’I Love all Beauteous Things’ explores a great collection of works by the British Composer Herbert Howells, featuring performances of some of his lesser-known choral and organ music. The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin have had a long and prosperous history: they were recorded as having taken part in the first performance of Handel’s ’Messiah’ in 1742. Since 1972 the new mixed voice choir, lead by Judy Martin, has been highly active with concerts tours and regular broadcasts for the RTE and BBC, as well as continuing worship in the cathedral.
"For the second time this month I’ve been left dumbstruck by a Dublin choir, this one to be heard at Christ Church Cathedral, under the direction of Judy Martin. They somehow manage to rid Herbert Howell (1892-1983) of his faintly astringent English churchiness and find the love between the lines of his hymns. There are moments here that Messiaen would have envied." **** Norman Lebrecht
"This album is a welcome addition to the recorded works of Howells both on account of the repertoire it covers and because of its fine performances. This choir and Signum records might well have hit on a winning formula here, and their association is defiantly one to watch.” Ed Breen
