from A Song of Farewell (SIGCD281) 1 Salvator mundi [2'37] 24 minutes 2 seconds 6 tracks2 Psalm 23 [2'47] 3 Requiem aeternam I [4'53] 4 Psalm 121 [2'59] 5 Requiem aeternam II [5'08] 6 I heard a voice from heaven [5'38] 'Any disc subtitled 'Music of Mourning & Consolation' is not going to be a bundle of laughs. But Paul McCreesh has devised such a satisfying programme of mostly short a cappella pieces that the effect ... 'The raison d'être of the disc is Howells's Requiem and it is impressive as the core of a powerful programme. Going back to the opening Gibbons hymn 'Drop, drop slow tears', it then seemed right. Some ... Classic FM |