate, which was written for Trinity College, Cambridge. Intended as part of the service of Morning Prayer, it has long been one of the most popular canticles in the Anglican repertoire. In keeping with the text, Psalm 100, the tone is festive throughout.  Martin Ennis

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