Sanctissima
Vespers and Benediction For the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th August 2023
Olivier Tarney’s awestruck depiction of the Assumption in In Homeward Flight – the only English-language setting on the programme – was the work which made the strongest initial impact on me,...
Sanctissima
Vespers and Benediction For the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th August 2023
Olivier Tarney’s awestruck depiction of the Assumption in In Homeward Flight – the only English-language setting on the programme – was the work which made the strongest initial impact on me,...
About
This recording takes the listener on a fantasy choral journey using the traditional services of Vespers and Benediction as its guide. It weaves hypnotic plainchant around renaissance gems and modern masterpieces.
The music of the great Renaissance masters Palestrina, Guerrero and Anerio sit alongside distinctive voices from the twenty first century: James MacMIllan, Julian Anderson, John Joubert, Sven-David Sandström and Matthew Martin.
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Suzi Digby on Sanctissima
28th Aug 2023
The founder and director of the ORA Singers talks about her new album of music inspired by Vespers, and her ongoing mission to celebrate choral music from two Golden Ages centuries apart.
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Sanctissima from the ORA Singers
18th Aug 2023
The London-based vocal ensemble's 'Vespers and Benediction for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary' features striking commissions by Giles Swayne, Julian Anderson, Matthew Martin and the late Sven-David Sandström.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week18th August 2023
18th August 2023
Olivier Tarney’s awestruck depiction of the Assumption in In Homeward Flight – the only English-language setting on the programme – was the work which made the strongest initial impact on me, opening with a Tavener-esque bass drone and soaring slowly into the stratosphere before dissolving into thin air...Much to enjoy here, for both the casual listener and choir-directors in search of pastures new…
