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Berkeley, L: | Crux fidelis, Op. 43 No. 1 Missa Brevis, Op. 57 Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Op. 99 Three Latin Motets, Op. 83, No. 1 The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1 Mass for Five Voices, Op. 64 Look up, sweet babe, Op. 43 No. 2 A Festival Anthem, Op. 21, No. 2 Three Pieces for organ, Op. 72, No. 1: Toccata |
“Lennox Berkeley's church music has now entered the cathedral lists – both Anglican and Roman – to an extent unthinkable even 10 years ago. He was a pious Catholic, and much of his music is rooted in his deep spiritual convictions His personal kind of melody and harmony sounds like nobody else. This is particularly evident in the most familiar of his religious works here – the 1960 Missa Brevis for Westminster Cathedral, which Britten much admired, and The Lord is my shepherd for Chichester. Just as typical are Look up sweet babe and the ecstatic George Herbert setting which forms the central section of the expansive Festival Anthem. Once heard, these tunes are difficult to forget.
The Mass for five voices and Three Latin Motets, written for this choir in 1972, are more austere but, like the eloquent sacred works of his friend Poulenc, they clearly come from the same imagination as the composer's other works. And quite late in life Berkeley boldly brings the discoveries of his more advanced later music into the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.
This is an impressive collection which merits repeated hearings. The choir sounds well and boasts fine soloists.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | A Choral Wedding
anon.: | Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lasst Uns Erfreuen) | Berkeley, L: | The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1 | Britten: | Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) | Bruckner: | Locus iste, WAB 23 | Darwall: | Ye holy angels bright (Darwall's 148th) | Duruflé: | Ubi caritas, Op. 10 No. 1 | Dykes: | Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty | Fauré: | Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 | Finzi: | My lovely one, Op. 27 No. 1 God is gone up, Op. 27 No. 2 | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus | Goss, J: | Praise my soul, the King of Heaven | Greatorex, W: | Tell out, my soul (Woodlands) | Howells: | All my hope on God is founded | Ireland: | My song is love unknown | Irvine, Jessie: | The Lord's My Shepherd (Crimond) | Jones, J D: | King of glory, King of peace (Gwalchmai) | Lauridsen: | O magnum mysterium | Monk, W H: | Abide with me | Mozart: | Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum | Parry: | I was glad Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton) Jerusalem O praise ye the Lord | Prichard: | Alleluya, sing to Jesus! (Hyfrydol) | Purcell: | Christ is made the sure foundation (Westminster Abbey) | Rutter: | Wedding Canticle | Stainer: | God so loved the world | Stanford: | Coelos Ascendit Hodie, Op. 38 No. 2 | Taylor, Cyril: | Glorious things of thee are spoken (Abbot's Leigh) | Thalben-Ball: | O for a thousand tongues to sing (Arden) | trad.: | All people that on earth do dwell Let all mortal flesh keep silence Immortal, invisible, God only wise (St Denio) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren) | Vaughan Williams: | Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) | Walton: | Set me as a seal upon thine heart | Wesley, S S: | Blessed be the God and Father | Willan: | Rise up, my love |
A new release in the Naxos wedding music series, ‘A Choral Wedding’ is a 2 CD collection of popular choral anthems and favourite hymns which have been chosen specifically as suggestions for brides and grooms planning church weddings with a choir. CD 1 includes a variety of anthems from the popular Anglican tradition such as Wesley’s Blessed be the God and Father and Parry’s I was glad through to classical evergreens such as Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine. There are some seasonal items too – Stainer’s God so loved the world for an Easter wedding and Lauridsen’s O magnum mysterium for a Christmas wedding. CD 2 is a re-packaged version of Abide with Me (8557578), and includes a wide selection of congregational hymns such as sing-along favourites Jerusalem and Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Hail, Gladdening light
Peter Backhouse (organ) The Choir of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Michael Harris | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | O be joyful in the Lord
