Gabriel Jackson: The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ

Thoughtful delivery service

Easy 30 day returns

Certified Reviews

Description

Gabriel Jackson: The Passion of our Lord Jesus ChristSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Strikingly coloured and richly imaginative, Gabriel Jacksons re telling of the age old story of Christs betrayal and crucifixion interweaves biblical narrative, English poetry and Latin hymns, culminating in a rare setting of poetry by T. S. Eliot himself an alumnus of Merton College, Oxford, which commissioned the present work as part of its extensive Merton Choirbook project. Shorter items from the Choirbook have

and it perhaps reflects the duo's long experience of performing Schubert together (some eight years

Release date: 4 June 2012

Freya Waley-Cohen’s suitably hyperactive Caffeine stands out as a peppy wake-up call"

immaculately recorded in the orchestra’s new Glasgow home and

Say it to the still world casts Shibe as Orpheus with his lyre

The music he has to sing is dignified and eloquent and Sherratt puts it across with great conviction

scored for the very effective combination of soprano voice

Never mind the short-lived promise of floral bouquets and chocolate eggs

devotee of the chorale

"Richard Neville-Towle gathers some of Britain's best new talents on this recording – Sophie Bevan

and with advocacy as persuasive as that of Nicholas Ashton the music regularly takes wing

and under the direction of their twenty-eight-year-old Master of Music