Jonathan Dove: Choral Music, Wells Cathedral Choir/Owens, Jonathan Vaughn (organ) | CD review

(Hyperion)The quality of any cathedral choir is governed by the standard of its trebles; they come and go so rapidly as the years pass and their voices break that to maintain a consistently high level is every choirmaster's headache. Wells is currently enjoying a superb top line, rewardingly displayed in this collection of Jonathan Dove's radiant choral works, including a first recording of his sparkling Missa Brevis, commissioned last year for the Cathedral Organists' Association with the stipu...

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