Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Vol. 4

Herbert Brewer (Composer), Herbert Kennedy Andrews (Composer), Herbert Howells (Composer), Orlande de Lassus (Composer), Tomas Luis De Victoria (Composer), Charles Villiers Stanford (Composer), Thomas Weelkes (Composer), Harold Darke (Composer), Richard Shephard (Composer), Edward Bairstow (Composer), David Thorne (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: David Thorne
• Composer: Herbert Brewer, Herbert Kennedy Andrews, Herbert Howells, Orlande de Lassus, Tomas Luis De Victoria, et al.
• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Priory Records UK
• ASIN: B00005YCLK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #894,700 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus & organ in E flat major: Magnificat

2. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus & organ in E flat major: Nunc Dimittis

3. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for chorus & organ in G major: Magnificat

4. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for chorus & organ in G major: Nunc Dimittis

5. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for men's chorus & organ in E major: Magnificat

6. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for men's chorus & organ in E major: Nunc Dimittis

7. Work(s): [Unspecified] Magnificat in tone 4 for 4 voices

8. Nunc Dimittis, for 4 voices

9. Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in C major, Op. 115: Magnificat

10. Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in C major, Op. 115: Nunc Dimittis

11. Service for Trebles (Fourth Service), for chorus & organ (incomplete): Magnificat

12. Service for Trebles (Fourth Service), for chorus & organ (incomplete): Nunc Dimittis

13. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus & organ in F major: Magnificat

14. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus & organ in F major: Nunc Dimittis

15. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Salisbury Service): Magnifcat

16. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Salisbury Service): Nunc Dimittis

17. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor (CMS Jubilee Festival Service, Westminster): Magnificat

18. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor (CMS Jubilee Festival Service, Westminster): Nunc Dimittis

19. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus & organ in D major: Magnificat

20. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus & organ in D major: Nunc Dimittis

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Review (from Grammophone), December 16, 2008

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This review is from: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Vol. 4 (Audio CD)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. Volume 4
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir / Adrian Lucas with David Thorne (org). Priory © PRCD527 (79 minutes: DDD: 2/96). Texts included. Recorded 1995.

Brewer Evening Service in E flat major. Andrews Evening Service in G major. Howells Evening Service in E major. Evening Service in B minor. Lassus Magnificat quarto toni. Victoria Nunc dimittis. Stanford Evening Service in C major. Op. 115. Weelkes Evening Service for Trebles - Magnificat; Nunc dimittis. Darke Evening Service in F major. R. Shephard Salisbury Service. Bairstow Evening Service in D major.

One good thing after another; it almost surprises that a succession of Mags and Nuncs can be so varied, satisfying and enjoyable. The programmes in this excellent series allow for a fair variety of styles and centuries, but in this instance a particularly generous share of the credit must go to the performances. Forthright and invigorating, they give rise to a distinct suspicion that the whole business may be a pleasure: that the choristers have some rhythm in their bones and at certain points might even have a' smile on their faces. It is there right from the start, with Brewer in E flat (and how undeservedly stodgy that can sound in performance) bright with energy and encouraging a conviction that there genuinely is something in which to rejoice. This extends to Lassus, Victoria and Weelkes, where, instead of the more usual formal reading of notes, there is a common effort of understanding and imagination, lifting the notes off the page and sometimes, with a little judicious semi-staccato, setting them a-dance. Nor is there any lack of sensitive shading or of repose in the right places - a fine feeling for mood in the lovely and little-known B minor setting of Howells, for example.

A splendid recital, with a fine choice of repertoire, and consistently admirable playing by the organist, David Thome.