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Article: CHORAL MUSIC FROM GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL
- Article from:
- The American Organist
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright American Guild of Organists Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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CHORAL MUSIC FROM GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL. Gloucester Cathedral Choir, John Sanders, director; Mark Blatchly, organist. Priory PRAB 102. Number three in Priory's Alpha Collection, this exquisite recording has been remastered and edited by Priory's engineers from the original LP recorded in 1984 by Harry Mudd, MBE, the founder of Abbey/Alpha Records. The choir here comprises 18 choristers and ten lay clerks. Under the capable leadership of John Sanders, with secure support from organist Mark Blatchly and enhanced by the cathedral's superb acoustics, the singers produce a robust, rich, well-balanced, and clear sound that well represents the best of the English choral tradition. They present a ...