MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Choral Music (St Albans Cathedral Choirs, Holder, Winpenny)
Compared with large-scale oratorios such as St Paul, which includes the lyrical chorus How lovely are the messengers, Mendelssohn’s smaller sacred choral works were influenced by Palestrina, ranging from short liturgical motets such as the Sechs Sprüche to the canticle settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis. The famous sacred melody ‘O for the wings of a dove’ is to be found in Hear my prayer. The fine choristers of St Albans Cathedral can also be heard ‘on sparkling form’ (Gramophone) in John Rutter’s Gloria (8.572653).
Tracklist
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Ball, William - Lyricist
St Albans Cathedral Choir, Lay Clerks (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
| 7 | Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, MWV A14, Part II: How Lovely are the Messengers (Sung in English) | 03:24 |
St Albans Cathedral Choir, Lay Clerks (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Bartholomew, William - Lyricist
St Albans Cathedral Choirs (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
St Albans Cathedral Choirs (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
St Albans Cathedral Choirs (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Luther, Martin - Lyricist
St Albans Cathedral Choirs (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
St Albans Cathedral Choirs (Choir)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Holder, Peter (organ)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)
Winpenny, Tom (Conductor)




























