This recording brings together two of today's finest British organist/composers and includes specially commissioned works. Jeremy Filsell's music is rooted in a long liturgical tradition and ranges from a poignant Epitaph to a Te Deum which recreates the spirit of William Walton's glorious piece for the 1953 Coronation. David Briggs's Pange lingua portrays the wonders of the Holy Communion in music, and his dramatic and grandiose Messe pour Saint-Sulpice also has moments of quiet, emotional profundity. The Vasari Singers' Great British Anthems (8.572504) has been described as 'essential listening' (Gramophone).

Tracklist:

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Epitaph, "Here Shadow Lie"
If God Build Not The House
Magnificat, "Windsor Service"
Nunc Dimittis, "Windsor Service"
The Transfiguration
Te Deum, "Windsor Service"
Jubilate, "Windsor Service"
Pange Lingua
Organ Improvisation On Tantum Ergo
Messe Pour Saint-Sulpice: Kyrie
Messe Pour Saint-Sulpice: Gloria
Messe Pour Saint-Sulpice: Sanctus
Messe Pour Saint-Sulpice: Benedictus
Messe Pour Saint-Sulpice: Agnus Dei

UPC: 747313311170
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 10.29.13
Format: CD

Vasari Singers - Choral Music of Jeremy Filsell & David Briggs (CD)