Dyson: Quo Vadis BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales & Richard Hickox

• Sir George Dyson (1883 - 1964): Quo Vadis:
• 1 Dyson: Quo Vadis: I. Our birth is but a sleep (Chorus) 11:33
• 2 Dyson: Quo Vadis: II. Rise, O my soul (Contralto, Semi-chorus) 08:20
• 3 Dyson: Quo Vadis: III. O whither shall my troubled muse incline (Bass, Chorus) 10:55
• 4 Dyson: Quo Vadis: IV. Night hath no wings (Tenor, Semi-chorus) 10:30
• 5 Dyson: Quo Vadis: V. O timely happy, timely wise (Quartet, Chorus, Semi-chorus) 13:21
• 6 Dyson: Quo Vadis: VI. Dear stream! dear bank! (Soprano) 09:51
• 7 Dyson: Quo Vadis: VII. Come to me, God (Bass, Chorus) 10:12
• 8 Dyson: Quo Vadis: VIII. They are at rest (Contralto, Quartet) 08:01
• 9 Dyson: Quo Vadis: IX. To find the western path (Tenor, Quartet, Chorus) 18:35
• Total Runtime 01:41:18

Info for Dyson: Quo Vadis

"A disturbing, uplifting and revelatory spiritual and musical journey, then, presented here in all its wide range of colour by a superb quartet of soloists' and magnificent choruses and orchestra under Hickox's direction. A dazzling addition to the repertoire. More!" (International Record Review)

"It's hard to imagine Quo Vadis getting a better performance than it receives here… The four soloists share a directness of approach that aptly serves Dyson's metaphysical rhetoric: elevated but not pretentious. Conductor Richard Hickox surely deserves credit for this, as he does for beautifully balanced choral work and the lustrous orchestral playing. All of this captured by Chandos in sound that's astonishingly spacious and detailed." (Opera News, USA)

"It's hard to imagine Quo Vadis getting a better performance than it receives here… The four soloists share a directness of approach that aptly serves Dysons metaphysical rhetoric: elevated but not pretentious. Conductor Richard Hickox surely deserves credit for this, as he does for beautifully balanced choral work and the lustrous orchestral playing. All of this captured by Chandos in sound thats astonishingly spacious and detailed." (Opera News, USA)

"All four soloists are in superb voice, each of them strong, firm and characterful; and both choruses sing with fresh, incandescent tone' the result will delight all devotees of the English choral tradition." (Gramophone)

Cheryl Barker, soprano
Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, conductor

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