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For An Unknown Soldier
Jonathan Dove

For An Unknown Soldier

London Mozart Players

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212045220
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Catalog number: SIGCD 452
Releasedate: 02-12-16
- premiere recording of For An Unknown Soldier

For An Unknown Soldier is a cantata of remembrance to mark the centenary of the First World War. Commissioned by the London Mozart Players, Jonathan Dove’s poignant work combines the words of war poets such as Wilfred Owen, William Noel Hodgson & Isaac Rosenberg with choral performances from tenor Nicky Spence, the Oxford Bach Choir and Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir.

It is paired with the ensemble’s performance of Dove’s An Airmail Letter from Mozart, directed from the piano by Melvyn Tan.