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If you are at all interested in Howells's church music this disc is an obligatory purchase...Here the emotion of the music feelingly and unapologetically wells upward to the surface, making raw... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Mar 2010
Catalogue No: CHAN10587
Label: Chandos
Length: 75 minutes

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Howells: A Sequence for St Michael

Work length10:09

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: By the waters of Babylon

Work length10:17

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha, Paul Whelan, David Adams, Alice Neary

Howells: A Spotless Rose

Work length3:28

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Gloucester, 1946)

Work length11:33

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

I. Magnificat

Track length6:55

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II. Nunc Dimittis

Track length4:38

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Howells: Psalm 142

Work length4:18

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: A Grace for 10 Downing Street

Work length2:35

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: One thing have I desired

Work length5:43

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: Like as the Hart

Work length5:56

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense)

Work length7:36

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

I. Magnificat

Track length4:28

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II. Nunc Dimittis

Track length3:08

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Howells: Four Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Op. 9: IV. Salve Regina

Work length4:49

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

Howells: Te Deum, "Collegium Regale"

Work length9:03

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Choir of St. Johns College, Andrew Nethsingha

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This recording heralds the beginning of an exclusive recording contract between Chandos and the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. All performances will be conducted by Andrew Nethsingha, the Choir’s Director of Music since 2007.

The disc of choral music by Herbert Howells includes two settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: one setting was written for St John’s, where Howells was Acting Organist during World War II; the other for Gloucester Cathedral in the composer’s native county. It also features two premiere recordings, A Grace for 10 Downing Street and Psalm 142.

Andrew Nethsingha said, “We are delighted to be embarking on a partnership with such an excellent label as Chandos. With them, we will release a wide variety of repertoire. We have chosen to start with a disc of Howells’ music – Herbert Howells was closely associated with St John’s College for several decades. Two major works written for the St John’s Choir, including “Sequence for St Michael” will feature on the CD. The recording of “By the waters of Babylon”, a deeply moving psalm setting for baritone, violin, cello and organ will be another highlight of the disc.”

This is St John’s College Choir’s first long-term contract with Chandos. However, it has already made a number of recordings for the label, including Mozart’s Requiem and works by Charpentier and Poulenc (conducted by George Guest) and music by Tallis and Gibbons (conducted by Christopher Robinson).

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April 2010

If you are at all interested in Howells's church music this disc is an obligatory purchase...Here the emotion of the music feelingly and unapologetically wells upward to the surface, making raw and immediate the spiritual impetus of Howells's writing.

May 2010

the new, clear tone [of the boys at St John's College, Cambridge] under its present director, Andrew Nethsingha, certainly has an impressive vibrancy and conviction. Not since David Willcocks's memorable recording of Howells's church music...have I heard such precise intonation

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