Composer: Paul Drayton, William Henry Harris, Caitlin Harrison, Herbert Norman Howells, Kenneth Leighton, Deborah Pritchard, Toby Young
Performer: Nick Pritchard, Choir of New College Oxford
Conductor: Robert Quinney
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD720
Release: 2023
Size: 2.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Harris: Faire is the Heaven
Howells: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (New College Oxford)
02. I. Magnificat
03. II. Nunc dimittis
Leighton: Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38
04. I. Christ in the Cradle
05. II. Christ in the Garden
06. III. Christ in his Passion
07. IV. Hymn
Drayton: New College Service
08. I. Magnificat
09. II. Nunc dimittis
10. Harrison: O pastor animarum
Pritchard: New College Service
11. I. Magnificat
12. II. Nunc dimittis
13. Young: O God, Make the Door of This House
The Choir of New College Oxford is one of the world’s foremost choral foundations. The music composed for it in the twentieth and twenty – first centuries thus provides a compelling historical tour of changing musical styles and liturgical practices. This al bum, which follows the choir’s Sheppard recording (Gramophone Editor’s Choice), surveys New College commissions and premieres from the 1920s to the 2020s, beginning with Sir William Harris’s evergreen Faire is the heaven, composed while he was Organist of New College, and ending with a trio of recent commissions from contemporary English composers Caitlin Harrison, Deborah Pritchard and Toby Young. For Kenneth Leighton’s heart – wrenching cantata Crucifixus pro nobis, written in 1961, the choir is joined by t enor Nick Pritchard, a former academical clerk at New College.