Bob Chilcott: Requiem & other works

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Can something be too beautiful? It's a thought that struck me occasionally, listening to Bob Chilcott's new Requiem...there's plenty of fluid writing for the choir and two excellent soloists,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Mar 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67650
Label: Hyperion
Length: 79 minutes

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Chilcott: Requiem

Work length41:43

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Laurie Ashworth (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble
Matthew Owens

I. Introit & Kyrie

Track length9:27

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II. Offertorio

Track length7:48

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III. Pie Jesu

Track length6:02

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IV. Sanctus & Benedictus

Track length2:13

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V. Agnus Dei

Track length5:00

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VI. Thou knowest, Lord

Track length5:03

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VII. Lux aeterna

Track length6:10

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Chilcott: I sing of a mayden

Work length4:06

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Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

Chilcott: When to the temple Mary went

Work length4:40

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Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

Chilcott: Lovely tear of lovely eye

Work length6:09

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Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Alfie Johnson (tubular bells)
Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

Chilcott: Hail, star of the sea most radiant

Work length2:59

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Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

Chilcott: Downing Service

Work length7:22

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Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

I. Magnificat

Track length2:49

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II. Nunc dimittis

Track length4:33

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Chilcott: Pilgrim Jesus

Work length2:12

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Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

Chilcott: The Nine Gifts

Work length4:25

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Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

Chilcott: Jesus, springing

Work length5:51

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Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens

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Composer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of The King’s Singers, he is now one of the UK’s most prolific and creative choral composers, writing appealingly direct and accessible music with memorable melodies reminiscent of John Rutter at his best. Of his most recent large-scale work, his Requiem (2010), Chilcott says he was initially ‘terrified by the idea’ of writing a work with such a weight of history behind it, but he has certainly risen to the challenge: his Requiem is characterized by a gentle, forgiving atmosphere clearly modelled on Fauré’s Requiem, with a crystalline, reflective Pie Jesu for solo soprano at the emotional heart of the work. This and the other works performed here, all first recordings, are beautifully performed by Wells Cathedral Choir and Matthew Owens, The Nash Ensemble and two superb young soloists.

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June 2012

Can something be too beautiful? It's a thought that struck me occasionally, listening to Bob Chilcott's new Requiem...there's plenty of fluid writing for the choir and two excellent soloists, whose interaction produces ravishing textures. By the end, however, I felt over-cosseted and in need of aural roughage...The Wells Choir attacks both pieces with evidence relish.

June 2012

Although this is music steeped in the Anglican mainstream, there is just enough of a French influence to prevent it from becoming anodyne and nebulous...The addition of a wind quartet and timpani brings a freshness and piquancy to the timbral palette...Matthew Owens draws impassioned and beautiful performances throughout this delightful disc.

12th March 2012

A listener to Chilcott’s Requiem will quickly identify that it is in the lineage of reflective, consolatory settings by such as Fauré and Duruflé...The solo writing is light and fluent and Andrew Staples, with his clear, easy tone is ideal for this assignment...Matthew Owens leads a dedicated, eloquent performance.

25th March 2012

His Requiem (2010), mostly set to Latin texts, pays homage to its great predecessors yet has its own distinctive, serene, meditative quality, beautifully rendered by the mixed voices of Wells Cathedral Choir, Laurie Ashworth (soprano) and Andrew Staples (tenor).

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