Resonances - Music at Westminster: From Tallis to Britten

Purcell, Henry;
Britten, Benjamin;
Vaughan Williams, Ralph;
Gibbons, Orlando;
White, Robert

Academy of Ancient Music;
RIAS Kammerchor;
Herreweghe, Philippe;
Vignoles, Roger;
Stile Antico;
Padmore, Mark;
Ross, Graham;
Choir of Clare College Cambridge;
Creed, Marcus;
McGegan, Nicholas;
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford;
The Choir of Magdalen College;
Ives, Bill

HMX 2908552.53

Westminster Abbey, the church at which all English monarchs have been crowned since 1066, is one of the great musical centres of the United Kingdom. Over the centuries, the leading British organists, singers and composers have been closely associated with the abbey, which still plays a preponderant role in the musical and cultural life of the realm. From Orlando Gibbons to Benjamin Britten, this two-disc anthology presents a musical tour of the prestigious monument, its cloisters and the grandiose abbey church itself. A musical guide complete with plan to take you on a sumptuous pilgrimage through five centuries of creation.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Harmonia Mundi

30-12-2016

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