A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning & Consolation

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Product description Music of Mourning and Consolation Continuing Signum’s new partnership with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Cosort following the triumphant success of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts (SIGCD280), their next release will be a recording of the groups renowned a cappella programme of music for mourning and consolation. This is a beautifully poignant programme of British choral music, including works by composers as diverse as Morley and Dove, Sheppard and Walton and featuring Howells’ sublime Requiem. Review Gorgeously melancholic British funeral music for unaccompanied choir, ranging from Sheppard and Morley to Elgar. For me, the highlight is Herbert Howells's Requiem, grief seeping from every cadance. It's beautifully sung by Paul McCreesh's Gabrieli Consort in an acoustic that sounds aptly like a tomb but is, in fact, Ely Cathedral. --Richard Morrison, The Times, March 17 2012