Composer: Bernard William George Rose
Performer: Annika Lõhmus, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Ene Salumäe, Karolina Kriis, Marianne Pärna, Raul Mikson, Rainer Vilu
Conductor: Gregory Rose
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0307
Release: 2016
Size: 924 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Feast Song for St. Cecilia
3 Addison Anthems
02. No. 1. When all thy mercies
03. No. 2. The Lord my pasture
04. No. 3. The spacious firmament on high
Evening Canticles in C Minor
05. Magnificat
06. Nunc Dimittis
The Chichester Service
07. Magnificat
08. Nunc Dimittis
09. Chimes
10. Upon Westminster Bridge
11. If I could tell you
12. Slow, slow, fresh fount
13. Lines for the Magdalen Choir
2 Carols
14. The Christ Child
15. Our blessed lady’s lullaby
16. Behold, I Make All Things New
17. The Lord’s Prayer
18. Liliae Agricola
19. Lord, I have loved
20. O God, who didst give the law to Moses
21. Praise ye the Lord
This album marks the centenary of the conductor, trainer and composer, Bernard Rose (1916–96), one of the mainstays of English choral music in the second half of the twentieth century.
His compositions occupy an honourable place within the mainstream of the cathedral tradition, being both grounded in the past and leaning gently into the future, and speaking its language of stylistic restraint and understated passion – and occasionally flaring into moment of considerable drama.
This recording has especial authority: sung by one of Europe’s leading vocal ensembles, it is conducted by the composer’s son, Gregory Rose. It makes a good number of his works available for the first time.
Gregory Rose has conducted orchestras, ensembles and choirs throughout Europe and the Far East, particularly in Romantic and contemporary repertoire, and has conducted hundreds of premieres. The organist Ene Salumäe regularly works with several early-music ensembles, choirs, soloists and orchestras and as organist and choral conductor at several churches in Estonia and Finland. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) is one of the best-known Estonian music groups in the world. The repertoire of the choir extends from Gregorian chant and Baroque to the music of the 21st century.