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 program from James O'Donnell and the Westminster Abbey Choir.
1 Stanford: Three Motets, Op 38 - I. Justorum Animae
2 Stanford: Three Motets, Op 38 - II. Caelos Ascendit Hodie
3 Stanford: Three Motets, Op 38 - III. Beati Quorum Via
4 Gray: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F minor - I. Magnificat
5 Gray: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F minor - II. Nunc Dimittis
6 Stanford: Magnificat for Eight-Part Chorus in B Flat, Op 164
7 Wood: Nunc Dimittis in B Flat
8 Parry: Songs of Farewell - I. My Soul, There Is a Country
9 Parry: Songs of Farewell - II. I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things
10 Parry: Songs of Farewell - III. Never Weather-Beaten Sail
11 Parry: Songs of Farewell - IV. There Is An Old Belief
12 Parry: Songs of Farewell - V. at the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
13 Parry: Songs of Farewell - VI. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
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 program from James O'Donnell and the Westminster Abbey Choir.
