{"product_id":"leighton-londinium-every-living-creature-choral-music-cd","title":"Leighton \/ Londinium - Every Living Creature - Choral Music (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the label return of the chamber choir Londinium and director Andrew Griffiths with Every Living Creature, a recital of choral music by Kenneth Leighton on the 35th anniversary of his death featuring five premiere recordings. The album unearths a number of significant works by this important British composer, including the extraordinary, eight-movement Laudes Animantium, a 25-minute work for double choir, soloists and children's chorus, as well as a superb setting of John Donne's Nativitie and the charming Three Carols (1948). Also featured are the partsong London Town and three more sacred works: Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace, An evening hymn and A Hymn to the Trinity. Five of the pieces are heard on disc for the first time; the remaining four have been recorded only once before. Londinium is joined by soloists Rebecca Lea and Nina Bennet (sopranos), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo-soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor) and, in the finale of Laudes Animantium, the choir of Finchley Children's Music Group. In his insightful booklet notes, Griffiths writes: \"It is rare to find a choral singer who does not enjoy performing Leighton's works. His music is rooted in rigorous part-writing and counterpoint, and alive with invigorating rhythm, motivic interplay and piquant dissonance, underlaid with a deeply lyrical instinct and an exquisite sensitivity to the meaning and colour of text\". Londinium and Andrew Griffiths' debut SOMM release was The Gluepot Connection, a compendium portrait of British musical life in the middle of the last century (SOMMCD 180), a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year, hailed as \"a brilliant concept\" and \"flawlessly performed\". It received a five-star review from Choir \u0026amp; Organ, and four stars from BBC Music Magazine and The Daily Telegraph, with Gramophone hailing it's \"impressive accomplishment\" and declaring it \"well worth seeking out\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~Prelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~Scherzo: Calico Pie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Nightingale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Lamb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Kraken\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Grey Squirrel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Tyger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaudes Animantium, Op. 61~Every Living Creature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevening hymn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLondon Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Carols~Lully, lulla, thou tiny little child\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Carols~The seven joys of Mary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Carols~Sleep, Holy Babe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNativitie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn to the Trinity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 748871066724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Somm Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.2.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52270833697068,"sku":"748871066724","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/2257\/7708\/files\/4202512-3143619.jpg?v=1762396562","url":"https:\/\/joseyrecords.com\/products\/leighton-londinium-every-living-creature-choral-music-cd","provider":"Josey Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}