A Year at Winchester
Simon Bell (organ), with Richard McVeigh (synthesizer)
The Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Andrew Lumsden
An auspicious start to what should prove a major collection of choral recordings.
A Year at Winchester
Simon Bell (organ), with Richard McVeigh (synthesizer)
The Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Andrew Lumsden
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An auspicious start to what should prove a major collection of choral recordings.
About
The second in the new series from Regent charting a musical journey through the church’s year at well-loved cathedrals.
The Choir of Winchester Cathedral is regarded as one of the world’s finest choirs.
This journey in music features music appropriate to the main seasons of the church’s year, including first recordings of two works by Donald Sweeney, and the original version of John Rutter’s ‘Winchester Te Deum’ written for the Choir of Winchester Cathedral.
Features both the boy and girl choristers and men of the choir.
Contents and tracklist
- Advent
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Christmas
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Epiphany
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Candlemas
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Lent
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Annunciation
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Palm Sunday
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Easter – dawn
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Easter Day
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Ascension
- with Richard McVeigh (synthesizer), Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Pentecost
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- Trinity
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
- St Swithun, Patron Saint
- Simon Bell (organ)
- Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Andrew Lumsden
Awards and reviews
May 2012
An auspicious start to what should prove a major collection of choral recordings.
March 2012
'Hail, gladdening light'...[is] given with confidence, firm tuning, clear diction and phrasing and even a little drama, the excellent of the performances masking just how difficult it can be to make this sort of music work well.