Charles Harrison (organ) Lincoln Cathedral Choir, Aric Prentice The psalms, which have been used in worship for at least 2500 years, express a huge spectrum of human emotion and experience, and contain hymns, laments, songs of trust and thanksgiving, pilgrimage and wisdom. The beauty and immediacy of their texts has inspired some of the finest choral music, a vivid selection of which is presented here, on Lincoln Cathedral’s latest choir recording. Psalms sung to Anglican chant, accompanied by Lincoln’s boundlessly-colourful Willis organ, provide a glimpse of the Cathedral’s daily musical offering. The same texts are then presented in settings from across five centuries, from Palestrina to Jonathan Harvey. | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Hear My Words
Berkeley, L: | The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1 | Boyle, M C: | Thou, O God, art praised | Byrd: | Teach me, O Lord | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus | Greene, M: | Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | Haydn: | Benedictus from Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7 "Little Organ Mass" | Ley: | A Prayer of King Henry VI | Mendelssohn: | Hear My Prayer | Mozart: | Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum | Parry: | Hear my words, ye people I was glad | Stanford: | Evening Service in G, Op. 81: Magnificat A Song of Wisdom Op. 113 | Tomkins: | Out of the deep |
This disc features some of the best-loved anthems in the church repertoire, and notably that with an Etonian connection.Thus it begins and ends with the music of Parry, Eton's favourite musical son, whose success with Blest Pair of Sirens in 1887, saw him regarded as the leading choral composer in England. In 1441, Henry VI founded Eton College and its sister college, King's College in Cambridge, giving each a chapel in magnificent Perpendicular style.The foundation of Eton College provided ten men and sixteen boys to sing the services and with very few breaks, the choir has been singing in the chapel from then until the present day. “None of these young voices is anything less than impressive, and several are quite distinguished” Gramophone Magazine “the chief impression one is left with after hearing this disc is the excellence and polish of the choir ... this is a fine and very enjoyable disc. The performance standard is uniformly very high” MusicWeb International | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | In Quires and Places….
Bennett, R R: | On Christmas Day | Berkeley, L: | The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1 | Cornelius: | The Three Kings | Duruflé: | Ubi caritas, Op. 10 No. 1 | Gibbons, O: | O clap your hands | Harris, W: | Faire is the Heaven | Mendelssohn: | Verleih uns Frieden | Patterson: | Christ is the King | Purcell: | Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z135 | Rheinberger: | Kyrie (from Cantus Missae) Gloria (from Cantus Missae) | Stainer: | God so loved the world | Wood, C: | Hail, gladdening Light Magnificat in D |
The Crypt Choir of the Kings School, Canterbury, Howard Ionascu | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | English Choral Music
Berkeley, L: | The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1 Crux fidelis, Op. 43 No. 1 Look up, sweet babe, Op. 43 No. 2 | Britten: | A Hymn to the Virgin Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 | Elgar: | Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 No. 1 Give unto the Lord (Psalm XXIX), Op. 74 | Finzi: | Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op. 27 No. 3 God is gone up, Op. 27 No. 2 | Howells: | Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St Paul's, 1951) Paean Take him, earth, for cherishing | Hurford: | Litany to the Holy Spirit | Leighton: | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Magdalenae Oxonienses) An Easter Sequence: Sortie | Rubbra: | Tenebrae Motets - Third Nocturn Magnificat in A flat | Stanford: | Evening Service (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis) in G major, Op. 81 Justorum animae, Op. 38 No. 1 | Tavener: | The Lamb The Lord's Prayer Song for Athene | Vaughan Williams: | The Call | Walton: | Set me as a seal upon thine heart Coronation Te Deum Gloria from Missa Brevis |
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| |  | Psalms For The Soul
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| |  | And I saw a new heavenMusic enlightening life's journey
Bainton, E: | And I saw a new heaven | Berkeley, L: | The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1 | Brahms: | Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 | Dubois, T: | Fiat Lux | Hadley, P: | My beloved spake | Hindemith: | Organ Sonata No. 1 | Howells: | Like as the Hart | Langlais: | Agnus Dei from Messe Solennelle | Nield: | May the Grace of Christ our Saviour | Rütti: | I wonder as I wander (version for choir and organ) | Sumsion: | Magnificat in G major | Vierne, L: | Pièces en style libre, Op. 31: No. 7, Méditation | Wesley, S S: | Wash me throughly from my wickedness Holsworthy Church Bells |
Christopher Herrick (solo organ), Timothy Burke (organ) The Choir of Kingston Parish Church, Simon Toyne Recorded March 2001 at The Choir of Kingston Parish Church | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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