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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Advent at St Paul’s
Every year on Advent Sunday St Paul’s Cathedral in London holds an Advent Carol Service. This recording captures the mood and structure of this event, presenting a selection of the music which might be performed in its liturgical order. The Church’s preparation for the coming of Christ begins in contemplative mood with the plainchant processional Laudes Regiae and the famous Mattins Responsory (‘I look from afar … ’). The wealth of music that follows is typical of the approach of this choir: traditional favourites such as Hosanna to the Son of David and the Parsons Ave Maria rest alongside contemporary works from composers such as John Rutter, Richard Lloyd and Philip Wilby. This album—and the hypothetical service—comes to an end with a joyous arrangement of the great hymn O come, O come, Emmanuel; an organ toccata on the same theme by Andrew Carter acts as the voluntary. “This truly rich advent feast is performed wonderfully well on all counts and can be highly recommended” Organists Review | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The English Anthem 2
Bainton, E: | And I saw a new Heaven | Bairstow: | Save us, O Lord | Battishill: | O Lord, look down from heaven | Finzi: | Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26 | Gowers: | Viri Galilaei | Holloway, R: | Lord, what is man? | Joubert: | O Lorde, the maker of al thing | Mathias: | As truly as God is our Father | Ouseley: | O Saviour of the world | Stainer: | How beautiful upon the mountains | Stanford: | Justorum animae, Op. 38 No. 1 |
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| |  | The Music of St Paul's Cathedral
'This is a worthy Millennium tribute to the musicians of St Paul’s. A disc to treasure' (Organists'Review) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Passiontide at St Paul’sA sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter
This sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter represents a journey through perhaps the most dramatic part of the Church’s year. It is a season which has inspired many composers to write some of their most potent pieces, and contrasts the seriousness of intent and poignancy found in, say, Lotti’s Crucifixus with the exuberance of music such as Philips’s Ecce vicit Leo. Other favourites in this anthology include Mendelssohn’s I waited for the Lord, Bruckner’s Christus factus est, and the beautiful Gibbons setting of Drop, drop, slow tears with the soloist Anthony Way (who caused such a stir in television’s The Choir). There are also two important new works, by John Sanders and Brian Chapple. A celebration both of Easter and of exceptional singing. “This is one of the most impressive discs I can recall from this choir” Fanfare | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | A Song for Daniel PearlFeaturing music from the HBO Documentary "The Journalist and the Jihadi"
Renowned British composer Dave Heath was commissioned to write a piece of music dedicated to the memory of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl who was tragically murdered in Pakistan by Jihadi extremists. The piece Elegy for Daniel Pearl, was used by Muslim filmmaker Ahmed Jamal as the theme music to his moving and powerful documentary tribute to Daniel, The Journalist and The Jihadi, which was shown on HBO and CNN in 2006 and recently nominated for two Emmys in New York. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Johann Aratore (organ) Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (arr. for organ) | Boellmann: | Suite gothique, Op. 25 Simon Lindley (organ) | Charpentier, M-A: | Te Deum, H146: Prélude (arr. for organ) Simon Lindley (organ) | Cocker: | Tuba Tune Gareth Green (organ) | Elgar: | Organ Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 28: 1. Allegro maestoso Gareth Green (organ) | Guilmant: | Cantilène pastorale, Op. 15 No. 3 Simon Lindley (organ) Grand Chorus in G minor, Op. 84 Simon Lindley (organ) | Murrill: | Carillon Andrew Lucas (organ) | Vierne, L: | Pièces de fantaisie, 3rd suite, Op. 54: No. 6, Carillon de Westminster Andrew Lucas (organ) | Widor: | Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1 Simon Lindley (organ) |
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| |  | Pärt: Berliner Messe, Magnificat & Antiphons
“Pärt's music is about equilibrium and balance – balance between consonance and dissonance, between converging voices and, in the context of a CD such as this, between the individual works programmed. Stephen Layton has chosen well, starting with the variegated Berliner Messe and closing with the starkly ritualistic De profundis, a memorable and ultimately dramatic setting of Psalm 130 for male voices, organ, bass drum and tam-tam, dedicated to Gottfried von Einem.
The Mass features two of Pärt's most powerful individual movements, a gently rocking 'Veni Sancte Spiritus' and a Credo which, as Meurig Bowen's unusually perceptive notes remind us, is in essence a major-key transformation of the better- known – and more frequently recorded – Summa. Everything here chimes to Pärt's tintinnabulation style, even the brief but fetching organ suite Annum per Annum, where the opening movement thunders an alarm then tapers to a gradual diminuendo, while the closing coda shoulders an equally well-calculated crescendo. The five movements in between are mostly quiet, whereas The Beatitudes flies back to its opening tonality on 'a flurry of quintuplet broken chords'. It's also the one place that witnesses a momentary – and minor – blemish on the vocal line, but otherwise Layton directs a fine sequence of warmly blended performances.
Polyphony employs what one might roughly term an 'early music' singing style, being remarkably even in tone, largely free of vibrato and alive to phrasal inflexions.
If you're new to Pärt's music, then this disc would provide an excellent starting-point. Maybe the individually shaded Seven Magnificat Antiphons first, then tackle the Berliner Messe, followed, perhaps, by the Magnificat.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Psalms from St Paul's - Vol 8Psalms 93 to 104
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| |  | Organ Showpieces From St. Paul's Cathedral
Dubois, T: | Toccata | Franck, C: | Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40 | Gigout: | Pièces (10) pour orgue, 1892: Scherzo (No. 8) | Langlais: | La Nativité Op. 2 No. 2 Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Op. 5 - Hymne d'action de grace Te Deum | Murrill: | Carillon | Peeters: | Aria for organ, Op. 51a | Reger: | Toccata in D minor, Op. 59 No. 5 Fugue in D major Op. 59 No. 6 Benedictus, Op. 59 No. 9 | Vierne, L: | Pièces de fantaisie, 3rd suite, Op. 54: No. 6, Carillon de Westminster |
“A disc which deserves to become popular.” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music
Bertalan Hock (organ), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Niklas Eklund (trumpet), Susanne Ryden (soprano), Gyorgy Eder (cello), Peter Nagy (piano), Balazs Szokolay (piano), Nora Shulman (flute), Judy Loman (harp), Gyorgy Geiger (trumpet), Simon Lindley (organ), Jozef Cejka (oboe), Gerald Garcia (guitar), James Barbagallo (piano), Jeno Jando (piano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Wolf Harden (piano), Kamil Rosko (trumpet), K. Luspai (trumpet), Andrew Lucas (organ), Judit Nemeth (alto), Istvan Gati (bass), Julia Paszthy (soprano), Priti Coles (soprano), Janos Balint (flute), Nora Mercz (harp) Capella Istropolitana, London Baroque, Danubius String Quintet, London Symphony Brass, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Cassovia, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Budapest Camerata, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Oxford Camerata, Cologne Chamber Orch, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Jaroslav Dvorak, Richard Edlinger, Charles Medlam, Jaroslav Krecek, Bohdan Warchal, Eric Crees, Daniel Nazareth, Peter Breiner, Nils-Erik Sparf, Laszlo Kovacs, Jeremy Summerly, Helmut Muller-Bruhl, Paul Daniel, Matyas Antal, Johannes | |
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