Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems

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Label
Linn Records
Release Date
October 14, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WARD, JOHN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Choir Of Magdalen College Oxford
    • PERFORMER
      Phantasm, Hyde
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 14, 2014
    • UPC
      691062042727
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CKD 427
    • LABEL
      Linn Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Fantasia à 4 No. 2, VdGS 22

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    2. Praise the Lord, O My Soul

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde

    3. Fantasia à 4 No. 5, VdGS 25

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    4. Mount Up, My Soul

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde

    5. Fantasia à 4 No. 1, VdGS 21

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    6. Down, Caitiff Wretch (Part 1)

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde

    7. Prayer Is an Endless Chain (Part 2)

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde

    8. Fantasia à 4 No. 3, VdGS 23

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    9. How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde

    10. Fantasia à 4 No. 4, VdGS 24

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    11. Let God Arise

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde

    12. Fantasia à 4 No. 6, VdGS 26

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    13. This Is a Joyful, Happy Holy Day

      Composer: John Ward

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Phantasm

      Conductor: Daniel Hyde


Featuring ambitious and accomplished music for voices and viols, ‘Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems’ offers a privileged glimpse of a special moment in English music history. The four-part viol fantasies show a fluent and skillful style exemplifying Jacobean consort fantasy at its best. The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Emily Ashton and Christopher Terepin join Phantasm to perform Ward’s verse anthems that contain an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of textures and generous word painting amidst a polyphonic swirl of viols. This recording is a fitting tribute to John Ward, whose efforts have been rediscovered in our own time and whose mellifluous music deserves a closer look. The award-winning ensemble has been applauded across the globe for its moving performances and is recognized as the most exciting viol consort active on the world scene today. Critics have described their performances and recordings as 'intoxicating', 'revelatory', 'electrifying', and ‘interpretations pervaded by a truly burning spirit'.