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BRYD / TALLIS / DESPREZ / WHYTE / LIGETI / WOOD / HILDEGARD
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Choir of Clare College, Cambridge,Timothy Brown (director)
[ Collegium / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 15 April 2006
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This rich programme, exploring the theme of light, was recorded in the magnificent acoustic of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. It marks the debut on the Collegium label of Timothy Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and features a rare recording of Ligeti's Lux Aeterna.
"The quality of choral tone here is remarkable … a wondrous record." - Gramophone
"…one of the most accomplished choral discs of the year." - Independent on Sunday
"This disc is a first-rate contribution to unaccompanied choral singing at its best and can be highly recommended." - MusicWeb International
"The choir sings with precise diction and radiant tone. This is a beautifully modulated journey" - Sunday Times
"Perfect late-night listening." - Financial Times
Tracks:
1. Lumen (Gregorian chant)
2. Harris: Bring us, O Lord God
3. Rautavaara: Ehtoohymni
4. Rachmaninov: NyÃnye otpushcháyeshi
5. Byrd: O Lux beata Trinitas
6. Tallis: O nata lux
7. Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum
8. Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light
9. Wood: Hail, gladdening Light
10. Whyte: Christe, qui lux es et dies
11. Holst: Nunc dimittis
12. Palestrina: Christe, qui lux es et dies
13. Josquin Desprez: Nunc dimittis
14. Grechaninov: Svyétye tÃkhii
15. Tchaikovsky: Svyétye tÃkhii
16. Palestrina: Lucis Creator optime
17. Ligeti: Lux aeterna
