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"Kenneth Leighton's music is at the heart of English Cathedral repertoire," so says the introduction to Hyperion's earlier disc of the composer's choral music from Wells Cathedral (CDA67641). During the couple of years I spent in Oxford it certainly seemed that way. I can remember quite vividly that his music often featured at choral evensong and other services, and I especially remember a...
There’s a perception that classical listeners have to choose between the credible and the enjoyable: liking Karl Jenkins is somehow less valid than liking Beethoven. It’s a deep-set prejudice that will take time to uproot, but albums like the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge’s Northern Lights do much to help the cause. Outrageously beautiful music, seriously and impeccably performed – this...
Layton's Choir is brilliant, make no mistake; it would also be a lie to suggest that I did not get much pleasure from this collection of the very devout composer Eriks Esenvalds. I also cannot determine how thoroughly his piety is infused into his music, always a difficult thing to determine with any composer. Compared to his previous offering that I reviewed, this one is of much softer stuff...
