Tag: Herbert Howells
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Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
“Guest directs the excellent St.John’s College Choir with sensitivity and fervour and a high standard is attained … smaller pieces are equally satisfying, notably deeply devotional and miraculously fresh singing in Bach’s Jesu, joy, and Mozart’s Ave verum corpus … with Britten’s rare genius for setting words to music” (Gramophone)
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The Golden Age of English Sacred Music
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The Golden Age of English Church Music
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Our Christmas Sequence
“Few ‘standard carols’ but a disc to widen your choice of beautiful Christmas music including the magical ‘Christmas Sequence’, ‘Fantasy on Carols’ ‘Sussex Mummers’ Carol’, ‘Sleepers Awake’ ‘Sleighride’ ‘A Maid peerless’ ‘New Year Carol’ ‘Bethlehem Down’ ‘Christmas Day’ etc (18 tracks)
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Christmas-time Carols
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Evening Hymn
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Royal Music from Westminster Abbey
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English Anthems from Oxford (Byrd to Britten)
John Harper leads the Magdalen College Choir in four centuries of church anthems by British composers.
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The English Anthem Anthology, Volume II (1886-1988)
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The Salisbury Sound
David Halls includes his own rousing version of “Liberty Bell” (Monty Python BBC theme), a lively jig by John Gardner and Fenby’s arrangement of Delius’ “First Cuckoo” is another familiar lighter theme. “David Halls knows how to put together an entertaining programme and get the best sound from this wonderful Willis.” -Graham Hermon, Cathedral Music…
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The Virgin Mary’s Journey
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From the Heavens – 22 Popular Hymns
In this collection, sung with passion, and recorded by some of Britain’s very best choirs, a wide list of favourite hymns is represented.
