Cover: Boundary Beach 1 by Graham Dean
Hyperion CDA68191 · September 2018
Park - Choral Works
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
Gramophone Magazine2018Twenty-something composer Owain Park is very much the rising star on the British choral scene, carving out a reputation as both a choral director and a composer. Choirs (and record labels) have been quick to catch on, and this is…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2018CD OF THE MONTH (Choral and Song)Read the review 
Music Web International2018Owain Park weaves new with old, glory with grace, and might with mysticism in this terrific collection of choral works Owain Park may still be only in his mid-twenties, but as a composer, conductor and organist he has already…Read the review 
classicalsource.com2018This Hyperion release of mostly a cappella settings reports a confident and highly gifted composer, Owain Park (born 1993), his alma mater The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge doing him proud, Stephen Layton securing polish and…Read the review 
Limelight2018Masterworks of a rising star sung by a masterly choir Owain Park has not only accompanied and sung in the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge under Stephen Layton, but has been able to compose for such an accomplished ensemble…Read the review
Recorded: Various dates
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: September 2018
Total duration: 75 minutes 52 seconds
Track list
- The wings of the wind He came flying upon the wings of the windOwain Park (b1993)5'12
- Upheld by stillness It burns in the voidOwain Park (b1993)6'20
- Trinity Fauxbourdons: Magnificat My soul doth magnify the LordOwain Park (b1993)4'28
- Trinity Fauxbourdons: Nunc dimittis Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peaceOwain Park (b1993)3'19
- Above the stars my Saviour dwellsOwain Park (b1993)3'48
- Phos hilaron The Lord is my light and my salvationOwain Park (b1993)9'01
- Ave maris stellaOwain Park (b1993)4'30
- Judas mercator pessimusOwain Park (b1993)7'36
- Justorum animaeOwain Park (b1993)4'23
- Beati quorum viaOwain Park (b1993)4'28
- Caelos ascendit hodieOwain Park (b1993)3'20
- For the fallen They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow oldOwain Park (b1993)4'11
- The Lord's Prayer Our Father, which art in heavenOwain Park (b1993)6'20
- I wonder as I wanderOwain Park (b1993)2'28
- The spirit breathes Even these shining veinsOwain Park (b1993)6'28
Recording details from Hyperion Records.