Cover: Christ stood before the tabernacle, surrounded by adoring angels (2005) by Elizabeth Wang (1942-2016)
Hyperion CDA68251 · April 2021
McDowall: Sacred choral music
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
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Reviews
- Gramophone2021A typically meticulous recording by Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, sensitive to every nuance of phrasing and articulation—a glossy account of a sequence of well-crafted anthems, with a bonus in the form of…Read the review
- BBC Music Magazine2021Released to celebrate the British composer’s 70th birthday, this recording surveys Cecilia McDowall’s substantial choral output, most of it written in the past two decades. She could scarcely have a better group to sing it than…Read the review
- BBC Radio 3 CD Review2021It’s a fine recording … really well balanced and with all the choral quality and discipline we’ve come to expect from Layton and co. Cecilia McDowall couldn’t ask for a better showcase for her choral music.Read the review
- British Music Society Journal2021With this CD the discerning collector is once again in debt to Hyperion’s stimulating catalogue of contemporary choral repertoire, one enhanced by performances and recordings of the highest quality. Here we are introduced to the…Read the review
- Music Web International2021I’ve heard a good deal of Cecilia McDowall’s music in the last couple of decades. Almost invariably I’ve been impressed and delighted by what I’ve heard, so I was very pleased when this new CD from the Choir of Trinity College…Read the review
- Opera Today2021Coinciding with Cecilia McDowall’s 70th year, this recent Hyperion disc crowns an already impressive series of recordings from Dutton Epoch that, with her keen sensitivity to text and grateful melodic lines, showcase her special…Read the review
Recorded: Various dates
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: April 2021
Total duration: 69 minutes 46 seconds
Track list
- Alma redemptoris materCecilia McDowall (b1951)4'51
- O OriensCecilia McDowall (b1951)4'30
- Standing as I do before God I have seen death so oftenCecilia McDowall (b1951)6'21
- Adoro te devoteCecilia McDowall (b1951)4'13
- Deus, portus pacisCecilia McDowall (b1951)5'56
- God is light The darkness is no darkness with theeCecilia McDowall (b1951)5'48
- Love incorruptible Let all bitterness and wrath and anger be put awayCecilia McDowall (b1951)4'49
- Three Latin motets: Ave reginaCecilia McDowall (b1951)2'46
- Three Latin motets: Ave MariaCecilia McDowall (b1951)3'31
- Three Latin motets: Regina caeli AlleluiaCecilia McDowall (b1951)3'05
- O Antiphon sequence: O SapientiaCecilia McDowall (b1951)2'31
- O Antiphon sequence: O AdonaiCecilia McDowall (b1951)1'38
- O Antiphon sequence: O Radix JesseCecilia McDowall (b1951)2'42
- O Antiphon sequence: O Clavis DavidCecilia McDowall (b1951)1'30
- O Antiphon sequence: O OriensCecilia McDowall (b1951)4'31
- O Antiphon sequence: O Rex gentiumCecilia McDowall (b1951)2'31
- O Antiphon sequence: O EmmanuelCecilia McDowall (b1951)2'43
- The Lord is good Jerusalem … The Lord is goodCecilia McDowall (b1951)5'50
Recording details from Hyperion Records.