Parry: Songs of Farewell & works by Stanford, Gray & Wood CD

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, recorded in June 2019 at All Hallows’ Church, Gospel Oak.

Read more about the recording on the Abbey website

Sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

James O’Donnell conductor

Listen to extracts: https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68301

STANFORD Three Motets Op 38

GRAY Evening Service in F minor

STANFORD Magnificat for eight-part chorus in B flat Op

WOOD Nunc dimittis in B flat

PARRY Songs of Farewell

Track listing:

1. Justorum animae - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

2. Caelos ascendit hodie - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

3. Beati quorum via - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

4. Magnificat My soul doth magnify the the Lord - Alan Gray

5. Nunc dimittis Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace - Alan Gray

6. Magnificat for eight-part chorus in B flat Op 164 - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

7. Nunc dimittis in B flat - Charles Wood

8. My soul, there is a country - Sir Hubert Parry

9. I know my soul hath power to know all things - Sir Hubert Parry

10. Never weather-beaten sail - Sir Hubert Parry

11. There is an old belief - Sir Hubert Parry

12. At the round earth's imagined corners - Sir Hubert Parry