Performer: Choir Of King’s College
Conductor: Daniel Hyde
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Kings College
Catalogue: KGS0065
Release: 2022
Size: 1.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Malcolm, Martin: Ingrediente Domino
02. Winchester New: Ride on! Ride on in Majesty! (Desc. Philip Ledger)
03. Duruflé: Ubi caritas, Op. 10 No. 1
04. Rossini: O salutaris hostia
05. Wesley: Wash me throughly from my wickedness
06. Byrd: Civitas Sancti Tui
07. Horsley: There is a green hill far away
08. Lotti: Crucifixus a 6
09. Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
10. Stainer: God so loved the world
11. Miller: When I survey the wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
12. Chilcott: Now the green blade riseth
13. Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father
14. Candlyn: King of glory, King of peace
15. Davidica: Jesus Christ is Risen Today (Desc. Philip Ledger)
16. Elgar: Light of the World
17. Baker, Regiae: Christus vincit
18. Tournemire: Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimæ paschali’
A beautiful and varied selection of Easter choral music on its new album under the direction of Daniel Hyde. “Now the green blade riseth” is a procession through time and history, with music rooted in ancient Gregorian chant all the way through to contemporary works charting the course of Holy Week and Easter. The album presents not only a rich variety of choral music but a demonstration of the flexibility and agility of the Choir of King’s College: Daniel Hyde conducts the Choir in music from the golden age of English polyphony (Byrd’s Civitas) and the era of Italian grand opera (Rossini’s O salutaris Hostia), as well Victorian, Edwardian and mid-twentieth century choral masterpieces. A selection of popular Easter hymns structures the programme, which culminates in Duruflé’s stunning transcription of Tournemire’s Choral Improvisation sur le “Victimæ paschali”, performed by Matthew Martin on the King’s College organ.