Beyond All Mortal Dreams -American A Cappella : Layton / Cambridge Trinity College Choir

Beyond all mortal dreams - American a cappella

Clausen:
Tonight eternity alone

Ferko:
Hildegard Triptych

Fissinger:
Lux aeterna

Gjeilo:
Sanctus
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi

Hawley:
Two Motets

Paulus:
The day is done
Even before we call on your name (excerpt from The Three Hermits)
Ev'ry face is in you, ev'ry voice, ev'ry sorrow in you (excerpt from To be Certain of the Dawn)

Stucky:
Three New Motets 'in memoriam Thomas Tallis'

Willan:
Fair in face
I beheld her, beautiful as a dove
Rise up, my love, my fair one
How they so softly rest, Op. 302

Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton, conductor

Recording details: July 2010, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt

Recently named in Gramophone as the ‘fifth best choir in the world’, Stephen Layton and his acclaimed Trinity College Choir perform a stunning disc of American a cappella choral works.

The recording is a showcase of little-known American composers unearthed by Layton during his travels. These distinctive and luminous compositions illustrate the context in which better-known composers such as Lauridsen and Whitacre - already championed by Layton - learnt their craft.

The choir is in perfect voice. Their purity of tone, flawless intonation and depth of feeling are truly exceptional. This wonderful disc is a must for all choral fanatics. ( Hyperion )