Jonathan Hope

Jonathan Hope, Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington – Ian Venables: Requiem, Op. 48 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:56 minutes | 973 MB | Genre: Classical
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SOMM Recordings is proud to announce the premiere recording of Ian Venables’ exquisite and moving Requiem with the Choir of Gloucester Cathedral conducted by the Cathedral’s Director of Music Adrian Partington and Assistant Director of Music Jonathan Hope playing the organ.

Completed in 2018, the Requiem received its first performance in the imposing surroundings of Gloucester Cathedral, where this recording was made in 2019.
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Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Jonathan Hope, Adrian Partington – Ian King: Music for Gloucester Cathedral (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:18 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
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SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the first recordings of church music by Ian King composed for, and performed by, Gloucester Cathedral Choir. Led by the Cathedral’s Director of Music, Adrian Partington, with Nia Llewelyn Jones, conductor of the Girls’ Choristers, and Assistant Director of Music Jonathan Hope as organist, the choir presents first recordings of 11 works composed between 2012 and 2020 by Ian King. All were first performed in the imposing surroundings of Gloucester Cathedral, where this recording was made in June 2021.
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