| SILENCE & MUSIC All Saints' Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills, California Thomas Foster, director Craig Phillips, organist World Premier Recordings!
Under the direction of Thomas Foster, this choir has gained a national reputation for a deeply intense and meaningful singing style. Specializing in contemporary Anglican music, this choir soars on long notes and can sustain the listener's attention, especially at slow tempos. The choir is complemented by their extraordinary organ-composer, Craig Phillips, whose Hodie, Christus natus est is included here.
This is their debut recording on Gothic.
Susa: Adam lay in bondage Twynham: Drop down dew, O heavens Phillips: Hodie, Christus natus est Cleobury: Joys Seven Moore: It is a thing most wonderful Stanford: The blue bird Vaughan Williams: Silence & Music Howells: Thee will I love Rose: Morning Glory, starlit sky Britten: Antiphon Batten: Out of the deep Byrd: Non vos relinquam orphanos Palestrina: Canite tuba Bravo: Versa est in luctum Duruflé: Ubi caritas Roger-Ducasse: Crux Fidelis Hurd: Love bade me welcome Neswick: Let the peoples praise you, O God Proulx: Prayer of the venerable Bede Davies: Blessed are the pure in heart Walton: Jubilate Deo |