Cover: Blazing Jesus Crucifixion by Pamela Johnson
Hyperion CDA68039 · April 2015
Leighton - Crucifixus & other choral works
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2015 SHORTLIST
Press
Music Web International2015Kenneth Leighton's music is at the heart of English Cathedral repertoire," so says the introduction to Hyperion's earlier disc of the composer's choral music from Wells Cathedral (CDA67641). During the couple of years I spent in…Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine2015Kenneth Leighton's remarkably consistent musical style means that his characteristic traits, such as extensive use of chromaticism and syncopation, plus intricate counterpoint, are ever present. However, anyone expecting his…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2015Performance Recording The text of Kenneth Leighton's cantata Crucifixus pro nobis is the ecclesiastical equivalent of a snuff movie, the blue lips, gushing blood and ugly bruises of the crucified Christ's body dwells on…Read the review 
Classical Ear2015Wakefield-born Kenneth Leighton (1929-88) left us a wonderful legacy of church music (as a boy he sang in his home city's Cathedral choir), and this superb collection contains some his most powerful and enduring contributions to…Read the review
Recorded: Various dates
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: April 2015
Total duration: 72 minutes 7 seconds
Track list
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 'Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense': Magnificat My soul doth magnify the LordKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'53
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 'Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense': Nunc dimittis Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peaceKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'33
- God's grandeur The world is charged with the grandeur of GodKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'53
- Give me the wings of faithKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'41
- Missa brevis Op 50: Kyrie eleison Lord, have mercy upon usKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)2'33
- Missa brevis Op 50: Sanctus Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hostsKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)1'12
- Missa brevis Op 50: Benedictus Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LordKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)1'42
- Missa brevis Op 50: Agnus Dei O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the worldKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'28
- Missa brevis Op 50: Gloria in excelsis Deo Glory be to God on highKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'30
- Ite, missa est (Movement 7 of Missa de Gloria, Op 82)Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)5'26
- What love is this of thine?Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)6'31
- The Second Service Op 62: Magnificat My soul doth magnify the LordKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)6'33
- The Second Service Op 62: Nunc dimittis Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peaceKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'11
- Crucifixus pro nobis Op 38: Christ in the Cradle Look, how he shakes for cold!Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'24
- Crucifixus pro nobis Op 38: Christ in the Garden Look, how he glows for heat!Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'10
- Crucifixus pro nobis Op 38: Christ in his Passion What bruises do I see!Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)7'13
- Crucifixus pro nobis Op 38: Hymn Drop, drop, slow tearsKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'14
Recording details from Hyperion Records.