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Layton has held the Trinity post since 2006 but I believe he has decided now is the time to move on and concentrate on other conducting commitments. Part of the legacy he will leave is an extensive series of Hyperion recordings with the Trinity choir, of which this is the latest; its release coincides with him leaving the college.
Handel - Chandos Anthems, Vol.1 - International Record Review > See recording details... The disc’s cover bears no claim to being the first instalment of a complete recording of the anthems Handel composed in 1717 and 1718 for James Brydges, then known as the fabulously rich Earl of Carnarvon but remembered by posterity as the profligate first Duke of Chandos.
Handel’s music was tailor-made for fewer performers than those featured here. Nevertheless, the 40 members of the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, sing with flexibility and lightness. The opening chorus of O praise the Lord with one consent is crisply articulate and lightly shaped, and consonants are attacked with voracity.
Numerous Trinity Choral Scholars are active in the UK and internationally as consort singers with the world’s leading professional vocal ensembles, and as soloists. Trinity Alumni presently sing with The Sixteen, The Monteverdi Choir, Voces8, Tenebrae, The Tallis Scholars and Solomon’s Knot, and as professional Lay Clerks at Cathedrals and ...
Furthermore, despite the excellent work that was being done by the likes of the English Baroque Soloists, at that time one couldn’t take for granted that a period instrument ensemble would play Bach with polish and sensitivity.
Bach - Christmas Oratorio - Music Web International > See recording details... Earlier this year I was very taken with Stephen Layton’s recording of Bach’s St John Passion.
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Anthony Woodman, Brian Lee (25), Christopher Howarth, Joel Nulsen, Jonathan Pacey, Laurence Williams (2), Michael Craddock, William Winning; Bassoon [Orchestra] – Philip Turbett; Booklet Editor – Tim Parry (2) Cello [Orchestra] – Andrew Skidmore, Susan Sheppard; Chorus – The Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge*
