The New Hymn Makers - Noel And Tricia Richards And Chris Bowater: Behold The Lord
STYLE: Hymnody RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 14840-27691 LABEL: Kingsway KMCD2027 FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 1 RRP: £14.67
Reviewed by Trevor Kirk
The Hymn Makers series has been a very good one, by and large, particularly when the excellent St Michael's Singers are let loose in the very "live" acoustic conditions of Coventry Cathedral. However, the latest trend is for modern day worship songwriters to get the treatment in the same way as Watts, Wesley, Newton, Cowper et al and something's got lost in the translation. Perhaps it's because a hymn is a fairly rigid piece, whereas a song like "All heaven declares" or "Wholly Available" can't (or shouldn't) be performed in the same way. That having been said, this album is well sung, well recorded and well produced, but horses for courses, guys - Noel and Chris can and do sing their songs with much more passion and conviction than this.
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