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The mean old saying, 'Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach', would have withered in the presence of Stanford; and no doubt one of the reasons why he was such a great teacher is that... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 3rd Jun 2003
Catalogue No: 8555794
Label: Naxos
Series: English Choral Music
Length: 71 minutes

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July 2003

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Stanford: Morning, Evening and Communion Services in C Op. 115

Work length13:31

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Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

Te deum laudamus

Track length8:11

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Benedictus

Track length5:20

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Stanford: Three Latin Motets, Op. 38

Work length9:05

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Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

Justorum animae

Track length3:25

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Coelos ascendit hodie

Track length2:05

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Beati quorum via

Track length3:35

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Stanford: Morning, Evening and Communion Services in C Op. 115

Work length25:04

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Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

Magnificat

Track length5:13

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Nunc dimittis

Track length3:27

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Kyrie

Track length1:55

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Credo

Track length5:08

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Sanctus

Track length1:35

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Benedictus

Track length1:46

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Agnus Dei

Track length2:31

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Gloria

Track length3:29

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Stanford: Six Short Preludes & Postludes Set 2 Op. 105

Work length3:25

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Christopher Whitton (organ)
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

Organ Prelude in G minor

Track length3:25

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Stanford: Complete Morning & Evening Service in G major, Op. 81

Work length8:33

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Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

Magnificat

Track length4:11

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Nunc dimittis

Track length4:22

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Stanford: Six Short Preludes & Postludes Set 2 Op. 105

Work length4:48

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Christopher Whitton (organ)
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

Organ Postlude in D minor

Track length4:48

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Stanford: For lo, I raise up, Op. 145

Work length7:24

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Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson
Recorded: 12-13 July 2002
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge

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The mean old saying, 'Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach', would have withered in the presence of Stanford; and no doubt one of the reasons why he was such a great teacher is that he could and did, and so set an example. His C major services (Morning, Evening and Communion, all included in this programme) are so eminently the works of a master who knows how to get from here to there in one move, to keep always something in reserve for later use but never to write without a good clear melodic idea in the first place. Everything in this programme has freshness and well-founded assurance. It's music with clarity of purpose: it knows where it's going and doesn't put a foot wrong.
Under Christopher Robinson, the choir has enjoyed a period in which the distinguishing mark has been a renewed vitality of style. It's well caught in this CD. The start of the first track, the C major Te Deum, has it straightaway – the praise carries spirit and conviction. The final track opens still more strikingly. This is For lo, I will raise up, for which Stanford, writing in 1914, set his imagination free to bestir the choir-stalls into an almost fiercely dramatic life. The St John's choir bite into the words with relish, while the acoustic and their well-judged tempo reinforce the rhythmic energy of the passage.
Even in the best-stocked collection this would prove a welcome addition, and for those who have as yet nothing of the master, it should provide a lively introduction.

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