DREAMLAND - Contemporary Choral Riches from the Hyperion Catalogue

A new and intriguing sampler features a selection of pieces from Hyperion’s extensive and varied choral collection. This disc seeks to give a flavour of the contemporary choral music recorded by Hyperion over the last decade. Whilst on one level it can stand alone as a tribute to the beauty of its composers’ writing and choirs’ singing, it also lifts the lid on the albums from which the tracks are drawn. A perfect introduction to the magic new worlds of sound that await the listener.

1
To Morning O holy virgin! clad in purest white[2'26]Gabriel Jackson (b1962)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
2
As one who has slept[4'03] Sir John Tavener (1944-2013)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
3
Ave, dulcissima Maria[7'04] Morten Lauridsen (b1943)
Polyphony, Morten Lauridsen (finger cymbals), Stephen Layton (conductor)
4
Alleluia[6'15] Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford, James Burton (conductor)
5
O sacrum convivium Op 27[3'43] Pierre Villette (1926-1998)
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)

Neli eesti hällilaulu 'Four Estonian lullabies'[6'55]Veljo Tormis (1930-2017)
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
6
Äiutus 'Lulling' Äiu-äiu, äiu-äiu 'Lullaby, lullaby'[2'12]

7
The Corpus Christi Carol The faucon hath born my mak away (No 2 of Christ's Love)[4'45]Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010)
Frances Henderson (soprano), Léonie Maxwell (soprano), Kevin Beckett (countertenor), Iain MacLeod-Jones (tenor), Christopher Sheldrake (bass), Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)

8
Adoro te[3'55] Antony Pitts (b1969)
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts (conductor)
9
Magnificat [7'04] Arvo Pärt (b1935)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor), Rachel Elliott (soprano)
10
Stetit Angelus [4'23] Rihards Dubra (b1964)
Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough (conductor)
11
A child's prayer [3'42] Sir James MacMillan (b1959)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker (conductor)
12
The Shepherd's Carol We stood on the hills, Lady [3'09] Bob Chilcott (b1955)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
13
Balulalow O my deir heart, young Jesus sweit[2'20]Nicholas Maw (1935-2009)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Mark Shepherd (conductor)

14
Nunc dimittis [4'20] Paweł Łukaszewski (b1968)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
In the silence of the night[14'45]Ruth Byrchmore (b1966)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

15
Song When I am dead, my dearest [6'20]
16
Sleep The evening hangs beneath the moon[5'33] Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)