Tag: Stephen Darlington
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21 Great Anthems & Choruses
Three out of three stars “[Hickox leads] fine digital collections sung with fervour and discipline… zestfully infectious… shaped beautifully… brass resonantly sonorous… fully in the demonstration bracket.” – Penguin Guide The title says it all! Alto Records presents twenty-one essential choral showpieces, performed by the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and some of the finest…
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The Golden Age of English Sacred Music
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The Golden Age of English Church Music
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Evensong from Oxford
“Superb performance all round” (Andrew Palmer / Cathedral Music) (of Hymns collection) “Nothing is overstated or outlandish, and the singing has a very pleasing polished and bright sound. Highly recommended” (Music Web International)
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Haydn: Stabat Mater
“Stabat Mater was the first of Haydn’s vocal works to achieve an international reputation” (Prof. H.C.Robbins-Landon) “the Scandalously neglected Stabat Mater … this version finds a distinctive place … Darlington takes note of period practice and finds extra detail. The other striking quality is the warmly atmospheric cathedral atmosphere, which yet allows ample detail ……
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Favourite Psalms from Great Cathedrals
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Favourite Hymns from Oxford – Amazing Grace
The Christ Church quadrangle fountain shimmering in sunlight attractively adorns the cover of this collection of some of the greatest of all hymns. As Stephen Darlington says “hymns deal with weighty topics” and new arrangements feature amongst these most spirited performances.
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Haydn: Stabat Mater
Haydn originally planned a moderate new choral work for his own singers and forces, and assumed he could not match Pergolesi’s setting of this beautiful text; but he became truly inspired in its writing, and turned in a work which helped the spread of his fame to Rome as well as to Paris and London.
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Janáček: The Lord’s Prayer, Choral and Organ Music
Griffin has assembled a world-class team here for discovery recordings of Janacek’s beautiful shorter church works. The reaction last spring when BBC Radio 3 broadcast a live performance of “The Lord’s Prayer” ( Otčenáš ) was astounding, predicting exceptional interest in this recording. Another notably beautiful piece is “On the Death of Daughter Olgy”. Stephen Darlington now leads one of the UK’s top choirs in these works, of which there…
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An Oxford Evensong: Music by Oxford Composers
A choral evensong from a great Cathedral, all well researched and including famous composers from across the University.
