William Turner: Sacred Choral Music
Genre: Choral
Catalogue Number: DCD34028
Label: Delphian
It is easy to forget that our great English choral tradition was once silenced by Act of Parliament. The Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 subsequently ushered in one of the finest periods in English music, though the road to recovery for church music was a slow and difficult one. Turner, then a precocious nine year-old, went on to become one of the best known composers and singers of his day. This premiere recording presents a cross-section of Turner's sacred music, ranging from small-scale liturgical works to one of his grandest creations, the Te Deum and Jubilate in D.
'The Choir of Gonville & Caius show themselves once again as one of Cambridge's most accomplished’
– The Gramophone
'Geoffrey Webber's choir sings with greater passion than most of its Oxbridge rivals’
– Classic FM Magazine
Tracklist
- Turner: Te Deum (1696)
- Turner: Lord, thou hast been my refuge
- Turner: My soul truly waiteth
- Turner: Hear my prayer, O Lord
- Turner: The Queen shall rejoice (1702)
- Turner: Jubilate Deo (Service in E)
- Turner: Magnificat (Service in A)
- Turner: Nunc Dimittis (Service in A)
- Turner: O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer
- Turner: The Lord is righteous
- Turner: Jubilate Deo (1696)
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