Noel Edison, Choir of St John's, Elora - Hear My Prayer: Hymns and Anthems (2006)
Noel Edison, Choir of St John's, Elora - Hear My Prayer: Hymns and Anthems (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 243 Mb | Total time: 69:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.557493 | Recorded: 2004
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 243 Mb | Total time: 69:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.557493 | Recorded: 2004
You might accurately describe this program as a compilation of "great hits of Christian church music", including as it does Franck's Panis angelicus, Finzi's God is gone up, Mozart's Laudate Dominum, Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, Lotti's Crucifixus, Howells' Magnificat, and the overrated, overwrought, overlong (and usually excruciatingly-sung) Hear my prayer by Mendelssohn. We also get a couple of Purcell anthems, O God, Thou art my God and Remember not, O Lord, Stanford's glorious motet Justorum animae, Duruflé's tiny masterpiece Ubi caritas et amor, and the choral setting of Elgar's "Nimrod" orchestral variation (Lux aeterna).
In previous reviews, I've praised this excellent choir from Elora, Ontario, and its performances here are first-rate as well. The choir especially shines in the Stanford and Duruflé, singing these oft-recorded motets as well or better than anyone on disc, with every detail of phrasing, breathing, and dynamic change perfectly worked out and executed. The same goes for the Howells, a work we don't hear often enough. We also can appreciate the ensemble's extraordinary discipline in the Purcell pieces, successfully managing the difficult transitions and sustaining the momentum through vocal writing that usually just seems disjointed and cumbersome.
Top billing on the program goes to the ever-popular Mendelssohn, and it's here that the performance falters–not because of the choir or its top-notch organist, Matthew Larkin, but due to soprano soloist Karina Gauvin, who I've admired on several other recordings but who seems shaky, unsure, and less than convincing in this admittedly tedious and difficult solo part. That aside, this is a very satisfying program that choral enthusiasts will embrace, especially when they hear such highlights as Eleanor Daley's refreshingly traditional In Remembrance (from her Requiem), the aforementioned Stanford and Duruflé, and the spectacular rendition of the Elgar, the best version on disc by far. The sound, from the choir's home venue, is full-bodied yet well-balanced, detailed and cleanly articulated.–David Vernier
Performer:
Karina Gauvin, soprano (4, 10)
Matthew Larkin, organ
Choir of St John's, Elora
Noel Edison, conductor
Tracklist:
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
01. 3 Motets, Op. 38: No. 1. Justorum animae
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
02. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale): Magnificat
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
03. O God, thou art my God, Z. 35
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
04. Hear my prayer, MWV B49 (version for voice, choir and organ)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
05. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
06. 4 Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10: No. 1. Ubi caritas et amor
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
07. 3 Anthems, Op. 27: No. 2. God is gone up
Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956)
08. And I saw a new Heaven
Henry Purcell
09. Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z. 50
Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
10. Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339, "Solemn Vespers": V. Laudate Dominum
Antonio Lotti (c.1667-1740)
11. Crucifixus a 8
Eleanor Daley (b.1955)
12. Requiem: In Remembrance
Stephen Chatman (b.1950)
13. 2 Rossetti Songs: No. 2. Remember
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
14. Lux aeterna (choral arr. of Elgar's Nimrod Variation)
César Franck (1822-1890)
15. Panis angelicus
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Noel Edison, Choir of St John's, Elora - Hear My Prayer: Hymns and Anthems (2006)
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