Christ Church Cathedral Choir – Howard Goodall: Invictus. A Passion (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit/96kHz | Time – 00:57:57 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
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Persecution of the innocent, malevolent authority exerting itself against ideas that threaten and challenge, the power of a peaceful, loving humility in the face of tyranny, the facing-down of fear. Such is the power of the Passion story and so it appears in Howard Goodall’s new work, Invictus: A Passion. Forty-five years of writing musical theatre (as well as some more hilarious scores for Mr. Bean and for Blackadder!) has inevitably shaped the way he sets narrative texts, carefuly avoiding the abstract, opaque or overly elusive. Likewise he makes no apology for his musical idiom being very, very approachable. Goodall has found a route directly to people’s hearts, telling the story afresh through his choice of texts – not the Gospels but poems by various female authors: Gethsemane by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary by Christina Georgina Rossetti and Slave Auction by Ellen Watkins Harper, interwoven with the 1611 verse narrative of the biblical Passion by Æmelia Lanyer née Bassano, one of the first books published in the English language by a female poet. The world premiere recording of this brand new choral work is performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, with the Lanyer Ensemble and soloists from The Sixteen, conducted by Stephen Darlington, the very same team that gave the European premiere in May 2018.
Tracklist:
1. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington, The Lanyer Ensemble & Mark Dobell – Invictus. A Passion: Gethsemane (08:26)
2. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble, Stephen Darlington & Kirsty Hopkins – Invictus. A Passion: Lamentation (06:47)
3. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble & Stephen Darlington – Invictus. A Passion: Chorale – His Paths are Peace (03:32)
4. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble, Stephen Darlington, Daniel Kelly & Kirsty Hopkins – Invictus. A Passion: Compassion (06:19)
5. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble, Stephen Darlington & Mark Dobell – Invictus. A Passion: Invictus (05:30)
6. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble & Stephen Darlington – Invictus. A Passion: Golgotha (06:26)
7. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble & Stephen Darlington – Invictus. A Passion: Easter Hymn (04:26)
8. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble, Stephen Darlington & Kirsty Hopkins – Invictus. A Passion: The Song of Mary Magdalene – Now we are they who weep (06:57)
9. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Lanyer Ensemble, Stephen Darlington, Kirsty Hopkins & Mark Dobell – Invictus. A Passion: I Will Arise (09:34)
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