Latest Choir Recording named Gramophone Editor's Choice

The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, under the direction of Benjamin Nicholas, has received a major accolade with their latest recording Crucifixus pro nobis (Delphian), named Gramophone Editor’s Choice for May, calling it a "perfect tribute to Edmund Rubbra on the 40th anniversary of the composer’s death, Benjamin Nicholas’s Merton College Choir on impeccable form."

Released to mark the 40th anniversary of Edmund Rubbra’s death, the disc offers a compelling tribute to one of Britain’s most distinctive 20th-century composers. Featuring a thoughtfully curated selection of choral works, the album showcases Rubbra "at his most harmonically questing and devastatingly intense," according to Gramophone.

The review praises the "tried-and-tested partnership" between Nicholas and his "admirable Merton College Choir," highlighting the ensemble’s refined musicianship and expressive depth. With its blend of spiritual intensity and luminous choral textures, the recording has been described as "a peach of an album… not to be missed."