Howells - Hymnus Paradisi
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Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Julie Kennard (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Vernon Handley
The Hymnus Paradisi is music awash with ecstasy, and the listener may resist becoming part of this swimmingly coloured dream. But further listening proves this is not so: that is, the better... —
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Howells: Hymnus Paradisi & Sir Patrick Spens
Claire Rutter (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
The Bach Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Crippling numbness of loss' was the effect on Herbert Howells of his young son Michael's death from meningitis. The composer eventually confronted his bereavement in Hymnus Paradisi… David... —
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Proms 2012 - Music from the 2012 Proms Season
Mireille Delunsch (soprano), Helene Jossoud (mezzo-soprano), Gerard Theruel (baritone), Manfred Fink (tenor), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Simon Lindley (organ), Christopher Purves (baritone), John Cheek (bass), Claire Rutter (soprano),...
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Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Alan Opie (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The performance is extremely successful, conveying the dynamism and energy very well...There have been a number of highly recommendable recordings of Hymnus Paradisi and there’s no doubt that... —
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Delius, Howells & Hadley
Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano, John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Dennis Simons & Robert Growcott (violins), John Chambers (viola), Alexander Cameron (cello), James Lancelot (organ), Francis Grier...
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