Composers: Howells 
Compositions: Cello Concerto, An English Mass
Performers: Guy Johnston c, Stephen Cleobury org, Britten Sinfonia, Choir of King’s College Cambridge, King’s Voices, Christopher Seaman
Catalogue Number: Kings College KGS0032 (2CD)

There is an air of valediction about this double album. Retiring at the end of September, after 37 years at the helm of the world’s most famous choir, Stephen Cleobury takes his musical leave of King’s College celebrating the work of Herbert Howells, whose music he has championed throughout his career. Howells’ music is inextricably linked with King’s through the liturgical settings he wrote for the college choir – they are undoubtedly...