Convocation - Laudibus and NYC
From The Times
Five Stars. "Swayne pushes at the boundaries of choral singing to create works of excitement and beauty. The extract from his 1995 setting of Blake's The Tiger crackles with dark, dangerous mystery in a thrilling performance by Laudibus, formerly the National Youth Chamber Choir from which it was written. The voices of both this and the larger ensemble betray no youth and are testament to the current excellence of this country's vocal culture - and what soloists are produced. The counter-tenor Stephen Wallace expresses the terrifying madness in the solo cantata A Convocation of Worms with almost psychopathic feverishness. Swayne is undoubtedly the finest choral composer writing today."