Artist: Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas, Britten Sinfonia
Album: Orchestral Anthems: Elgar | Finzi | Dyson | Howells
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 55:06
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 948 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Blessed city, heavenly Salem (Version for Choir and Orchestra) (07:53)
1-2. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Ecce sacerdos magnus (Version for Choir and Orchestra) (03:17)
1-3. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Evening Service in D: I. Magnificat (Arr. for choir and orchestra by Douglas Hopkins) (04:16)
1-4. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Evening Service in D: II. Nunc Dimittis (Arr. for choir and orchestra by Douglas Hopkins) (02:45)
1-5. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Behold, O God our defender (Version for Choir and Orchestra) (03:22)
1-6. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei (Arr. for choir and orchestra by Edward Elgar) (06:51)
1-7. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Lo, the full, final sacrifice (Version for Choir and Orchestra) (13:58)
1-8. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – Te Deum in G (Arr. for choir and orchestra by Arnold Foster) (06:28)
1-9. Choir of Merton College, Oxford – The Spirit of the Lord (Version for Choir and Orchestra) (06:12)

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For the Choir of Merton College, Oxford’s first collaboration with Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas has brought together a collection of sacred works from the first half of the twentieth century.A little-known fact is that these stalwarts of the English repertory were either originally intended to be heard with orchestra, or subsequently orchestrated by their composer or a close colleague.

Written for enthronements, coronations and the nation’s grandest choral festivals, these national ‘standards’ arehere brought back to life, their orchestral accompaniments affording them the richness, pomp and majesty associated with that epoch.