Composer: Thomas Campion, Herbert Norman Howells, Cecilia McDowall, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Performer: Martha McLorinan, Elisabeth Paul, Mark Dobell, Steven Harrold, Daniel Collins, Edward McMullan, Stephen Harrold, Tim Jones, Ben Davies, Alexandra Kidgell, Katy Hill, Jeremy Budd
Orchestra: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Coro
Catalogue: COR16189
Release: 2022
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. trad.: Deo gracias, Anglia
02. Campion: Author of Light
03. Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing
04. trad.: Saint Thomas Honour We
McDowall: Good News from New England
05. I. An Unexpected Shore
06. Campion: Never weather-beaten sail
07. trad.: Benedicite Deo
08. Campion: Tune thy music to thy heart
09. trad.: O Blessed Lord
Parry: Songs of Farewell
10. I. My Soul, there is a Country
11. II. I Know my Soul hath Power to Know all Things
12. III. Never Weather-Beaten Sail
13. IV. There is an Old Belief
14. V. At the Round Earth’s Imagine Corners
15. VI. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
“An Old Belief” introduces Hubert Parry’s emotional and heartfelt Songs of Farewell, which surely rank among some of the finest choral works ever written. Deeply affected by the First World War, Parry sought poetry that would reflect not only peace and unity and the search for a better world, but also an escape from the horrors of war. The poems Parry chose to set are sublime, be they metaphysical poetry by John Donne and Henry Vaughan or the aching beauty of Thomas Campion’s verse. Perfectly complimenting the rich sonority of Parry’s Songs are three short pieces by Campion, a selection of medieval carols and a new work by Cecilia McDowall.