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Choirs and orchestras join for a beautiful celebration of 20th-century British Christmas favourites recorded in sumptuous Argo sound. Book-ended by two perennial favourites – Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Finzi’s In terra pax – this collection explores the subtle and radiant music of Howells, Warlock, Ireland and Holst, and includes an orchestral number popularized by Beecham, Delius’s Sleigh Ride. A magical Christmas journey! | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Walton: Belshazzar's Feast, Choral Works & Songs
Walton: | Coronation Te Deum Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Winchester Cathedral Choir & Chichester Cathedral Choir Belshazzar's Feast Benjamin Luxon (baritone) London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti Jubilate Deo First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston Set me as a seal upon thine heart First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston Where does the uttered music go? First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston Missa Brevis First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston The Twelve First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston A Litany 'Drop, drop slow tears' First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston All this time First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston Make we joy now in this fest First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston What cheer? First release on CD Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table First release on CD Three Sitwell Songs First release on CD Heather Harper (soprano) & Paul Hamburger (piano) |
This 2CD set reveals two sides of Walton, the composer of music for the voice. CD1 features the extravagant side of the composer with multiple choirs and a huge orchestra for swaggering performances of the Coronation Te Deum and Belshazzar’s Feast, both with Sir Georg Solti conducting. CD2, with all items released on CD for the first time, features the more intimate side of the composer, with settings of choral miniatures, from the earliest setting (Drop, drop, slow tears of 1917) up to the 1972 Jubilate. Simon Preston’s LP was released on Argo to mark Walton’s 70th birthday. The remainder of the items come from a L’Oiseau-Lyre LP coupling songs by Walton and Machonchy and performed by Heather Harper. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table was commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for the first City of London Festival; the texts were chosen by the English dramatist and poet Christopher Hassall and the poems come mostly from 18th-century verse related to London. The collection is rounded off with Walton’s Three Songs to poems by Dame Edith Sitwell date from 1932, all based on the composer’s Façade. “Solti's Belshazzar's Feast is more symphonic than dramatic but monumentally impressive. Preston directs a useful anthology of short choral works.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012 **** “Decca have done it again, transferring this highly spectacular choral work [Belshazzar’s Feast] with incredible aplomb. The Coronation Te Deum is hardly less impressive, the choral sound richer textured to suit the occasion, and there is a great bass pedal effect near the end. … Solti has come to Belshazzar's Feast, a great British masterpiece, and in his refreshing way has given it a crisp, international look … It is certainly a most distinctive performance, sharply focused and helped by a recording of superb clarity and brilliance … Indeed the range and bite of the sound here is little short of miraculous” Gramophone Magazine (Belshazzar’s Feast, Coronation Te Deum) “The disc thus gives a panorama of the composer's choral development over five decades … Preston has welded the choir into a most expressive and flexible instrument … The disc does credit to all concerned and will add lustre to the already high standard of Argo recordings in this field.” Gramophone Magazine (CD2: Choral works) “Heather Harper’s singing … is a constant pleasure. Paul Hamburger, a first-rate accompanist who has appeared far too little on records, plays the quite demanding piano parts with great skill and sensitivity” Gramophone Magazine (Songs) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tavener: Song for Athene
Tavener: | Song for Athene Recorded in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, 9–11 July 2008 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury The Lamb Recorded in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, 12–14 December 1998 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury Funeral Ikos Recorded in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, 18 & 20–22 July 1994 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury Away in a Manger Recorded in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, 6–9 July 2009 Sebastian Johns (treble) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale) Recorded in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, 18 & 20–22 July 1994 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury The Lament of the Mother of God Recorded at Winchester Cathedral, 24–28 January 1994 Solveig Kringelborn (soprano) Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill Annunciation Recorded at Winchester Cathedral, 24–28 January 1994 Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill Thunder Entered Her Recorded at Winchester Cathedral, 24–28 January 1994 William Kendall (tenor), Ian Simcock (handbell) & David Dunnett (organ) Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill God is With Us (A Christmas Proclamation) Recorded at Winchester Cathedral, 24–28 January 1994 William Kendall (tenor) & David Dunnett (organ) Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill |
Spanning over 20 years of his career, this anthology surveys some of John Tavener’s most treasured choral works, exploring the contemplative, spiritual quality that has come to define his music. From the haunting sonorities of The Lament of the Mother of God and The Lamb to the profoundly moving Song for Athene, the works collected here are heartfelt, meaningful and deeply powerful. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tallis: Spem in aliumand other choral works
“A thrilling large scale performance” CD Review “Never before has Spem in alium, Tallis's great 40-part motet, so closely resembled The Last Judgement as it does in this vast and awesome performance” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | David Hill conducts Tavener & Pärt
“Gutsy singing from the Winchester Choir, the measured simplicity of Solveig Kringelborn, and David Dunnett's vivacious organ accompaniments make David Hill's survey of mid '80s to early '90s Tavener a persuasive proposition.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tavener - The Protecting VeilRecorded: 24-28 January 1994, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
Tavener: | The Protecting Veil Recorded: 28-29 May 1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Steven Isserlis (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky The Last Sleep of the Virgin Recorded: 24-25 July 1993, All Saints Church, Petersham Iain Simcock (handbells) Chilingirian Quartet Angels Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill Annunciation Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill The Lament of the Mother of God Solveig Kringelborn Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill Thunder Entered Her William Kendall Winchester Cathedral Choir, Ian Simrock, David Dunnett & David Hill Hymns of Paradise Donald Sweeney, Gavyn Wright, Maciej Rakowski, Boguslav Kostecki, Ben Cruft, Jackie Shave & David Dunnett Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill & Patrick Kernan God is With Us (A Christmas Proclamation) William Kendall Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Dunnett |
“Excellent accounts of some of the best of Tavener's Orthodox/Byzantine-influenced works, full of mystery and serene faith.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Essential Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: | The Lark Ascending Hugh Bean (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Linden Lea words by William Barnes) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano) Fantasia on Greensleeves Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli Silent Noon Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano) English Folk Song Suite (orch. Gordon Jacob) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Vagabond (from Songs of Travel) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & David Willison (piano) Serenade to Music (original version with 16 soloists) Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Prelude on 'Rhosymedre' Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli The Wasps Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Loch Lomond Ian Partridge (tenor) London Madrigal Singers, Christopher Bishop Ca' the Yowes Ian Partridge (tenor) London Madrigal Singers, Christopher Bishop Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus' Jacques Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks O Taste and See James Lancelot (organ) & Ivan Sharpe (treble) Winchester Cathedral Choir, Martin Neary Bushes and Briars Baccholian Singers of London Wassail Song Baccholian Singers of London For all the saints (Sine nomine) John Scott Whiteley (organ) York Minster Choir, Philip Moore The truth sent from above Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks Little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green) The Lamb Ian Partridge (tenor) & Janet Craxton (oboe) Scherzo from Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica' London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Orpheus With His Lute (first setting) David Daniels (countertenor) & Martin Katz (piano) Mass in G minor – Kyrie John Eaton (treble), Nigel Perrin (alto), Robin Doveton (tenor) & David van Asch (bass) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks The blessed Son of God Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) (trans. R. F. Littledale – v.4 arr. Williamson) Thomas Williamson (organ) The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune 'All people that on earth do dwell' (William Kethe – Louis Bourgeois arr. RVW; version for brass ensemble and organ by Roy Douglas) Benjamin Bayl (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury |
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