Passiontide at St. Paul's (A sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter)
- Artist: John Scott
- Number of Discs: 1
- Total time: 70:46
- Label: Hyperion
- SPAR: DDD
- Availability: Sold out
- Item #: 5153757
- List Price: $16.99
- Member Price: $11.98
Review
Read About This Recording
This collection presents a sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter by a group of composers that spans four and a half centuries and that is pretty equally divided between the known and the unknown. Orlando Gibbons, Felix Mendelssohn, Anton Bruckner and Benjamin Britten share the honors with Richard Farrant (?1525-1580), Peter Philips (ca. 1561-1628), Sir Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), Charles Wood (1886-1926) and Brian Chapple (b. 1945). Simple elemental fervor is the quality they all share. Their common message transcends time and place, and what emerges from this gathering of voices is a telling and moving journey through perhaps the most dramatic part of the liturgical year.
This recording captures the resonances of its cathedral setting-one can almost smell the incense as it mingles with the fragrances of spring flowers. The vocalism by the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral under the direction of John Scott is distinguished by its open-faced innocence-no misplaced operatic gymnastics here, just unadorned expressions of faith.
Gramophone cites, among this recording's other virtues, the singing of the four treble soloists, especially that of Connor Burrowes, who is heard twice in the Lenten section and then finally in Britten's Te Deum where the precision and clarity of his tone are ideal.
My advice: Acquire this disc, and go immediately to the third track-Mendelssohn's I Waited for the Lord. You will be hooked, guaranteed. If you are unfamiliar with this kind of music, you will be immersed in a new world-a world you will find yourself powerless to leave.
-William Zagorski
Contents
Farrant: Call to remembrance, O Lord; Mendelssohn: I Waited for the Lord; Bairstow: The Lamentation; In Exitu Israel; Sanders: The Reproaches; Chapple: Ecce lignum Crucis; Bruckner: Christus factus est; Gibbons: Drop, drop, slow tears; Lotti: Crucifixus; Wood: This joyful Eastertide; Philips: Ecce vicit Leo; Britten: Te Deum in C.
Andrew Lucas, Organ; The Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral; John Scott, Conductor.
Tracks + Soundclips
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Hear Us Oh Lord (the Lent Prose) by Anonymous Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Bass (Vocal): Jonathan Arnold Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Treble: Edward Burrowes Treble: Connor Burrowes Length: 03:49 |
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Call To Remembrance by Farrant, Richard Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 02:26 |
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Symphony No. 2 in B flat major ("Lobgesang", "Hymn of Praise"), Op. 52 by Mendelssohn, Felix [1] Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Treble: Connor Burrowes Treble: Edmund Hill Length: 04:51 |
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The Lamentation, for chorus & organ by Bairstow, Edward Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 10:25 |
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Reproaches by Sanders, John Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 13:04 |
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Ecce lignum Crucis (for Passiontide) by Chapple, Brian Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Bass (Vocal): Timothy Jones Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 06:30 |
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Christus factus est (II), gradual for chorus, 3 violins & 2 trombones in D minor, WAB 10 by Bruckner, Anton Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 06:18 |
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Drop, drop, slow tears, hymn (from "The Hymnes and Songs of the Church") by Gibbons, Orlando Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Lyre: Phineas Fletcher Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Treble: Anthony Way Length: 01:58 |
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Crucifixus a 8 Voix by Lotti, Antonio Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 04:05 |
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This Joyful Eastertide for chorus by Wood, Charles [Choral Composer] Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 02:30 |
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Psalm 114, In Exitu Israel, for organ & chorus by Bairstow, Edward Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 02:51 |
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Ecce Vicit Leo for 8 voices by Philips, Peter [composer] Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 03:42 |
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Te Deum, for trumpet, chorus & organ in C major by Britten, Benjamin Choir, Chorus: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Organ: Andrew Lucas Director: John Scott Length: 08:14 |
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Performances
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Jonathan Arnold (Bass (Vocal)), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director), Edward Burrowes (Treble), Connor Burrowes (Treble)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director), Connor Burrowes (Treble), Edmund Hill (Treble)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Timothy Jones (Bass (Vocal)), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Phineas Fletcher (Lyre), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director), Anthony Way (Treble)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
- Performer(s): Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Choir, Chorus), Andrew Lucas (Organ), John Scott (Director)
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