Joyful Company of Singers; Ascolta; Gavin Roberts; Christine Hankin; Imogen Barford; Finchley Children's Music Group; John Evanson; Peter Broadbent; Grace Rossiter - Havergal Brian: Complete Choral Songs, Vol. 1

The reputation of Havergal Brian (1876-1972) as a late-blossoming symphonist obscures the fact that he was an early-blossoming composer of choral music for the huge market of amateur choirs thriving in Edwardian England. His choral songs range from simple unison settings for children's or women's voices to harmonically complex essays intended to tax the ability of groups taking part in the choral competitions once popular in many parts of Britain.