Tarney / Serafine Chamber Choir / Rattan - Magnificat - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Women's Choral Society of the University of Oslo (KSS) under the direction of conductor Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde has established itself over the course of many years as one of the country's leading female choirs. On this , the choir takes a new direction in it's collaboration with two of Norway's most trendsetting jazz musicians.

Andrew Nethsingha and The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge the second volume in the highly-praised Magnificat series and present nine settings of the Evening Canticles by celebrated Organist-Composers, written between 1932 and 1952, and non-church musicians from 1974-1989. The recording culminates with a contemporay setting by Julian Anderson, composed for the Chapel's 150th anniversary. InchThese first volumes are designed to complement one another. Magnificat 1 started earlier, with Stanford in the 1880s; Volume Two brings us briefly up to the present day. The first contained celebrated works by Tippett and Leighton from 1961 and 1972 respectively, in between the two main periods represented on this disc. Both albums contain iconic works by Howells, written a year apart. We hear composers creating different orders of priority for the parameters of composition.Inch Andrew Nethsingha

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis was recorded to explore the breadth of imagination with which composers have approached the texts, which have been sung in Christian worship for over 1000 years. Stanford's starting point was the Germanic symphonic tradition; Howells took his inspiration from the architecture and acoustics of the Cathedral in Gloucester; Tippett was inspired by the unique Spanish trumpet stop at St John's. The Evening Canticles chosen for this record relate to a particular period of music making in the life of St John's conductor, Andrew Nethsingha; his time at the Royal College of Music; at Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals, and lastly his time at St John's. Founded in the 1670s, The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world - known and loved by millions for it's rich, warm and distinctive sound, expressive interpretations and ability to sing in a variety of styles.