RANDALL THOMPSON (1899-1984): The Peaceable Kingdom, Alleluia, The Last Invocation, Mass of the Holy Spirit, Fare Well.

Description: Thompson's choral works were always intended to be gracious for the singers and accessible for audiences, since it was often for amateur choruses for whom he wrote, and his style is based, accordingly, on principles derived from 16th- and 18th-century polyphony. As with everything he wrote in this genre, these works here (dating from 1922 to 1974) are marked by skilled craftsmanship, are always very singable and beautiful to hear. Texts included. Schola Cantorum of Oxford; James Burton.