℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
| Released | November 24, 2023 |
| Originated | May 29, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 04m 41s |
| Record Label | Hyperion |
| Genre | Classical |
Parry: Songs of Farewell & Works by Stanford, Gray & Wood
James O'Donnell, The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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3 Motets, Op. 38
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1.1
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I. Justorum animae
Charles Villiers Stanford; Anonymous; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
3:22 | |||
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1.2
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II. Caelos ascendit hodie
Charles Villiers Stanford; Anonymous; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
2:03 | |||
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1.3
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III. Beati quorum via
Charles Villiers Stanford; Anonymous; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
3:30 | |||
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Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in F Minor
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1.4
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I. Magnificat
Anonymous; Alan Gray; James O'Donnell; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; George Purves |
4:53 | |||
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1.5
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II. Nunc dimittis
Anonymous; Alan Gray; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
3:12 | |||
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1.6
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Magnificat for 8-Part Chorus, Op. 164
Charles Villiers Stanford; Anonymous; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
12:37 | |||
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1.7
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Nunc dimittis in B-Flat
Charles Wood; Anonymous; James O'Donnell; The Choir of Westminster Abbey |
3:17 | |||
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Songs of Farewell
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1.8
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I. My Soul, There Is a Country
Henry Vaughan; Hubert Parry; James O'Donnell; The Choir of Westminster Abbey |
3:40 | |||
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1.9
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II. I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things
John Davies; Hubert Parry; James O'Donnell; The Choir of Westminster Abbey |
2:19 | |||
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1.10
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III. Never Weather-Beaten Sail
Thomas Campion; Hubert Parry; James O'Donnell; The Choir of Westminster Abbey |
3:28 | |||
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1.11
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IV. There Is an Old Belief
John Gibson Lockhart; Hubert Parry; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
4:31 | |||
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1.12
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V. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
John Donne; Hubert Parry; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; James O'Donnell |
7:34 | |||
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1.13
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VI. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
Anonymous; Hubert Parry; James O'Donnell; The Choir of Westminster Abbey |
10:15 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"The masterpieces come at the beginning and the end, the motets by Stanford and the songs by Parry, in which whole worlds of pain, belief, hope and tradition are condensed into telling cadences that internalise rather than boast about technique and aspiration … it’s in these more classical designs that O’Donnell’s choir shows its poise: thrillingly bright and straight-backed in Stanford’s ‘Caelos ascendit hodie’ (and judicious in that vibrant final cadence) and going with the flow in the tremendous text-led freedoms of Parry’s Songs of Farewell, the most remarkable meeting of English choral style with sheer instinct … it radiates an optimism of its own, which may well prove even more special in the long run."
- Gramophone
Stanford’s eight-part Latin Magnificat was posthumously dedicated to Parry, whose own Songs of farewell are unmistakably valedictory in mood. Personal as well as musical associations run deep in this poignantly expressive programme from Westminster Abbey Choir.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.30 -2.49 to -0.54 | -22.46 -25.25 to -18.74 | -18.14 -20.30 to -15.20 | 12 11 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Justorum animae | -2.49 | -22.81 | -18.6 | 11 |
| 2 | II. Caelos ascendit hodie | -0.54 | -18.74 | -15.2 | 11 |
| 3 | III. Beati quorum via | -1.22 | -23.66 | -20.0 | 13 |
| 4 | I. Magnificat | -0.93 | -21.60 | -17.6 | 13 |
| 5 | II. Nunc dimittis | -1.29 | -20.81 | -16.9 | 12 |
| 6 | Magnificat for 8-Part Chorus, Op. 164 | -0.94 | -20.85 | -17.0 | 12 |
| 7 | Nunc dimittis in B-Flat | -1.02 | -21.03 | -16.8 | 12 |
| 8 | I. My Soul, There Is a Country | -1.29 | -21.45 | -16.6 | 12 |
| 9 | II. I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things | -1.99 | -25.25 | -19.1 | 13 |
| 10 | III. Never Weather-Beaten Sail | -1.84 | -24.44 | -20.3 | 13 |
| 11 | IV. There Is an Old Belief | -1.34 | -23.97 | -19.3 | 13 |
| 12 | V. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners | -0.97 | -22.75 | -18.5 | 13 |
| 13 | VI. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | -1.00 | -24.55 | -19.9 | 14 |