CATHEDRAL CHOIR, OXFORD
Directed by
Stephen Darlington, Andrew Carwood (tenor), Clive Driskill-Smith (organ), Victoria Davies (Harp), Aline Nassif (Piano)
Griffin has assembled a world-class team here for discovery recordings of Janacek’s beautiful shorter church works. The reaction last spring when BBC Radio 3 broadcast a live performance of “The Lord’s Prayer” ( Otčenáš ) was astounding, predicting exceptional interest in this recording. Another notably beautiful piece is “On the Death of Daughter Olgy”. Stephen Darlington now leads one of the UK’s top choirs in these works, of which there are very few if any versions available.
The CD, includes a 12-page booklet with an essay by the leading critic / Slavonic specialist Ivan Moody and full Czech / English texts.
Track list
LEOS JANACEK: THE LORD’S PRAYER Choral & Organ Music
Directed by Stephen Darlington
- Otcenas The Lord’s Prayer 16.08
- Ave Maria 5.20
- Elegie on the death of my daughter Olga 7.27
- Exaudi Deus 1.33
- Choral Fantasia (organ) 7.30
- Zdravas Maria Ave Maria 4.04
- Constitues 1.56
- Veni Sancte Spiritus 2.18
- Varyto (organ) 4.00
Mass after Liszt’s Messe pour Orgue
- Kyrie 2.02
- Gloria 3.28
- Credo 3.24
- Sanctus 2.21
- Benedictus 2.32
- Agnus Dei 2.47
Total Time 66’57”
Cat. No:GCCD 4042
Barcode: 5027822404224