Mathias: Choral Music
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WILLIAM MATHIAS
Mathias: Choral Music
Peter Foggitt (piano), Michael Papadopoulos (organ & Piano) & Tom Winpenny (organ) / St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, The Lay Clerks of St Albans
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 2 September 2016
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William Mathias was one of the foremost British composers of the 20th century and one of the very few of his generation from Wales who established an international reputation. The lively Christmas sequences Ave Rex and Salvator Mundi contrast with the splendour and tenderness of the rarely-performed anthem An Admonition to Rulers. Also included are the joyful Wassail Carol, the popular organ solo Toccata Giocosa, and première recordings of All thy works shall praise thee and The Lord's Prayer - respectively the composer's first and last choral works.
"The St. Albans Abbey Girls' Choir proves to be an impressive choir who along with the Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir deliver some very fine performances. The recording from St. Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, England is first class" ClassicalReviewer
"This is a fine collection of music by this important Welsh composer who might have achieved so much more had he not died aged only 58. The singing throughout the programme is first rate. Tom Winpenny has clearly prepared the singers thoroughly and he directs them equally well." MusicWeb Feb 2017
Tracks:
Ave Rex, Op. 45
Salvator mundi, Op. 89
An Admonition to Rulers
