Stephen Layton - Kenneth Leighton: Crucifixus & Other Choral Works (2023) [Hi-Res]

"The account of the Missa brevis is if anything even better, Leighton's elliptical languages parsed with extreme acuity by conductor Stephen Layton. He elicits great subtleties of expression from his young singers, in a work which like many of its abbreviated kind could easily glide in by an instant, leaving not so much trace behind it."
- BBC Music Magazine

The choral music of Kenneth Leighton is beloved of cathedral and collegiate choirs across the land: immersion in the Anglican tradition dates back to the composer’s earliest years as a boy chorister and combines with a unique adult musical language to create a world at once radical and traditional. And who better to perform it than the musicians of the next generation—Trinity College Choir Cambridge under their director Stephen Layton.