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Creator Spirit

A 20th Century Choral Anthology

The Choir of
Guildford Cathedral

Directed by Barry Rose

Organist: Gavin Williams

Contents:

1. Creator Spirit Bernard Naylor [3.20]
2. Festival Te Deum in C Major William Matthias [7.47]
3. The Dead from 1914 Alan Gray [4.56]
4. The Soldier from 1914 Alan Gray [4.19]
5. Sacred Songs for Treble Voices (2nd Set) Alan Ridout [7.06]
6. Vox Dicentis, Clama E.W.Naylor [8.42]
7. Nunc Dimittis in F Major George Dyson [2.32]
8. There is No Rose of Such Virtue John Joubert [3.00]
9. Sacred Songs for Treble Voices (3rd Set) Alan Ridout [9.56]
10. Ubi Caritas et Amor Brian Easdale [3.57]
11. Harvest Anthem Derek Bourgeois [4.42]
12. Faire is The Heaven William Harris [5.40]

ADD Total Time = 66.38 - Recorded in Guildford Cathedral: Tracks 1-4,6&9-12 in 1971 & 5,7&8 in 1967
Digitally Remastered in 1995

This recording is new to Compact Disc and features the Choir of Guildford Cathedral in one of its most musical and best-remembered periods. The works performed on this disc seems to compliment the architectural atmosphere of the Cathedral itself, particularly as the building is very much a 20th Century creation. Being completed in 1961, it is the first Anglican Cathedral to be constructed on a new site in the South of England since the reformation.

The music is multi-faceted - from the tranquil opening of Bernard Naylor’s eponymous first piece through to moments of great jubilation in his Father - Edward’s Vox Dicentis and William Mathias’s Festival Te Deum. Alan Ridout provides two sets of Sacred Songs for Treble voices and organ which are the emotional heart of this recording and give the boys a chance to show the high-level of skill and sensitivity they achieved under the expert tutelage of Barry Rose.

For a sound clip from this CD visit the Guildford Cathedral Choir Site

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