Performer: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Conductor: William Vann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Somm
Release: 2018
Size: 1.28 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
02. Parry: Jerusalem
03. Guest, D: For the fallen
04. Elgar: They are at rest
05. Harris, Charles: O Valiant Hearts
Parry: Songs of Farewell
06. No. 4, There Is an Old Belief
Holst: I Vow to Thee, My Country
07. I Vow to Thee, My Country, H. 148 (Arr. for Choir & Organ)
Stanford: Three Latin Motets, Op. 38
08. No. 1, Justorum animae
Holst: Ode to Death, H144
09. Ode to Death, Op. 38, H. 144 (Arr. I. Farrington)
Fauré: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48 (Arr. I. Farrington)
10. I. Introit et Kyrie
11. II. Offertoire
12. III. Sanctus
13. IV. Pie Jesu
14. V. Agnus Dei
15. VI. Libera me
16. VII. In paradisum
17. Venables, I: Requiem aeternam
In the centenary anniversary year of the end of the First World War and on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, SOMM Recordings pays tribute to those who fought and fell in battle with In Remembrance. A moving compendium of music spanning 130 years, it features the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Choir of Chelsea Pensioners, Staff and Volunteers, sopranos Katy Hill and Leah Jackson, baritone Gareth John and organists James Orford and Hugh Rowlands under the direction of William Vann. Founded in 1682 by King Charles II, the Royal Hospital is home to the world-famous Chelsea Pensioners – retired veterans of the British army – whose contributions on three tracks adds its own special poignancy to In Remembrance. Moving choral works commemorating courage and offering comfort by Hubert Parry (his anthemic Jerusalem), Gustav Holst (the stirring I Vow to Thee, My Country) and Edward Elgar (his serene partsong They are at rest) are heard alongside equally affecting pieces by their contemporaries and successors, Charles Villiers Stanford, John Ireland, Douglas Guest and Charles Harris.