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Magnificat 2
Lennox Berkeley - William Walton - Herbert Howells - Julian Anderson - Herbert Sumsion - Giles Swayne - Sydney Watson

Magnificat 2

The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212066720
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Catalog number: SIGCD 667
Releasedate: 07-05-21
- New disc from acclaimed series with Choir of St John's College Cambridge. 
- Includes foreword by former Archibishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

Andrew Nethsingha and The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge release the second volume in the highly-praised Magnificat series and present nine settings of the Evening Canticles by celebrated Organist-Composers, written between 1932 and 1952, and non-church musicians from 1974-1989. The recording culminates with a contemporary setting by Julian Anderson, composed for the Chapel’s 150th anniversary.

“These first volumes are designed to complement one another. Magnificat 1 started earlier, with Stanford in the 1880s; Volume Two brings us briefly up to the present day. The first release contained celebrated works by Tippett and Leighton from 1961 and 1972 respectively, in between the two main periods represented on this disc. Both albums contain iconic works by Howells, written a year apart. We hear composers creating different orders of priority for the parameters of composition.” Andrew Nethsingha