London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Sword in the Soul (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Sword in the Soul (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:15:36 minutes | 2,24 GB | Genre: Classical
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In an album that includes world-premiere recordings, Michael Waldron and the London Choral Sinfonia perform Francis Grier’s modern-day Passion, Sword in the Soul, to texts by Rowan Williams narrated by Simon Callow, Samantha Bond and Adrian Peacock. Alongside Grier’s Sword in the Soul, we hear Lux Eterna, the profoundly moving choral setting of Elgar’s famous ‘Nimrod’ from his Enigma Variations, as well as a rarely-heard piece by Elgar recorded only once before: the intensely poignant We Will Remember Them, a beautiful and simple a cappella arrangement of a famous text. The album also features music by contemporary composer David Bednall, and LCS’s Composer in Residence Owain Park.

Tracklist:
1. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; We venerate the wood of thy Cross (06:03)
2. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Narration 1 (03:17)
3. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Nunc Dimittis (02:14)
4. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Narration 2 (03:40)
5. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul: O Lord, thou hast duped me (01:22)
6. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Narration 3 (03:37)
7. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul: Lovely tears of lovely eyes (04:14)
8. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul: Narration 4 (03:10)
9. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Dialogue for cello & organ (03:28)
10. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Narration 5 (06:25)
11. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; O Cross of Christ (02:47)
12. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Narration 6 (05:13)
13. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Grier: Sword in the Soul; Today he who hung the earth upon the waters (05:37)
14. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Park: Hail, gladdening light (02:04)
15. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Elgar: We will remember them (02:46)
16. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Elgar: Enigma Variations. Nimrod: Lux Aeterna (04:08)
17. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Bednall: Nunc Dimittis (after Finzi) (09:39)
18. London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron – Bainton: And I saw a new heaven (05:44)

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