War & Peace: Music for Remembrance
The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams (director)
The Jesus singers give a glowing account in this rewarding programme. Supple, sensitive direction by Mark Williams.
War & Peace: Music for Remembrance
The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams (director)
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The Jesus singers give a glowing account in this rewarding programme. Supple, sensitive direction by Mark Williams.
About
As the centenary of the Great War approaches, the choir of Jesus College Cambridge present a new programme of works titled War & Peace, a beautiful and moving collection of choral works that are united in various ways by the experiences and impact of war.
Contents and tracklist
- Benjamin Morris
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Samuel Fitzgerald, Alasdair Austin
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Dominic Hill, Michael Mofidan, Robert Dixon
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Rebecca Crawshaw, Robert Dixon
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Benjamin Morris
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Robert Dixon
- Benjamin Morris
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Harriet Flower, Sophie Hytner, Edward Leach, Max Cockerill, Rebecca Crawshaw, Robert Dixon
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
Spotlight on this release
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Music to commemorate the First World War
29th Jul 2014
David picks out some recordings of works particularly closely linked to the Great War - those written in response to it, or influenced by composers' experiences of the fighting.
Awards and reviews
February 2014
The Jesus singers give a glowing account in this rewarding programme. Supple, sensitive direction by Mark Williams.
12th January 2014
first into the centenary field is this fine choral compilation that manages to evoke a sombre mood of commemoration while avoiding sentimentality.
