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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Gerald Finzi's choral music is very much in a warm post-Elgarian tradition. The most striking examples are
For St Cecilia which is full of pageantry, and
In terra pax which evokes the Nativity scene and the arrival of the Angel of the Lord in splendour. But his most famous work is
Dies natalis, using texts by Thomas Traherne, and Hickox's performance here is made the more memorable by his sensitively passionate soloist, Philip Langridge. Indeed all the soloists here are in splendid voice, not least Benjamin Luxon in the Hardy settings of
Earth and Air and Rain, while Bryn Terfel is also engagingly idiomatic in the Shakespearian
Garlands. Marriner's Academy plays the sleight but lovely Romance for
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strings with characteristic finesse to complete a thoroughly worthwhile anthology, given top quality vintage recording.
-- Gramophone [8/2001]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Dies natalis, Op. 8 by Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Philip Langridge (Tenor)
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925-1939; England
Language: Latin
2.
Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26: Amen by Gerald Finzi
Conductor:
Edward Higginbottom
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Oxford New College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946/1947; England
Language: English
3.
Magnificat for Choir and Organ/Orchestra, Op. 36 by Gerald Finzi
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Chorus,
City of London Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Language: Latin
4.
Romance for String Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 11 by Gerald Finzi
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; England
5.
Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15 by Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone),
David Willison (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928-1932; England
Language: English
6.
Let us garlands bring, Op. 18 by Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone),
Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Language: English
Notes: Composition written: England (1929 - 1942).
7.
Et in Terra Pax, Op. 39 by Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Donald Sweeney (Bass),
Libby Crabtree (Soprano)
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Language: Latin
8.
For Saint Cecilia, Op. 30 by Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Philip Langridge (Tenor)
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra,
London Symphony Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Language: English
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