Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Britten Sinfonia — Orchestral Anthems: Elgar - Finzi - Dyson - Howells

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Opening this superb collection of Anglican anthems with Edward Bairstow’s finely detailed orchestral arrangement of his <i>Blessed city, heavenly Salem</i> proves a stroke of programming genius. The piece, transformed here into a miniature music drama filled with bold imagery, is almost unrecognisable from the original version for choir and organ. Conductor Benjamin Nicholas ensures that his Merton College choristers, supported by sumptuous playing from Britten Sinfonia, connect with the sacred words of nine diverse works, collectively conveying a deep understanding of, and perhaps even genuine belief in, what they’re singing about. Choir and orchestra are on majestic form in Howells’s scintillating <i>Behold, O God our defender</i>, written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and have the measure of Finzi’s <i>Lo, the full, final sacrifice</i>, remarkable in its lyrical intensity.

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Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Britten Sinfonia

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  1. Blessed city, heavenly Salem (Version for Choir and Orchestra) 7:53
  2. Ecce sacerdos magnus (Version for Choir and Orchestra) 3:17
  3. Evening Service in D (Arr. for Choir and Orchestra by Douglas Hopkins): I. Magnificat 4:16
  4. Evening Service in D (Arr. for Choir and Orchestra by Douglas Hopkins): II. Nunc Dimittis 2:45
  5. Behold, O God our defender (Version for Choir and Orchestra) 3:22
  6. Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei (Arr. for Choir and Orchestra by Edward Elgar) 6:51
  7. Lo, the full, final sacrifice (Version for Choir and Orchestra) 13:58
  8. Te Deum in G (Arr. for Choir and Orchestra by Arnold Foster) 6:28
  9. The Spirit of the Lord (Version for Choir and Orchestra) 6:12