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Purcell: | They that go down to the sea in ships, Z57 Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z135 My beloved spake, Z28 O sing unto the Lord, Z44 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z25 Who hath believed our report?, Z64 Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z2 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z16 Te Deum & Jubilate Deo in D, Z232 Funeral Sentances Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 March and Canzona in C minor Thou knowest, Lord I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 O Lord God of hosts, Z37 O give thanks unto the Lord, Z33 |
Purcell wrote so much in so many different spheres of musical activity that it is easy to forget that one of his main tasks was to be a royal composer, to provide music for the occasions of State in Westminster Abbey, just as the Gabrielis had done for the Doge at St Mark’s, or Lully for the French monarchs at Versailles. One of the most notable – and highly praised – accounts of Purcell’s choral music came from the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, conducted by George Guest. They made three records for Argo – in 1964, 1972 and 1975 – covering Purcell’s Music for the Chapel Royal, a selection of Verse Anthems, the Te Deum and Jubilate and other works. The three are collected on a 2CD set. Texts are included in the booklet. “Vibrant readings of some of Purcell's best loved choral works unalloyed by 'authentic' prissiness” BBC Music Magazine, October 2012 **** “The impact of Inia Te Wiata's entry in They that go down to the sea in ships is almost sensational … Outstanding among the soloists is the counter-tenor, Charles Brett. The orchestral playing is sprightly, the choral singing polished” Gramophone Magazine “The performances are excellent. James Bowman is in splendid voice and he is well matched by Charles Brett (in this music, the others are really a supporting cast to the countertenors). The orchestra plays with its usual sensitivity of tone and nuance. As for Mr. Guest, he understands the Funeral Sentences in no mean manner, for it is easy to overdo the pain or to adopt the stiff upper lip, yet he manages to combine the two in goodly proportion” Gramophone Magazine | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jubilee: A Celebration of Royal Music
The potential of music as a means of adding dignity and grandeur to state occasions has surely been lost on a few rulers in history. Portraits of antique kings and queens are more often admired (or the reverse) for their artistic qualities, as opposed to the enhancement in the status of their subjects they were originally intended to confer. Similarly, the appeal of ceremonial music from former ages is for modern listeners primarily aesthetic. This 75-minute collection brings together music heard at a staggering variety of British royal occasions. Zadok the Priest has been included in every coronation service held in that building ever since the coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline in Westminster Abbey on 11 October 1727. There is music for the coronation of King James II in 1685 (Purcell’s I was glad), and a later setting of the same verses by Parry for the coronation of Edward VII in Westminster Abbey on 9 August 1902. Of course, there’s music for Queen Elizabeth II – Walton’s Coronation Te Deum and Orb and Sceptre for the coronation on 2 June 1953 and Bliss’s march Welcome the Queen, which commemorated the return of the monarch from her Commonwealth tour in 1954. The British national anthem hardly needs an introduction. Benjamin Britten’s distinctive arrangement was first performed in Leeds on 7 October 1961 and has been heard countless times since. | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | English Anthems from OxfordByrd to Britten
Bairstow: | Let all mortal flesh keep silence | Boyce: | O where shall wisdom be found? | Britten: | Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a | Byrd: | Sing joyfully | Farrant, R: | Hide not thou thy face | Gibbons, O: | O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not | Greene, M: | Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | Harris, W: | Bring us, O Lord God | Howells: | Like as the Hart | Purcell: | Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 | Stainer: | I saw the Lord | Stanford: | Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3 | Tallis: | I call and cry to thee, O Lord | Weelkes: | Hosanna to the Son of David | Wesley, S S: | Blessed be the God and Father | Wood, C: | Hail, gladdening Light |
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| |  | The Coronation of King George II
“King opts for slower tempos than expected, illuminating every stately arpeggio in the opening instrumental prelude until the explosive entry of the voices...And in the lovely anthem My heart is inditing, written specifically for the simultaneous coronation of Queen Caroline, the Choir of the King's Consort are at their sensitive best.” Paul Cutts, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 “Robert King’s magical history tour of Hanoverian London brings life to contemporary accounts of the coronation of George II. Outstanding accounts of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and a joyful reading of Purcell’s I was glad … a powerful experience” Classic FM Magazine “A reconstruction, complete with a plethora of fanfares, drum processions, schoolboys shouting 'Vivat Rex!', and a great deal of bell clanging … all of it impressive music, well played and sung, and vividly recorded” Sunday Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Music at the Coronation of King James II, 1685
Blow: | Let thy hand be strengthened God spake sometime in visions Behold, O God our defender | Child, W: | O Lord, grant the King a long life Te Deum in E flat | Lawes, W: | Zadok, the priest (symphony constructed by Andrew
Gant to Lawes' bass) | Purcell: | I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 My heart is inditing, Z30 | Tallis: | Litany | Turner, John: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire The King shall rejoice |
