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A Prayer for Deliverance
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Details
- Composer
- Richard Rodney Bennett, William Henry Harris, Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, Joanna Marsh, Cecilia M
- Artist
- Tom Robson, Emma Walshe, Jeremy Budd, Victoria Meteyard, Joseph Edwards, Rosanna Wicks, Jack Granby
- Format
- CD
- Discs
- 1
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Released
- Aug 15, 2025
- Catalog #
- SIGCD880
- UPC
- 635212088029
About
Mixing iconic choral works with music by some of today's most exciting composers, this varied programme is centred around themes of rest. Joel Thompson's virtuosic new work is a particular highlight: written in 15 parts, A Prayer for Deliverance perfectly showcases Tenebrae's core values of passion and precision. The second half features Herbert Howells' Requiem - surely one of the most moving works in the English choral repertoire. Associated with the untimely death of Howells' young son Michael, the work remained unknown until it was finally published just three years before Howells' own death in 1983.
Critic reviews
“Their director Nigel Short loves the wide and softly resonant acoustic of cathedrals, but he hates blurring.”
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Quarterly critic’s choice, October 2025
“One of Tenebrae’s great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these works, showing restraint where it is due, but unleashing full-blooded passion at the climaxes without a trace of vulgarity.”
BBC Music Magazine, Concerto choice, August 2025
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“This is an outstanding disc. Much of the repertoire will be familiar but the less well-known pieces – I have in mind particularly those by Francis Pott and Joel Thompson – are well worth your attention.”
MusicWeb International, Recommended, September 2025