{"product_id":"leighton-londinium-every-living-creature-choral-music","title":"Londinium: Every Living Creature - Choral Music - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEvery Living Creature - Choral Music\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eLondinium\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSomm Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e748871066724\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2023-06-02\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         SOMM 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\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~Prelude \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~Scherzo: Calico Pie \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Nightingale \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Lamb \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Kraken \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Grey Squirrel \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~The Tyger \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Laudes Animantium, Op. 61~Every Living Creature \u003cbr\u003e1.9 evening hymn \u003cbr\u003e1.10 London Town \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Three Carols~Lully, lulla, thou tiny little child \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Three Carols~The seven joys of Mary \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Three Carols~Sleep, Holy Babe \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Nativitie \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Hymn to the Trinity\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Londinium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40558199570503,"sku":"43444915","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4202512-3143619.jpg?v=1712491773","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/leighton-londinium-every-living-creature-choral-music","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}