The Sixteen/Christophers
(Coro)Edmund Rubbra was a unique voice in 20th-century English music,using a harmonic palette distinctively his own, though not one that has always found universal favour. Here, and Harry Christophers and the Sixteen invent a convincing case for a reappraisal of his choral music. They leaven the sometimes bracingly austere Tenebrae Nocturns from 1951 and 1961 with the meltingly lovely Five Motets from 1934,a triptych of similar miniatures from 1952 and the spectacular 1945 double-choir Missa Cantuariensis. Each piece is sung with the purity and sincerity we have near to expect from one of the UK’s most treasured and respected vocal ensembles.
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Source: theguardian.com