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Track(s) taken from CDH55195

Te Deum laudamus

composer
Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
author of text
Anonymous - liturgical
Book of Common Prayer

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Andrew Lucas (organ)
Recording details: February 1991
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: July 1992
Total duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

Cover artwork: Ruins of Holyrood Chapel. Louis J M Daguerre (1787-1851)
The Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
 

The Te Deum laudamus dates from 1964 and is scored for soprano and baritone solo, chorus and organ. The music was written in honour of St Cecilia for a festival service at St Sepulchre’s Church, Holborn, London, where it was first performed on 24 November 1964. On this recording only the baritone soloist is heard (at the words ‘We therefore pray thee help thy servants’) and the soprano solos are sung by the boys. In 1966 the composer orchestrated the work, removing all but one of the solo passages and indicating alternative semi-chorus readings in order to effect a better balance with the orchestral texture.

from notes by William McVicker © 1992

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