Evensong Live 2015
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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Directed by Stephen Cleobury
Release date: 1 June 2015
The tracks on this album were recorded live during Evensong services in the 2013-2014 academic year, as part of the College’s regular Chapel webcasts. This collection provides a snapshot of the ensemble during a fleeting moment in its five-century history, and a glimpse of the daily music making that is so integral to life at King’s. The album includes the stunning Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël by the French composer Francis Poulenc.
The recordings were made during services using a state-of-the-art recording system concealed in the roof, vestry and organ loft, with microphones suspended discreetly above the choir stalls.
“Precise and graceful singing” – The Guardian
| 1 | Loquebantur variis linguis | 05:12 | Tallis, Thomas |
| 2 | Videte miraculum | 10:04 | Tallis, Thomas |
| 3 | Ave Maria | 04:17 | Parsons, Robert |
| 4 | Magnificat | 04:17 | Swayne, Giles |
| 5 | Totus Tuus | 09:44 | Górecki, Henryk |
| Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël | |||
| 6 | i. O magnum mysterium | 02:51 | Poulenc, Francis |
| 7 | ii. Quem vidistis pastores dicite | 02:40 | Poulenc, Francis |
| 8 | iii. Videntes stellam | 02:38 | Poulenc, Francis |
| 9 | iv. Hodie Christus natus est | 02:24 | Poulenc, Francis |
| 10 | Hear my prayer | 10:39 | Mendelssohn, Felix |
| 11 | Hear my words, ye people | 14:35 | Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings |
| 12 | Antiphon (from Five Mystical Songs) | 03:30 | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
| 13 | Litanies | 05:35 | Alain, Jehan |
| Total playing time – 78:26 |
Recorded at 44.1kHz 24-bit PCM stereo in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, by kind permission of the Provost and Fellows, between May 2013 and March 2014.
Producer & Engineer Benjamin Sheen
Mastering Benjamin Sheen
