Artist: Benjamin Hulett
Album: Howells: Stabat Mater, Te Deum & Sine Nomine
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:10:18
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 1,18 GB

Tracklist:

01. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Stabat mater dolorosa (07:32)
02. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem (07:57)
03. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Quis est homo? (04:40)
04. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Eia, mater (04:53)
05. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Sancta mater – (05:45)
06. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Fac ut portem – (06:33)
07. Benjamin Hulett – Stabat Mater: Christe, cum sit hunc exire (11:23)
08. Bach Choir – Te Deum (Version for Choir and Orchestra) (09:01)
09. Alison Hill – Sine Nomine, Op. 37, “A Phantasy” (12:30)

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The three works on this recording mark staging posts in Herbert Howells’s compositional life. Sine nomine was commissioned at Elgar’s instigation when Howells was 30 and is predominantly orchestral, with wordless parts for the two vocal soloists. This arch-like ‘spiritual meditation’ was his first extended work for larger forces. Like the Hymnus paradisi (Naxos 8570352), the Stabat Mater is a direct musical reponse to the death of the composer’s nine year-old son, and further reveals his mastery of choral and orchestral polyphony. The Te Deum signalled a fresh and new approach to settings of Anglican canticles.