Tag: Herbert Howells
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That Yongë Child: Christmas Music for Voices and Brass
That Yongë Child Christmas Music for voices and brass with many special & unique arrangements “A popular mix of carols old and new, reflecting both the majestic and the intimate sides of Christmas. Spectacular sounds of brass and voices in a sumptuous building” -Adrian Lucas
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“Your Sweetest Notes” New Music from Norwich
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Christmas from Gloucester Cathedral: See Amid the Winter’s Snow
This excellent collection of 20 Christmas Carols, some composed and arranged especially for Gloucester and digitally recorded there in the 1990s, is now made fully available for all to enjoy.
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Music for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Fanfares and anthems commissioned by previous Monarchs, together with classic hymn settings and marches, all combine to recall the actual service and musical spectacle of the Coronation.
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A Lichfield Celebration
This well-chosen wide-ranging collection (Hymns, Psalms, Anthems, a Mass & 2 Magnificats) is an all-round celebration of Lichfield Cathedral Choir in the 1980s, during which time it rose to become one of the most respected in the country. During the period of these recordings, the choir visited Holland and the USA and in 1987 they…
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Blessed City: Hymns from Worcester
Strong local links connect the composers of many of the hymns featured on this album, with timeless uplifting melodies being the hallmarks of the overall collection. For these performances, all but one previously available only on tape since their original release the Cathedral Choir are joined by Worcester Festival Choral Society, to assist the “raising…
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Immortal Fire: Music for Female Saints
This is already being hailed as a superb-sounding debut record from the Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks using the well-known acoustic qualities of this great Cathedral. The strong theme is “music for Female Saints” & those heralded here include St Ursula, St Cecilia & St Margaret of Scotland, the latter featured in a newly commissioned…
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22 Great Hymns from St. Paul’s
A superb new popular collection from the glorious sound of St. Paul’s Many hymns here have direct connections with St Paul’s, either through the text or the music (or both), and a number of others enjoy links with the cathedral. St Paul’s acts as a focal point for the faith and spirituality of a city and a nation, and plays host to great…
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King of Glory
There has been an unbroken tradition of choral music at Salisbury for the past 900 years. Evensong is sung every day in term-time. Locally-associated composers, Bernard Rose, Herbert Howells, Richard Lloyd & Geoffrey Bush feature alongside masterpieces by Finzi, Walton & others.
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Anthems from Cambridge
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Advent in Winchester “O Come Emmanuel”
One of the best cathedral acoustics and one of the very best choirs in England present their own popular Advent Service in their Griffin debut. “This is a most enjoyable disc. Some of the music is fairly familiar but there`s a good and welcome leavening of less familiar and, indeed, recent music. The programme as…
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An English Choral Tradition
All of the composers on this recording were inspired by The Three Choirs Festival, the longest running Musical Festival in the World.
