COMPOSERS: Vaughan Williams/Bridge/Parry
LABELS: Guild
WORKS: Mass in G minor; A Prayer; Songs of Farewell
PERFORMER: Vasari Singers/Jeremy BackhouseJeremy Filsell (organ)
CATALOGUE NO: GMCD 7132
A splendid collection of fine English choral music superbly sung by Jeremy Backhouse’s Vasari Singers. Their RVW Mass is glorious and the two more well-known motets from Songs of Farewell– ‘My soul there is a country’ and ‘Lord, let me know mine end’ sound fresh-minted and very moving. A Prayer is a deeply felt work, a setting of a German text composed during the Great War to underline Bridge’s pacifist beliefs. The organ plays an important, integral part in this beautiful work of gentle supplications leading to a climax of passionate fervour. The sympathetic acoustic of Rosslyn Hill Chapel is a perfect setting for these intricate, multi-part works. Ian Lace
Vaughan Williams/Bridge/Parry
A splendid collection of fine English choral music superbly sung by Jeremy Backhouse’s Vasari Singers. Their RVW Mass is glorious and the two more well-known motets from Songs of Farewell– ‘My soul there is a country’ and ‘Lord, let me know mine end’ sound fresh-minted and very moving. A Prayer is a deeply felt work, a setting of a German text composed during the Great War to underline Bridge’s pacifist beliefs. The organ plays an important, integral part in this beautiful work of gentle supplications leading to a climax of passionate fervour.
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:40 pm