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 The Cathedral Choir recently recorded a new Christmas CD. Funded by the Wells Cathedral Girl Chorister Trust the CD is an essential addition to everyone’s Christmas music collection and an ideal Christmas gift. These points were clearly proved during the run-up to Christmas 2007 when ALL stock from the intial pressing of the CD was sold. The Trust are delighted with this success and offer sincere thanks to all those who helped in the sales of the disc. A new pressing will be underway in time for next Christmas.
"Wells Cathedral, whose choir excels in both its boys’ and girls’ departments, is certainly riding high at present, as witness its two latest offerings under Matthew Owens. “Christmas from Wells” (REGCD 260) launches in with the première recording of “The Lord of All” by Robert Walker [...] Richard Rowntree is the pleasing tenor soloist in Tavener’s “God is with us”. Owens draws wonderful sounds from a mature and highly musical team of young singers. Morton Lauridsen, Rutter, and Leighton are among the popular items featured, but I would recommend heading straight for Basil Athaniasidis’s “Antiphon to Mary” and Jan Sandström’s gorgeous and clever dissection of the chorale “Es ist ein’ Ros entsprungen”. The Edmundsen Toccata again concludes: the organist here is Owens’s gifted assistant David Bednall, whose compositions fill another impressive Wells disc, “Hail, gladdening light” (Regent REGCD 247)." Church Times, December 2007
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 Sacred Choral Music of David Bednall (Regent Records)
“The singing of Wells Cathedral Choir – its fine eighteen-voice girl choristers on the top line – is immaculate and Matthew Owens, for whom several of the works were written, directs with flair and obvious enthusiasm for Bednall’s music […] this excellent CD could become a collector’s item!" The Organ Magazine, February 2007
“Echoes of Messiaen, Finzi and Howells blend with original gestures in Bednall's potent choral works." (4 stars) Classic FM Magazine, April 2007
 "Still in his mid-twenties,organist and composer David Bednall is announced as an important and individual voice on this more-than promising Regent release. The Wells Cathedral Choir are in world-class form here, making the most persuasive case possiblefor the composer.Watch this space, as they say." Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine, May 2007
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 May 2007 )
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“The national soundtrack for the past three decades...[Burgon] shows what can be done with some simple ideas and a top-flight cathedral choir.” The Independent – Classical Album of the week
“This immensely appealing music is superbly sung by the Wells Cathedral Choir who prove to have excellent soloists. The vivid direction by Matthew Owens is greatly aided by Davis Bednall's creative organ contribution and Hyperion's first-class recording in the cathedral. A disc well worth seeking out." Gramophone Magazine, December 2006
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 May 2007 )
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