Choral Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor / Waldron, London Choral Sinfonia

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. REVIEW: Most of the music on this double album of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has been rediscovered by conductor Michael Waldron. The sacred pieces are vigorous, and it does seem regrettable that they are in the repertories of so f