Orpheus Choir - Missa Cellensis - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sing the Sorrow AFI's signature aggression and pathos are forging ever foreward into uncharted territory. One of the music world's biggest secrets is going to be unleashed on this record. This will be AFI's debut on a major tag.

Disaster was prophesized for a Choir which sang Psalm tunes and Hebridean airs, but Hugh Roberton and his Choir proved (them) wrong... He made arrangements pieces of great beauty and warmth, shaped to fi t their voices... With this Choir, which became his life's work, he strove to preserve the folk music of Scotland, to make people realize that tunes they knew and loved were of great musical worth and that... there is a rich treasure house of melody which must not be allowed to wither and die. He strove, in his own words, 'to do a fine thing finely', and he succeeded nobly.' (Christi an Science Monitor).

The choir of Trinity College, Cambridge under Richard Marlow add substantially to their reputation.. strong in rhythm as in full-bodied tone.. skilful in shaping, secure in intonation, sensitive in balance. Marlow gets good results from his singers anthems are eloquently done and beautifully recorded.