℗ 2023 SOMM Recordings
Released | May 19, 2023 |
Duration | 1h 13m 11s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD 0667 |
Genre | Classical |
Every Living Creature - Choral Music by Kenneth Leighton
Londinium, Andrew Griffiths
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Laudes Animantium, Op.61
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1.1
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I. Prelude
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Nick Pritchard |
3:57 | |||
1.2
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II. Scherzo: Calico Pie
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea |
2:03 | |||
1.3
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III. The Nightingale
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea; Nick Pritchard |
3:57 | |||
1.4
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IV. The Lamb
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Arielle Leowinger; Madelaine Napier |
2:22 | |||
1.5
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V. The Kraken
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea |
5:13 | |||
1.6
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VI. The Grey Squirrel
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium |
0:49 | |||
1.7
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VII. The Tyger
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium |
3:08 | |||
1.8
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VIII. Every Living Creature
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Nina Bennett; Ciara Hendrick; Nick Pritchard; Finchley Children's Music Group |
7:55 | |||
1.9
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An evening hymn
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea |
9:12 | |||
1.10
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London Town
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea; Nick Pritchard |
6:28 | |||
1.11
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Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea |
5:44 | |||
Three Carols
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1.12
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Lully, lulla, thou tiny little child
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Helena Whitfield |
3:32 | |||
1.13
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The seven joys of Mary
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Fiona Clark; Ben Byram-Wingfield; Clare Loosely; Isobel McIntosh |
5:25 | |||
1.14
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Sleep, Holy Babe
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium |
4:05 | |||
1.15
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Nativitie
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium; Rebecca Lea |
5:46 | |||
1.16
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A Hymn to the Trinity
Kenneth Leighton; Londinium |
3:35 |
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, a MusicWeb International "Recording of the Year", hailed as “a brilliant concept” and “flawlessly performed”. It received a five-star review from Choir & Organ, and four stars from BBC Music Magazine and The Daily Telegraph, with Gramophone hailing its “impressive accomplishment” and declaring it “well worth seeking out”.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -6.86 -16.15 to -1.50 | -31.23 -39.70 to -24.39 | -26.10 -35.00 to -18.60 | 14 11 to 16 | |
1 | I. Prelude | -15.67 | -38.53 | -34.7 | 14 |
2 | II. Scherzo: Calico Pie | -5.05 | -29.80 | -24.3 | 13 |
3 | III. The Nightingale | -7.63 | -33.57 | -28.5 | 15 |
4 | IV. The Lamb | -16.15 | -39.70 | -35.0 | 13 |
5 | V. The Kraken | -3.86 | -27.05 | -20.7 | 13 |
6 | VI. The Grey Squirrel | -3.15 | -24.86 | -18.6 | 11 |
7 | VII. The Tyger | -2.46 | -26.35 | -20.3 | 14 |
8 | VIII. Every Living Creature | -1.50 | -24.43 | -19.2 | 14 |
9 | An evening hymn | -3.45 | -30.67 | -24.5 | 16 |
10 | London Town | -4.57 | -28.51 | -23.0 | 15 |
11 | Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace | -3.56 | -29.38 | -24.7 | 14 |
12 | Lully, lulla, thou tiny little child | -5.70 | -34.95 | -30.1 | 16 |
13 | The seven joys of Mary | -9.22 | -33.17 | -28.7 | 14 |
14 | Sleep, Holy Babe | -12.86 | -38.77 | -34.9 | 15 |
15 | Nativitie | -10.19 | -35.58 | -31.1 | 15 |
16 | A Hymn to the Trinity | -4.69 | -24.39 | -19.3 | 12 |