Composer: Sir Charles Hubert Parry
Performer: Daniel Cook, Westminster Abbey Choir, Onyx Brass
Conductor: James O’Donnell
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68089
Release: 2015
Size: 1.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. I was glad
02. Blest Pair of Sirens
03. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
04. Hear my words, ye people
Evening Service In D Major (‘the Great’)
05. I. Magnificat
06. II. Nunc dimittis
07. Fantasia and Fugue in G major, Op. 188
08. Jerusalem
09. Te Deum (Coronation)
The pageantry of a nation is encapsulated in the music of Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet, Knight and fervent supporter of the suffragette movement.
This new programme from Westminster Abbey contains some lesser-known early works alongside blazing performances of the favourites, recorded in the very building for which many of them were so skilfully crafted.