Publisher's Synopsis
'the extraordinary fertility of Blow’s imagination has not yet been celebrated as fully as it deserves’ - Robert Quinney
John Blow – mentor, colleague and friend of Purcell – deserves recognition as a major figure in the flourishing of music that followed the Restoration in 1660. This new recording by New College Choir – its first under the direction of Robert Quinney – includes three previously unrecorded symphony anthems, together with ceremonial works written for the coronation of James II and the consecration of the rebuilt St Paul’s Cathedral. Alongside these, Quinney presents the first performance in 400 years of a newly reconstructed verse anthem. New College Choir and St James’ Baroque, playing period instruments, bring Blow’s innovative and strikingly individual voice vividly to life.
Track Listing
John Blow
1 God spake sometime in visions
2 Hear my voice, O God
3 O sing unto the Lord
4 When the Son of Man
5 When Israel came out of Egypt
6 I was glad
Total Playing time: 1h 13' 05''
Recorded in St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, July 2015
Released May 2016
Novum: NCR 1389
