The Choir of St John's College Cambridge - Jonathan Harvey: Deo on CD

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Product Description The Choir of St John s College Cambridge launch their new series of recordings by exploring the close connections between the college and celebrated British composer Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012), in a disc of works for choir and organ. Harvey s music has influenced a generation of composers, described by The Guardian s Tom Service as being 'at once vividly contemporary and timeless'. The Choir s director Andrew Nethsingha reflects on his own experiences and work with the Jonathan Harvey in CD s programme note, in particular as the choir collaborated on what would be Jonathan Harvey s final work for the choir, The Annunciation (2011). Review GRAMOPHONE CRITIC S CHOICE 2016 'This is a dazzling, confident disc ... St John s here turn in outstanding performances of music that should be far better known' --Ivan Moody Gramophone, December 2016