Finzi: Choral Works - Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton

1
Magnificat Op 36 My soul doth magnify the Lord[9'53]
with Alexander Hamilton (organ)
2
Welcome sweet and sacred feast Op 27 No 3[7'36]
with Asher Oliver (organ)
3
My lovely one Op 27 No 1[2'47]
with Asher Oliver (organ)
4
God is gone up Op 27 No 2[4'42]
with Trinity Brass, Asher Oliver (organ)
5
Nunc dimittis Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace[8'22]David Bednall (b1979)
with Alexander Hamilton (organ)
6
White-flowering days Op 37 Now the white-flowering days[3'57]
7
All this night Op 33[2'35]
Seven poems of Robert Bridges Op 17[19'06]
8
I praise the tender flower[2'13]
9
I have loved flowers that fade[2'52]
10
My spirit sang all day[1'42]
11
Clear and gentle stream[4'01]
12
Nightingales Beautiful must be the mountains whence ye come[2'55]
13
Haste on, my joys![1'57]
14
Wherefore tonight so full of care[3'26]
15
Lo, the full, final sacrifice Op 26[15'18]
with Alexander Hamilton (organ)

A cluster of choral miniatures culminating in one of Finzi’s most intense, visionary masterpieces: this is some of the most exquisite English choral writing of the last century.