Composer: Kenneth Leighton
Performer: Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh
Conductor: Duncan Ferguson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34218
Release: 2019
Size: 763 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
02. Awake my Glory
03. Wassail all over the town
Crucifixus Pro Nobis
04. 1. Christ in the Cradle
05. 2. Christ in the Garden
06. 3. Christ in his Passion
07. 4. Hymn (Drop, drop slow tears)
08. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
09. What love is this of thine?
10. Of a rose is all my song
11. O sacrum convivium
Missa Sancti Petri
12. Kyrie eleison
13. Gloria in excelsis Deo
14. Sanctus & Benedictus
15. Agnus Dei
Released to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the composer’s birth, this programme of Kenneth Leighton’s choral music reflects his outstanding accomplishments in the genre across his entire composing career: it includes Leighton’s earliest and last pieces for unaccompanied choir, three Christmas carols, two extended masterpieces, and two works composed for the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral itself.
Extensively praised under its current director of music Duncan Ferguson, the choir has both a historical affinity for this body of work and a sophisticated musicianship which hereproduces performances of focused maturity and depth.