Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2023

London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron

Coleridge-Taylor: Te Deum Laudamus
Coleridge-Taylor: The Lord is my strength
Coleridge-Taylor: In thee, O Lord
Coleridge-Taylor: Jubilate Deo
Coleridge-Taylor: O ye that love the Lord
Coleridge-Taylor: Benedictus
Coleridge-Taylor: By the waters of Babylon
Coleridge-Taylor: Arietta (3 Short Pieces for Organ)
Coleridge-Taylor: Lift up your heads
Coleridge-Taylor: Magnificat
Coleridge-Taylor: Nunc Dimittis
Coleridge-Taylor: Now late on the Sabbath Day
Coleridge-Taylor: Sea Drift
Coleridge-Taylor: By the Lone Sea Shore
Coleridge-Taylor: Whispers of Summer
Coleridge-Taylor: The Evening Star
Coleridge-Taylor: Elegy (3 Short Pieces for Organ)
Coleridge-Taylor: The Lee Shore
Coleridge-Taylor: Song of Proserpine
Coleridge-Taylor: Summer is gone
Coleridge-Taylor: Melody (3 Short Pieces for Organ)
Coleridge-Taylor: Viking Song

On this essential new release, sacred and secular choral works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – many of them never recorded before – are performed by the London Choral Sinfonia directed by Michael Waldron, with James Orford at the organ. The music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has for too long been neglected despite being of exceptional quality. When Michael Waldron began to explore Coleridge-Taylor’s choral music, he was struck by the sheer variety and depth of skill he found – and that this music is not more widely known. This release brings together a representative selection of both sacred and secular works by this great British composer, from the simple, understated tones of Whispers of Summer, to the quasi-cantata grandeur of Now late on the Sabbath Day.

"This is interesting and neglected music which is certainly worth rediscovery by choirmasters and choral directors on the lookout for new repertoire." - Gramophone Magazine, August 2023