George Dyson: Choral music
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Composer or Director: George Dyson
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 7/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: KA66150
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Hierusalem |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ Valery Hill, Soprano |
| (3) Choral Hymns |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ |
| (3) Songs of Praise |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ |
| Fantasia and Ground Bass |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Organ |
| O praise God in His Holiness |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ |
Composer or Director: George Dyson
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 7/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 60
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA66150
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Hierusalem |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ Valery Hill, Soprano |
| (3) Choral Hymns |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ |
| (3) Songs of Praise |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ |
| Fantasia and Ground Bass |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Organ |
| O praise God in His Holiness |
George Dyson, Composer
George Dyson, Composer Jonathan Rennert, Conductor St Michael's Singers Thomas Trotter, Organ |
Author:
One of the major pleasures of the past few years for aficionados of British music has been the discovery that George Dyson was a very fine composer. The work by which he is best known, The Canterbury Pilgrims, gives little idea of the height to which he rises in Quo vadis, In honour of the city, The blacksmiths and Sweet Thames, run softly. Here, in this excellent transfer to CD, are several more works that reinforce this revised view. Hierusalem, one of his last works, is a wonderful piece, which I would bracket with Finzi's Dies natalis and Howells's Hymnus paradisi as one of the best examples of the mystical ecstasy which certain British choral works achieve.
Scored for the unusual combinations of solo soprano, chorus, string quartet, harp, organ and strings, Hierusalem is a vision of an innocent paradise beyond our grasp, the kind of vision that Mahler depicts in the finale of his Fourth Symphony. Valery Hill, the soloist, brings exactly the right yearning quality to her singing and the St Michael's Singers, for whom the work was composed, capture effortlessly the essence of choral writing that is distinctively English and yet, to my ears, has a Debussyan flavour. If nothing else on the disc is quite as memorable, that is only by comparison. The performances are first rate, as is the Hyperion recording. Very strongly recommended.'
Scored for the unusual combinations of solo soprano, chorus, string quartet, harp, organ and strings, Hierusalem is a vision of an innocent paradise beyond our grasp, the kind of vision that Mahler depicts in the finale of his Fourth Symphony. Valery Hill, the soloist, brings exactly the right yearning quality to her singing and the St Michael's Singers, for whom the work was composed, capture effortlessly the essence of choral writing that is distinctively English and yet, to my ears, has a Debussyan flavour. If nothing else on the disc is quite as memorable, that is only by comparison. The performances are first rate, as is the Hyperion recording. Very strongly recommended.'
George Dyson: Choral music
George Dyson: Choral music
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