Lorraine McAslan - Violin Concertos in B Flat & a Major - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Crown of Life continues the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford's exploration of overlooked treasures in twentieth-century English choral music under Owen Rees. At it's centre is the first recording of Kenneth Leighton's Missa Christi (1988), the composer's final large-scale sacred work, commissioned by Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis. Alongside it are world premiere recordings of Harold Darke's Blessed Is the Man That Endureth Temptation and Imogen Holst's Out of Your Sleep Arise and Wake. Works by Rebecca Clarke and Gustav Holst complete the programme, offering a richly varied portrait of composers linked by study with Stanford and united in sacred expression. Album Tracks 1. Hymn to the Trinity 2. O Brother Man 3. Missa Christi-Kyrie Eleison 4. Missa Christi Festival Mass-Gloria 5. Missa Christi-Sanctus and Benedictus 6. Missa Christi-Agnus Dei 7. Crucifixus Pro Nobis, Op. 38-Drop, Drop, Slow Tears 8. Three Carols, Op. 34 This Have I Done for My True Love 9. Nunc Dimittis 10. Out of Your Sleep Arise and Wake 11. Ave Maria 12. Blessed Is the Man That Endureth Temptation 13. Ave Maria 14. He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place of the Most High 15. Be Strong and of a Good Courage 16. 2 Psalms-Lord, Who Hast Made Us for Thine Own

Album Tracks 1. Esperar, Sentir, Morir 2. Quiero, y No Saben Que Quiero, Song 3. Espanoletas, for Guitar (Or Harp) 4. Canten Dos Jilguerillos, Villancico 5. Solo, Triste y Ausente, Song 6. Diferencias Sobre la Gayta, for Keyboard 7. Filis Yo Tengo, Song 8. Chacona (After An Anonymous Spanish Melody), for Ensemble 9. San Juan de Lima Con Sus Diferencias, for Harp (Manuscrito 816) 10. Que Se Ausenta, Villancico 11. Gilguerillo Que El Ayre, for Bass Viol & Keyboard 12. Tarambote, for 2 Charamelinhas

Album Tracks 1. Violin Concerto No. 1 in a Minor 2. Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major 3. Concerto for Two Violins 4. Andante Sonata No. 2 in a Minor