It's probably not for everyone and maybe it's not even for most people, but for lovers of the choral music of Holst or Vaughan Williams, it's just wonderful. For those people, this superbly sung collection of unaccompanied choral music will be just the thing after a hard day's night on the heights with The Planets or Pilgrim's Progress. All the really big Holst and Vaughan Williams choral hits are here, everything from Vaughan Williams' saucy folk song setting of The Dark-Eyed Sailor through Holst's modal ecstasy in The ...
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It's probably not for everyone and maybe it's not even for most people, but for lovers of the choral music of Holst or Vaughan Williams, it's just wonderful. For those people, this superbly sung collection of unaccompanied choral music will be just the thing after a hard day's night on the heights with The Planets or Pilgrim's Progress. All the really big Holst and Vaughan Williams choral hits are here, everything from Vaughan Williams' saucy folk song setting of The Dark-Eyed Sailor through Holst's modal ecstasy in The Evening-watch to Vaughan Williams' ringing, resounding Shakespeare's Full Fathom Five then Holst's coolly evocative Winter and the Birds to close with Vaughan Williams' melancholy setting of The Turtle Dove. The Finzi Singers choir is small, but their voices are warm and deep-toned. Paul Spicer's direction is supple and strong, bringing out the music's uncanny fusion of modality and modernity. Chandos' 1993 sound from St. Silas' Church London is detailed but reverberant. This is for...
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