Chorus vel Organa: Music from the lost Palace of Westminster

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Chorus vel Organa: Music from the lost Palace of WestminsterSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Great Britains modern Houses of Parliament conceal a lost royal foundation: the chapel of St Stephen, begun by Edward I and raised into a college by his grandson Edward III. The foundation maintained an outstanding musical tradition for two hundred years before the college was dissolved in 1548, when the building became the first permanent meeting place of the House of Commons. This recording reflects the musical

These were insightful readings

are all about deriving maximum impact from minimal material

A broad canvas of activity

"Wholeheartedly committed

whose hauntingly beautiful sound is one of the chief delights of the recording

"At the heart of this Advent service is a set of seven antiphons specially commissioned from seven composers for Merton College chapel

In the Goldberg Variations Bach answered a modest request – reputedly from an aristocratic patron who wanted music that was ‘soft and somewhat lively’ as a distraction from insomnia – with a work of immense scale and ambition

Iain Burnside has joined forces here with a fine trio of singers – fittingly

The Merton College Choir

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"Classy playing

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