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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ) The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell Hyperion is delighted to present this latest CD from The Choir of Westminster Abbey under their inspirational director,
James O’Donnell. They continue their exploration of the rich repertoire of the liturgy in its historical context in the
Abbey with music for the Feast of the Ascension. Ascension Day is a particular moment of celebration within the annual
round of Easter praise and is celebrated in glorious and triumphal language. The works recorded here represent a wide
range of the best of liturgical music, starting from the intricate and joyful writing of the sixteenth-century composer
Peter Philips and ending with fascinating and appealing pieces by living composers. Along the way are works from the
great flowering of English cathedral music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. “After seven years at the helm, James O'Donnell has made a formidable singing outfit of the Westminster Abbey Choir...The treble line is robust and thrilling, its soloist, Jacob Ewens, a sinuous star in Britten's Te Deum in E. The ensemble is well balanced in the polyphony of Philips's Ascendit Deus and confidently tuned in the awe-filled modernism of Gowers's Viri Galilei, while the organist, Robert Quinney, does more than his share in the dazzling accompaniments.” The Times, 26th April 2008 **** “The choir of Westminster Abbey under James O'Donnell sing with the happy care which his choristers at the Cathedral used to bing to their work with hin. If the echo calls attention to itself at the start, the ears soon adjust. They are not going to complain with so much to enjoy. ” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 | 
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Wilfred Brown, John Shirley-Quirk, Janet Baker, Ian Partridge King's College Cambridge Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, David Willcocks | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Thomas Fitches (organ) Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jack May (narrato), Roger Best, (viola) Christ Church Cathedral Choir, English String Orchestra, Stephen Darlington | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Matthew Best (bass) & Thomas Trotter (organ) City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey (director) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Trinity College Choir, Richard Marlow | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 weeks. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Toward the Unknown Region
Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams - Choral Worksfrom CDA66420, CDA66655, CDA66511 & CDA66569
Vaughan Williams: | Serenade to Music Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Linda
Kitchen (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzosoprano) & John Connell (bass) English Chamber Orchestra Fantasia on Christmas Carols Thomas Allen (baritone) English Chamber Orchestra Flos Campi Nobuko Imai (viola) English Chamber Orchestra Five Mystical Songs Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) English Chamber Orchestra Dona Nobis Pacem A Cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra Judith Howarth (soprano) & Thomas Allen (baritone) Corydon Orchestra Four Hymns for tenor, viola and strings John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Matthew Souter (viola) Corydon Orchestra O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47) Lord, Thou has been our refuge Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) The Pilgrim's Progress - A Bunyan Sequence Text and music adapted by Christopher Palmer from the 1942 radio version of The Pilgrim's Progress. Sir John Gielgud, Richard Pasco, Ursula Howells (speakers), Aidan Oliver (treble) The City of London Sinfonia A Song of Thanksgiving Sir John Gielgud (speaker), Lynne Dawson (soprano) & John Scott (organ) The London Oratory Junior Choir Three Choral Hymns Magnificat Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Duke Dobing (flute) & Roger Judd (organ) The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains Bryn Terfel (baritone), Alan Opie (baritone), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Jonathan Best (bass), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Linda Kitchen (soprano) The Hundredth Psalm |
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams’s death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of
the best-selling discs in the the catalogue, the Serenade to Music, and includes such favourites as the Five Mystical Songs
and The Hundreth Psalm. There are also two intriguing pairings: in Dona nobis pacem, RVW warns of the impending
doom of WWII, in A song of thanksgiving we hear his moving response to its successful conclusion; in The shepherds of the
delectable mountains we hear an early working of Bunyan’s literary masterpiece, later extensively reworked in the
landmark 1942 BBC radio production of The Pilgrim’s Progress featuring Sir John Gielgud and reprised here, this time in
condensed form. “The performances are splendid, graced by such soloists as Thomas Allen (Dona nobis pacem, Five Mystical Songs) and Bryn Terfel (The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains)..The rapturous Serenade to Music has a cast of 16 singers fit to rival those of the original recording. Anne Dawson’s top note on the word “music” is spine-tingling.” Sunday Times, 1st June 2008 **** “Performances like these don’t come along very often; each one is an absolute winner, and with rich, atmospheric recording quality the satisfaction is of a very special quality” CD Review “Best has a fine sense of VW as a dramatic composer, bringing tremendous urgency to Dona Nobis Pacem and real passion to the Five Mystical Songs. Best's Serenade to Music is the original, not least in matching the star quality of the singers, but also in its magical atmosphere. He equally evokes VW's sensuous side, not only in Flos Campi but also in the Magnificat with its ecstatic writing for female voices.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***** |
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Michael Bochmann (violin), Margaret Campbell (flute), Colin Lilley (flute), Audrey Douglas (harp), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Susan Lynn (violin), Pierre Joubert (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Thomas Waddington (cello), Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Jack May (narrator), Roger Best (viola) Christ Church Cathedral Choir, English String Orchestra, Medici String Quartet, Stephen Darlington, William Boughton | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Mathias: | I will celebrate O how amiable, Op.90 No.3 Rex Gloriae - Four Latin motets, Op. 83 Canzonetta for organ, Op.78 No.2 Missa Aedis Christi, Op. 92 Jesus College Service, Op. 53 A Grace, Op. 89 No.3 Ave Rex As truly as God is our Father Let the people praise thee, O God | Tippett: | Dance, Clarion Air The Weeping Babe Plebs angelica Bonny at morn Crown of the Year - Cantata for soprano and alto voices etc Music Five Negro Spirituals from A Child Of Our Time | Vaughan Williams: | Mass in G minor The blessed Son of God No Sad Thought His Soul Affright Lord, Thou has been our refuge O Taste and See Three Shakespeare Songs An Oxford Elegy Flos Campi Te Deum in G O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47) The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune | Walton: | A Litany 'Drop, drop slow tears' Missa Brevis Set me as a seal upon thine heart Antiphon Chichester Service Jubilate Deo Make we joy now in this fest All this time What cheer? Where does the uttered music go? The Twelve King Herod and the Cock |
Iain Simcock (organ), Martin Jones (piano), John Anderson (oboe), Stephen Farr (organ) Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, English String Orchestra, Stephen Darlington Comprising recordings spanning over six years work, this generously filled box set of British Choral Music is a fitting tribute to one of the best cathedral choirs in the world. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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