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The Road to Paradise

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The Road to Paradise

Britten:	A Hymn to the Virgin
Byrd:	Christe qui Lux
Gregorian Chant:	In paradisum
Harris, W:	Bring us, O Lord God
Holst:	Nunc dimittis, H127
Howells:	Take him, earth, for cherishing English text: Helen Waddell
Parsons, R:	Ave Maria for 5 voices
Sheppard, J:	Media vita In pace in idipsum
Tallis:	Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207
Tavener:	Song for Athene
trad.:	Clangat pastor in tuba - Responsory & Prose for the feast of St. Thomas à Becket

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

A cappella choral music by English composers of the 16th is contrasted with works by 20th-century composers – this unique programme depicts the desire for spiritual enlightenment that was the driving force behind the medieval pilgrimage. In medieval times, making a pilgrimage to a holy place was the ambition of many Christians, for whom it was regarded as the symbolic enactment of a lifetime’s journey to a sacred resting place, undertaken through considerable physical effort.

“The recital's radiant heart is Sheppard's Media Vite, but there are more highlights to come, including an outstanding reading of Holst's Nunc Dimittis, the flowing textures of Harris's Bring Us, O Lord and Howells's Take Him, Earth. Tavener's Song for Athene is very moving, fits the concept of the album well and is beautifully performed.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 *****

“The artfully resonant recording rings the singers with a translucent halo without quite dispelling the sense of virtuoso voices in concert.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2007

BBC Music Magazine