Julian Anderson: Choral Music Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge & Geoffrey Webber

• Julian Anderson (1976- ):
• 1 My Beloved Spake 04:28
• 2 Bell Mass: I. Kyrie 02:28
• 3 Bell Mass: II. Gloria 03:02
• 4 Bell Mass: III. Sanctus 03:48
• 5 Bell Mass: IV. Benedictus 02:51
• 6 Bell Mass: V. Agnus Dei 04:24
• 7 O Sing unto the Lord 06:13
• 8 I Saw Eternity 04:54
• 9 4 American Choruses: No. 1, I'm a Pilgrim 03:33
• 10 4 American Choruses: No. 2, Beautiful Valley of Eden 06:10
• 11 4 American Choruses: No. 3, Bright Morning Star! 03:11
• 12 4 American Choruses: No. 4, At the Fountain 03:56
• Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (1583-1643):
• 13 Toccate, canzone, versi d'hinni, Book 2: Toccata quarta "Per l'organo da sonarsi alla levatione" 05:37
• Julian Anderson:
• 14 Nunc Dimittis 07:19
• Total Runtime 01:01:54

Info for Julian Anderson: Choral Music

The desire to evoke the sensation of light was one reason why I became a composer, says Julian Anderson. Silverbright and brilliantly focused, the Choir of Gonville & Caius College,Cambridge is the ideal choice for this first recording devoted to Anderson s choral music. From the intimacy of the wedding anthem My beloved spake and ringing clarity of Bell Mass, to the virtuosic second of the Four American Choruses and the extraordinary sound-world conjured by the Nunc dimittis,commissioned specially with this recording project in view, Geoffrey Webber's singers have lived with this music over a period of around two years before committing it to disc, and their deep sympathy for its marriage of immaculate technique with emotional directness is evident throughout.

Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber, direction