Howells - Requiem

Recorded 1-3 and 4-7 July 2011. Released April 2012.

WINNER – GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2012
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE – CHORAL & SONG DISC OF THE MONTH
MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL – DISC OF THE MONTH
CLASSIC FM – DISC OF THE WEEK
★★★★★ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

“The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge is ideally pure and full in tone… this is a perfect disc of its kind” – Gramophone Magazine

This widely-acclaimed album presents Herbert Howells’ two great musical memorials. ‘Take him, earth, for cherishing’ was a major public commission for the Washington Memorial Service for US President John F. Kennedy. The ‘Requiem’, by contrast, is a deeply personal work rooted in the composer’s own griefs which Howells only consented to publish near the end of his life in 1980.

> Album page and digital booklet at Hyperion Records

This album is available on Spotify: use the embedded player below to listen to track previews; click on the album title to listen to the album in full on Spotify.