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Bluebird - Music of Contemplation

~ Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (9 Oct 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B000050AQA
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 102,759 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. What Sweeter Music - Rutter
2. The Blue Bird - Stanford
3. Te Lucis ante Terminum - Casals
4. Crux Fidelis - Handel
5. Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
6. Ave Maris Stella - Grieg
7. Amen - Finzi
8. Creed - Gretchaninoff
9. God be in my Head - Davies
10. Lugebat David - Fauré
11. Lord, now lettest Thou - Rachmaninoff
12. Beati quorum via - Stanford
13. Song for Athene - Tavener
14. Blessed is the man - Rachmaninoff
15. Mater Christi - Taverner
16. Ave Maris Stella - Monteverdi
17. O Salutaris Hostia - Rossini
18. O Sacrum Convivium - Messiaen
19. O Weisheit - Pärt
20. And I saw a new Heaven - Bainton

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Choir of New College Oxford has been performing for more than 600 years. Bluebird features five centuries' worth of choral music, from Taverner to Tavener, under Edward Higginbottom, the choir's musical director since 1976. This is the choir's first recording for Decca and although its standard of performance doesn't quite match up to those made for Erato, such as the bestselling Agnus Dei, this is a fascinating and well-conceived collection of 20 sacred works. Composers including Monteverdi, Handel, Gounod, Grieg, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Rossini, Messiaen and Pärt are explored. But it is the English repertory which the choir most succeeds in bringing to life, notably John Rutter's heartwarming What Sweeter Music, Edgar Bainton's rousing And I saw a new Heaven, Charles Stanford's mesmerising The Blue Bird and the glorious "Amen" from Gerald Finzi's Lo, the full, final sacrifice. --Rebecca Agnew

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5.0 out of 5 stars New College Choir on stunning form once again!, 25 April 2001
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After their chart-topping success of 'Agnus Dei' and 'Agnus Dei II', New College have not tried to make much change to a winning formula with this latest collection of favourites from the English Choral repetory. Sub-titled 'Music of Contemplation' to give the programme a spiritual, rather than overtly religious, flavour, it is actually only Stanford's 'Bluebird' which would definitely not be heard in evensong. Higginbottom, although leaning heavily towards the mass-market in his choice of sugar-coated classics such as Bach/Gounod 'Ave Maria' does offer a coherent package, while surprises such Gretchaninoff's sublime 'Creed' with a young soloist on top form, ensure its freshness and originality. The trebles produce their distinctive tone to great effect here, one gains the impression that they are really emotionally involved. The back-rows are also characteristically assured. One slight complaint would be that Decca's sound quality is not of their usual high standard on this disc - at times it sounds as if the choir is singing in a bathroom (not due I'm sure to the acoustics in Merton College, but rather to the studio work afterwards). Nevertheless this does not marr a fabulous achievement, which should rank high amongst the recordings of this 'compilation' type.
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