Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See

This page lists all recordings of O Taste and See, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

Words from Psalm 34, v. 8. Motet for mixed choir (S or treble solo, ATB), with an organ introduction. Composed November - December 1952. Words from Psalm 34:8 Andante sostenuto.

First performance London Westminster Abbey, 2 June 1953. Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sung by christers during the Queen’s Communion, conducted by Sir WIlliam McKie.

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The Essential Vaughan Williams

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

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

hoir 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

(trans. R. F. Littledale – v.4 arr. Williamson)

Thomas Williamson (organ)

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


Released or re-released in last 6 months

EMI - 2079922

(CD - 2 discs)

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British Choral Tradition Volume 3

Live & Session Recordings 1950-1976


Bach, J S:

God liveth Still

Bairstow:

Blessed Virgins' cradle song

Boyce:

O where shall wisdom be found?

Britten:

Te Deum in C

Bruckner:

Virga Jesse floruit

Bullock:

Give us the wings of faith

Byrd:

Miserere mei

Child, W:

Sing we Merrily

O bone Jesu

Dyson:

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in D

Gardiner:

Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum)

Gray, Alan:

Te Deum in E

Holst:

To my humble supplication

Howells:

A Spotless Rose

Jackson, F:

How bright these glorious spirits shine

Blow ye the trumpet

Domine Jesu Christe

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G

Leighton:

Coventry Carol

Noble:

Evening Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) in B minor, Op. 6

Pearsall:

In dulci jubilo

Poulenc:

Hodie Christus natus est

Purcell:

O God thou hast cast us out

Redford:

Rejoice in the Lord alway

Stanford:

Magnificat in B flat

Sterndale Bennett:

God is a Spirit

Vaughan Williams:

O Taste and See

Weelkes:

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Wesley, S S:

Wash me throughly from my wickedness

Willan:

Gloria Deo per immensa saecula

Wood, C:

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E flat No. 1


The Choir of York Minster, Francis Jackson

Amphion - PHICD184

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Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music

Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music


Vaughan Williams:

Mass in G minor

Lord, Thou has been our refuge

Prayer to the Father of Heaven

O vos omnes

O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

O Taste and See

O how amiable

Come down, O Love divine


Thomas Fitches (organ)

Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison

Naxos - 8554826

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Anthems from Cambridge

Anthems from Cambridge


Bairstow:

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Bridge:

6 Song settings

Britten:

Jubilate Deo

Jubilate Deo

Venite Exultemus Domino

Deus in adjutorium meum (Psalm 70)

Carry Her over the Water

Harris, W:

Faire is the Heaven

Holst:

Turn back, O Man

Howells:

O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

Ireland:

Greater Love Hath No Man

Stanford:

Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Op. 123

Vaughan Williams:

O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

O Taste and See

Walton:

Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Wood, C:

Expectans Expectavi

Hail, gladdening Light


Trinity College Choir, Richard Marlow

Griffin - GCCD4045

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Holst & Vaughan Williams - Choral Music

Holst & Vaughan Williams - Choral Music


Holst:

Ave Maria

The Evening-watch, H159

This have I done for my true love, H128

Nunc dimittis

Sing me the men

Four Part-Songs

Vaughan Williams:

Five English Folksongs

Valiant for Truth

O vos omnes

O Taste and See

The Souls of the Righteous

Three Shakespeare Songs

The Turtle Dove


The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer

Chandos - CHAN9425

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Treasures of English Church Music

Treasures of English Church Music

A 2-CD set combining 'Faire is the heaven' (COLCD107) and 'Hail, gladdening Light' (COLCD113)


Amner:

Come, let's rejoice

anon.:

Rejoice in the Lord

Bairstow:

I sat down under his shadow

Britten:

A Hymn to the Virgin

Byrd:

Miserere mei

Haec dies

Ave verum corpus

Bow thine ear

Dering:

Factum est silentium

Elgar:

They are at rest

Farrant, R:

Hide not thou thy face

Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake

Gibbons, O:

O clap your hands

Hosanna to the Son of David

Goss, J:

These are they which follow the Lamb

Harris, W:

Faire is the heaven

Bring us, O Lord God

Howells:

Sing Lullaby

A Spotless Rose

Nunc dimittis

Morley:

Nolo mortem peccatoris

Parsons, R:

Ave Maria

Philips, P:

O beatum et sacrosanctum diem

Poston:

Jesus Christ the apple tree

Purcell:

Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z25

Thou knowest, Lord

Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15

Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50

Rutter:

Loving Shepherd of thy sheep

Sheppard, J:

In manus tuas

Stanford:

Beati quorum via, Op. 38 No. 3

Justorum animae, Op. 38 No. 1

Stone, R:

The Lord's Prayer

Tallis:

Loquebantur variis linguis

If ye love me

O nata lux de lumine 5vv

Tavener:

Hymn to the Mother of God

Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God

Taverner:

Christe Jesu, pastor bone

Tomkins:

When David heard

Vaughan Williams:

O Taste and See

O vos omnes

Walton:

What cheer?

A Litany 'Drop, drop slow tears'

Wood, C:

Hail, gladdening Light


The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Collegium - COLCD302

(CD - 2 discs)

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Faire is the heaven

Faire is the heaven

Music of the English Church


Britten:

A Hymn to the Virgin

Byrd:

Miserere mei

Haec dies

Ave verum corpus

Bow thine ear

Farrant, R:

Hide not thou thy face

Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake

Gibbons, O:

O clap your hands

Hosanna to the Son of David

Harris, W:

Faire is the heaven

Howells:

Sing Lullaby

A Spotless Rose

Parsons, R:

Ave Maria

Poston:

Jesus Christ the apple tree

Purcell:

Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z25

Thou knowest, Lord

Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15

Stanford:

Beati quorum via, Op. 38 No. 3

Tallis:

Loquebantur variis linguis

If ye love me

Vaughan Williams:

O Taste and See

Walton:

What cheer?


The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Collegium - COLCD107

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A Portrait of Vaughan Williams

A Portrait of Vaughan Williams


Vaughan Williams:

The Wasps Overture

The Lark Ascending

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Oboe Concerto in A minor

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Mass in G minor

Three Shakespeare Songs

Phantasy Quintet

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

An Oxford Elegy

Flos Campi

Festival Te Deum

O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune

Valiant for Truth

The blessed Son of God

No Sad Thought His Soul Affright

Lord, Thou has been our refuge

O Taste and See


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

Nimbus - NI1754

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British Choral Music of the Twentieth Century

British Choral Music of the Twentieth Century


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.

Nimbus - NI5691/5

(CD - 5 discs)

£27.99 (£23.82 ex. VAT)

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