David Bednall: Sudden Light (Choral Works) Britten "I’ve heard virtually all the

"I’ve heard virtually all the discs which Benjamin Nicholas and the Choir of Merton College have made for Delphian over the years

Not only is there clarity of diction

when the music demands it

"these three string quartets

David Bednall: Sudden Light (Choral Works) Britten "I’ve heard virtually all theSUMMARY TRACK LISTING WATCH REVIEWS INFO There is something in the music of David Bednall that speaks of the English genius; it is present in his harmonic language, in its extended diatonic chords and shimmering polytonal beauty, and there too in the folk like melodies of many of the works on this recording. His art grows from the ground of native tradition, that of the Anglican cathedral and collegiate choir and its revival in the decades since the