James Bowman (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor) & Maciek O'Shea (bass) The Choir of the Chapel Royal & The Musicians Extra-ordinary, Andrew Gant “Andrew Gant… used the music to showcase his modern-day Chapel Royal Choir, recorded in its home at St James's Palace. The shaded interplay between the small group of instruments and polished singers produces fine performances of Blow's God spake sometime in visions and Purcell's My heart is inditing.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2007 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Music Of Six Centuries
anon.: | Eya, martyr Stephane | Hinde: | O sing unto the Lord a new song | Purcell: | I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z135 | Stainer: | Lead, kindly light | Stanford: | Evening Service in C major, Op. 115 | Travers, J: | Ascribe unto the Lord | Wesley, S: | Tu es sacerdos | Wesley, S S: | Solomon's Prayer, 'O Lord, my God' | White, Robert: | Christe qui lux es et dies |
Stephen Le Prevost (Organ) Ely Cathedral Choir, Arthur Wills | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Anthology of English Anthems450 years Byrd to Tavener
Attwood, T: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire | Bairstow: | Blessed City, heavenly Salem Let all mortal flesh keep silence | Battishill: | O Lord, look down from heaven | Bennett, R R: | Verses | Berkeley, L: | Thou Hast Made Me | Blow: | My God, My God, Look Upon Me | Boyce: | O where shall wisdom be found? | Britten: | Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a | Byrd: | O Lord Turn Thy Wrath Teach me, O Lord Exalt Thyself, O God Sing joyfully | Croft: | God Is Gone Up With A Merry Noise | Fanner: | The Lord's Prayer | Farrant, R: | Hide not thou thy face | Finzi: | Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op. 27 No. 3 | Gibbons, O: | O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee | Greene, M: | Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | Harper, J: | Salve Regina Ubi Caritas | Harris, W: | Bring us, O Lord God | Harvey, J: | Come, Holy Ghost The Tree | Holst: | The Evening-watch, H159 | Howells: | Like as the Hart Thee will I love Come, my soul | Ireland: | Greater Love Hath No Man | Joubert: | O Lorde, the maker of al thing | Leighton: | Drop, Drop Slow Tears Give me the wings of faith | Morley: | Out of the Deep Nolo mortem peccatoris | Ouseley: | Is it Nothing to You? O Saviour of the world | Parry: | My soul, there is a country (No. 1 from Songs of Farewell) | Purcell: | I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 | Rose, B: | Praise Ye the Lord | Sheppard, J: | The Lord's Prayer | Stainer: | I saw the Lord | Stanford: | The Lord is my shepherd Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3 | Stewart, H C: | King of Glory, King of Peace | Tallis: | I call and cry to thee, O Lord Purge me, O Lord O Lord, give thy holy spirit | Tavener: | Hymn to the Mother of God | Tomkins: | Then David mourned O Praise the Lord, All Ye Heathen | Tye: | I Will Exalt Thee | Vaughan Williams: | Whitsunday Hymn | Walton: | Set me as a seal upon thine heart | Weelkes: | Hosanna to the Son of David O Lord Arise | Wesley, S S: | Blessed be the God and Father The Wilderness | Wilder, P: | Blessed Art Thou | Wood, C: | O thou the central orb Hail, gladdening Light Expectans Expectavi |
Magdalen College Oxford, John Harper “this set contains some very fine performances – particularly of the early twentieth century works. It makes fascinating listening especially for anyone interested in the development of music.” MusicWeb International, October 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Purcell Edition, Vol. 3 – Anthems, Odes & Instrumental Music
Purcell: | Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king, Z340 Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors) O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504 Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors) Raise, raise the voice (for St Cecilia's Day, c1685) Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors) Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors) Young Thirsis' fate, Z473 Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors) Why, why are all the Muses mute?, Z343 Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors) Rejoice in the Lord alway ('The Bell Anthem'), Z49 Kings’ College Choir & Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z10 Kings’ College Choir & Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt O God, thou art my god, Z35 Kings’ College Choir & Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt My heart is inditing, Z30 Kings’ College Choir & Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 Kings’ College Choir & Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 Chanticleer & Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe O Lord, rebuke me not, Z40 Chanticleer & Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, Z48 Chanticleer & Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Chanticleer & Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z135 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner My beloved spake, Z28 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner In guilty night (Saul and the Witch of Endor), Z134 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z184 Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Lord, what is man?, Z192 Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Myron Lutzke (cello) & Arthur Haas (harpsichord) Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Myron Lutzke (cello) & Arthur Haas (harpsichord) |
“Come ye Sons of Art is splendidly paired here with the unforgettable funeral music… With the Monteverdi Choir at its most incisive and understanding the performances are exemplary…” Penguin Guide 08 *** Key recording | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Purcell - The Complete Sacred Music (The Complete Anthems and Services)
