Man I Sing: Choral music

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BOB CHILCOTT
Man I Sing: Choral music
The BBC Singers with Paul Silverthorne (viola) / Bob Chilcott (cond)

[ Signum / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 December 2009

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"As for the singing, it is superb throughout, the BBC Singers, no doubt spurred on Chilcott's conducting, giving themselves entirely over to both words and music without for a moment allowing any technical lapses" International Record Review

"As for the singing, it is superb throughout, the BBC Singers, no doubt spurred on Chilcott's conducting, giving themselves entirely over to both words and music without for a moment allowing any technical lapses ... The booklet notes and sound recording are both of the same excellence." International Record Review

"the sheer vitality of this music exudes genuine joyfulness … all the artistic and technical demands of this varied programme are deftly handled by the wonderfully versatile BBC Singers … With Signum's suitably spacious recorded sound, this is a glorious showcase of one of the finest choral composers at work in Britain today" Gramophone Magazine

"Be it jazzy, humorous or serious, all the artistic and technical demands of this varied programme are deftly handled by the wonderfully versatile BBC Singers, clearly happy to be working under the composer's baton. With Signum's suitably spacious recorded sound, this is a glorious showcase of one of the finest choral composers at work in Britain today." Gramophone Magazine, December 2007

Recorded July 19, 26 & 27, 2006, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London

Tracks:

The making of the Drum
Gourds and Rattles
The Gong-Gong
My Prayer from Psalm 102
Advent Antiphons
O Sapientia
O Adonaï
O Radix Jesse
O Clavis David
O Oriens
O Rex gentium
O Emmanuel
Shepherd's Carol
And Every Stone Shall Cry
Pange Lingua
The Modern Man I Sing
The Runner
The Last Invocation
One's-Self I Sing
Beach
Simple Pictures of Tomorrow
Weather Report