Matthew Coleridge: Requiem
Royal Holloway Choir, Southern Sinfonia, Rupert Gough
Like all good Requiem masses , Matthew Coleridge’s reaches into the soul and lifts it skyward, but his prominent cello lines throughout serve to maintain a vital, grounding thread. Additional...
Matthew Coleridge: Requiem
Royal Holloway Choir, Southern Sinfonia, Rupert Gough
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Like all good Requiem masses , Matthew Coleridge’s reaches into the soul and lifts it skyward, but his prominent cello lines throughout serve to maintain a vital, grounding thread. Additional...
About
"“Composers have been setting the Requiem texts to music since the late Middle Ages, and it was to these early settings that I was drawn when writing my own offering: with simple, flowing melodic threads combined to create a richer fabric. My thanks to Rupert Gough and the vibrant young voices of the Choir of Royal Holloway for taking those threads and weaving them into such dazzling tapestries of harmony - adorned with the warmth of Southern Sinfonia’s gorgeous strings, and the lyrical song of Maxim Calver’s soaring cello.” Matthew Coleridge"
Contents and tracklist
- Simon Earl, Maxim Calver, Andrew Thompson, Karin Dahlberg
- Royal Holloway Choir, Southern Sinfonia
- Rupert Gough
- Maxim Calver
- Southern Sinfonia
- Rupert Gough
- George Nicholls, Olivia Earl, Andrew Thompson
- Royal Holloway Choir
- Rupert Gough
- George Nicholls
- Royal Holloway Choir
- Rupert Gough
- Simon Earl, Maxim Calver, Karin Dahlberg
- Royal Holloway Choir
- Rupert Gough
- George Nicholls
- Royal Holloway Choir
- Rupert Gough
- George Nicholls
- Royal Holloway Choir
- Rupert Gough
Awards and reviews
April 2023
Like all good Requiem masses , Matthew Coleridge’s reaches into the soul and lifts it skyward, but his prominent cello lines throughout serve to maintain a vital, grounding thread. Additional works, such as the beautifully still And I saw Heaven, make this a recording to cherish.
Nov/Dec 2023
The forces bringing all this music to life are impressive...Soprano Karin Dahlberg has a vocal quality as sumptuous as the choir and orchestra and soloists.