Purcell: | Hear me, O Lord, the great support, Z133 Thou wakeful shepherd that dost Israel keep (A Morning Hymn), Z198 Who hath believed our report?, Z64 I will love thee, O Lord, ZN67 Great God and just, Z186 Plung'd in the confines of despair, Z142 O praise the Lord, all ye heathen, Z43 My heart is fixed, O God, Z29 I was glad when they said unto me (1685, previously attributed wrongly to John Blow) O consider my adversity, Z32 Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Z131 I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190 Save me, O God, Z51 Thy way, O God, is holy, Z60 Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z16 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, Z9 Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z135 Full of wrath, his threatening breath, Z185 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, Z11 Magnificat & Nunc Dimitus in G minor, Z231 Be merciful unto me, Z4 They that go down to the sea in ships, Z57 The Lord is my light, Z55 The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof, Z54 Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, Z8 O Lord God of hosts, Z37 Let God arise, Z23 Blessed be the Lord my strength, Z6 O Lord our Governor, Z141 In guilty night (Saul and the Witch of Endor), Z134 I will give thanks unto the Lord, Z21 O sing unto the Lord, Z44 O praise God in his holiness, Z42 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z46 It is a good thing to give thanks, Z18 O give thanks unto the Lord, Z33 Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z24 My beloved spake, Z28 Blessed are they that fear the Lord, Z5 Behold now, praise the Lord, Z3 I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Z20 My song shall be always, Z31 Te Deum & Jubilate Deo in D, Z232 Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z10 The Lord is king, be the people never so impatient, Z53 Begin the song, and strike the living lyre, Z183 Thy word is a lantern unto my feet, Z61 Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes, Z136 O Lord our Governor, Z141 Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 Hosanna to the highest, Z187 O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z2 Since God, so tender a regard, Z143 Early, O Lord, my fainting soul, Z132 Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest, Z195 Awake, ye dead, Z182 The earth trembled, Z197 The way of God is an undefiled way, Z56 Lord, not to us, but to thy name, Z137 Lord, what is man?, Z192 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth, Z52 O, all ye people, clap your hands, Z138 My heart is inditing, Z30 O Lord, rebuke me not, Z40 With sick and famish'd eyes, Z200 How long, great God?, Z189 Awake, and with attention hear, Z181 O God, thou art my god, Z35 We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z199 Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, Z47 O, I'm sick of life, Z140 O God, the king of glory, Z34 Let the night perish (Job's Curse), Z191 When on my sick bed I languish, Z144 Rejoice in the Lord alway ('The Bell Anthem'), Z49 Why do the heathen so furiously rage together?, Z65 Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth?, Z26 O Lord, grant the King a long life, Z38 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live, Z22 How have I stray'd, Z188 Mass in B flat, Z230 Hear my prayer, O God, Z14 Out of the deep have I called, Z45 Blessed is he that considereth the poor, Z7 The Lord is king, and hath put on glorious apparel, Z69 Unto thee will I cry, Z63 Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, Z48 Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z184 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z25 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, Z13a/Z13b Turn thou us, O good Lord, Z62 O Lord, thou art my God Z41 An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, Z1 |
Lynne Dawson, Susan Gritton (sopranos), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Paul Agnew, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Milhofer, Mark Padmore (tenors), Colin Campbell, Robert Evans, Micahel George, Stephen Varcoe (basses) Choir of New College Oxford, King's Consort Choir, King's Consort, Robert King “This CD is made up predominantly of anthems, devotional songs and a morning service (a functional, though not perfunctory, setting of the TeDeum and Jubilate) most of which disclose the range and quality of the composer's sacred oeuvre near its best. Of the two settings of I was glad, the first was, until not long ago, thought to be the work of John Blow. This full anthem more than whets our appetite with its agreeable tonal and melodic twists; when the Gloria arrives, we're assured that this is vintage Purcell by the sensitive pacing as much as an exquisite contrapuntal denouement. The earlier setting is more poignant. Opening with a string symphony in the spirit of a Locke consort, the music blossoms into a deliciously Elysian melodic fabric. Good sense is made of the overall shape and the soloists are, as ever, excellent. Beati omnes is a positive gem; this may well have been written for the composer's wedding. Of the small-scale pieces, In the black dismal dungeon is the real masterpiece; it's delivered astutely by the secure and musicianly voice of Susan Gritton.
Finally to the funeral pieces. Here we have an ominous procession from the Guild of Ancient Fifes and Drums and the first appearance of four 'flatt' trumpets – as opposed to two plus two sackbuts; the effect of this subtle timbral change makes extraordinary sense of the music, engendering a new grandeur and uncompromising clarity as would have befitted such an occasion. The vocal performances are earthy and impassioned.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “An outstanding series, full of treasures, with King varying the scale of forces he uses for each item. Often he uses one voice per part, but he regularly expands the ensemble with the King's Consort Choir or turns to the full New College Choir, which includes trebles. The individual discs are no longer available separately, but all 11 CDs come neatly packaged in cardboard sleeves.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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