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Howells, Bax: Choral Works
(CHAN 9139)
Paul Spicer (director)
Bax This Worldes Joie
Mater Ora Filium
Five Greek Folksongs
I Sing of a Maiden
Howells Two Madrigals
In youth is pleasure
Before me, careless lying
Long, long ago
The summer is coming
Take him, earth, for cherishing
Always with the Finzi Singers there is a fine intelligence at work, and a scrupulous care for the texture of choral sound. And as ever, there is the prospect of uniterrupted delight in the programme itself. Gramophone
Although there are many recordings of this work (Howells’s Take him, Earth for Cherishing) this is arguably the most moving of all. CD Review
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Howells and Bernard Stevens:
Choral Works
(CHAN9021)
Paul Spicer (director)
Howells Mass in the Dorian Mode
Salve Regina
O Salutaris Hostia
Sweetest of Sweets
Come, my soul
Antiphon
Nunc Dimittis
Regina Caeli
Stevens Mass for Double Choir
Critics Choice ‘The Gramophone’
For an hour’s peace to meditate on the blessings of music at such instant command there is the first recording of two English masses, one by Bernard Stevens, the other an early work by Howells, sung by the Finzi Singers whose records are earning their welcome as reliably as any. John Steane, The Gramophone
A redemptive performance by the Finzi Singers under Paul Spicer: a choir of real accomplishment that goes from strength to strength with every disc it makes. Independent on Sunday
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Howells: Choral Works
(CHAN 9458)
Paul Spicer (director)
Andrew Lumsden (organ)
Behold, O God our defender
Three Carol-Anthems
Here is the little door
Sing lullaby
A Spotless Rose
Te Deum for St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
The Scribe
Thee will I love
Blessed are the Dead
Even such is time
Inheritance
Haec Dies
God is gone up
The Finzi Singers give inspired, radiant, evocative performances in clear, wide-perspective sound, of Howells’s smaller choral gems ranging across the span of his career. BBC Music Magazine
This is another exemplary addition to the Finzi Singers’ ever-expanding discography…As we have come to expect from this partnership on record, these are splendidly fervent, finely disciplined performances. A hearty recommendation. The Gramophone
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Howells and Vaughan Williams
(CHAN9019)
English Romantic Choral Music
Paul Spicer (director)
Harry Bicket (organ)
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet)
Vaughan Williams Prayer to the Father of Heaven
A vision of aeroplanes
Lord, thou hast been our refuge
Howells A Sequence for St Michael
The House of the Mind
Requiem
Vaughan Williams set this (A Vision of Aeroplanes) as a concerto with an organ swirling and pulsing as it conjures up the rhythm, bite and enrgy of aero engines. Listen to the Finzi Singers directed by Paul Spicer to experience the effect. Classic CD