'Technically the singing is impeccable without being at all effortful or studied' Terry Blain
Parry Songs of Farewell: 'My soul, there is a country',
'I know my soul hath power to know all things'
'Never weather-beaten sail'
'There is an old belief'
'At the round earth's imagine corners'
'Lord, let me now mine end'
Plus: Holst: The Evening-Watch Op. 43 No. 1
Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night
Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing John Tavener: Funeral Ikos Elgar: They are at rest Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove, Rest Sullivan, arr. Philip Lawson: The long day closes William H. Harris: Bring us, O Lord God Tenebrae/Nigel Short
Signum SIGCD 267 75:54 mins
Audio clip: from 'My soul there is a country'
For a full review, take a look at the Christmas issue of BBC Music Magazine
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