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Advent at MertonSUMMARY TRACK LISTING WATCH REVIEWS INFO The beginning of Advent is celebrated with a particular solemnity at Merton. For its second recording, the choir explores the musical riches that adorn this most special time in the church year, centring on a newly commissioned sequence of Magnificat antiphons from seven leading composers including Howard Skempton, riks Eenvalds and Sir John Tavener. The mingled hopes, fears and expectations of the season are

Total playing time: 0:59:46

not a dull slab of dutiful contemplation

not least the limpidly precise pianism of Mary Dullea and soulful clarinet-playing of Robert Plane

Horningsea

while the two pieces by Emily Hall that bookend the LP are

Release date: 1 July 2013

Robert Plane plays the solo part with a flair matched by Pierre-André Valade’s forces

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frenzied and maximised sensation is the order of the day for Alex Paxton’s gloriously childlike

Ciaconna Bertali / Merula / Monteverdi

but all ears will be on the glorious singing of mezzo Clare Wilkinson

Let’s also have a little iron in the fire