Parry: Judith
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CHSA-5268-2

By Children's Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Henry Waddington, Kathryn Rudge, London Mozart Players, Sarah Fox, and Toby Spence. By Sir Charles Hubert Parry. Classical. Hybrid SACD. Chandos #CHSA 5268(2). Published by Chandos (NX.CHSA-5268-2).

Conducted by William Vann.

An instant success, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry's oratorio Judith premiered in Birmingham in August 1888. The work consolidated his reputation as a composer of large-scale orchestral and choral writing. With its vigorous choruses and dramatic solo roles, the work is of persistent quality. Yet somehow, the work has been largely neglected for the last century. On this release, the work is presented by the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the London Mozart Players led by William Vann. Soloists Sarah Fox, Kathryn Rudge, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington round out the recording with enthusiastic performances.