The Call: More Choral Classics from St. John's

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The choral pieces brought together on The Call range widely, from ceremonial works associated with affairs of state to intimate compositions addressing moments of great personal significance. The composers are similarly diverse. They include an English composer of Polish extraction (Panufnik), an Italian who spent most of his life in Paris (Rossini), an Irish and a German composer who became leading lights in English music (Stanford and Mendelssohn). However, all the works recorded here have one thing in common: all are considered quintessential to the Anglican choral tradition.

Anybody with deep affection for the more noble anthems of the Anglican tradition will need no excuse to grab a copy of this tasty selection, especially so when it features performances of such tasteful restraint. You only need sample Oliver Browne’s unaffected treble in ‘O for the wings of a dove’ or Xavier Hetherington’s ethereal tenor in the Ave Maria to know that Andrew Nethsingha has musical integrity at the heart of these performances.

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Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: CHAN 10872


  • UPC: 095115187227


  • Label: Chandos


  • Composer: Charles H. Parry, Charles Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, Douglas Guest, Ernest Bullock, Felix Mendelssohn, Gioachino Rossini, Herbert Howells, John Ireland, John Tavener, Jonathan Dove, Roxanna Panufnik, William Henry Harris


  • Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir


  • Performer: Alison Martin, Edward Picton-turbervill