
Cover: The angels rejoice at Jesus’s Ascension as He returns to the Father in Glory (2000) by Elizabeth Wang (1942-2016)
Hyperion CDA68454 · November 2025
Let all the world in every corner sing
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Reviews
- BBC Radio 3 Record Review2025A new recording of one of the most symphonic Anglican anthems of them all [Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn] … such a satisfyingly expansive performance … it’s a wonderful recording as well, with the organ and acoustic of…Read the review
- MusicWeb International2025The final album to be released by Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge under the leadership of Stephen Layton.Read the review
- Gramophone2025Each piece has been beautifully moulded, every detail carefully considered and then polished to an exemplary level of sparkling opulence.Read the review
Recorded: Various dates
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: November 2025
Total duration: 72 minutes 34 seconds
Track list
- Evening Hymn Te lucis ante terminumHenry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)6'25
- Greater love hath no man Many waters cannot quench loveJohn Ireland (1879-1962)6'17
- Blessed city, heavenly SalemSir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946)9'25
- My beloved spakePatrick Hadley (1899-1973)3'48
- O thou, the central orbCharles Wood (1866-1926)4'17
- Expectans expectavi This sanctuary of my soulCharles Wood (1866-1926)4'24
- O how glorious is the kingdomBasil Harwood (1859-1949)6'40
- Let all the world in every corner singKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'45
- Seek him that maketh the seven starsJonathan Dove (b1959)6'30
- St Albans triptych: Introduction with dancesMatthew Martin (b1976)3'52
- St Albans triptych: Intermezzo: LamentoMatthew Martin (b1976)2'43
- St Albans triptych: FugueMatthew Martin (b1976)4'56
- Lord, thou hast been our refugeSir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946)9'32
Recording details from Hyperion Records.