Twice Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mark Robson (Treble)
• David Pickering (Treble)
• Andrew Brough (Treble)
• Christopher Smith (Treble)
• Edward Higginbottom (Organ)
• Edward Higginbottom (Piano)
• Daniel Ludford-Thomas (Treble)
• Andrew Shenton (Organ)
• Jeremy Bowyer (Treble)
• Dara Carroll (Treble)
• David Lumsden (Organ)
• Murray Somerville (Organ)
• David Lumsden (Harpsichord)
• Michael Criswell (Treble)
• Andrew Wicks (Treble)
• John Birch (Piano)
• Justyn Christer (Treble)
• Daniel Norman (Treble)
• Peter King (Organ)
• Christopher Betts (Treble)
• Paul Dutton (Treble)
• Stephen Lomas (Organ)
• Stephen Lomas (Piano)
• Robin Blaze (Treble)

Composers

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Scottish Traditional
• Marjory Kennedy-Fraser
• Harold Fraser-Simson (1872 - 1944)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Stephen Adams (Michael Maybrick) (Composer) (1844 - 1913)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Anonymous, English
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960)
• William Horsley (1774 - 1858)
• Anonymous
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
• May H. Brahe (a.k.a. Stanley Dickson or May H. Mor) (1882 - 1956)
• William Henry Monk (1823 - 1889)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Christmas Traditional
• English Traditional
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)

Notes & Reviews:

Here, at last, the Boy Trebles collection long awaited to follow the worldwide bestseller "Once were Angels" GCCD 4040, from the 25-years of the Abbey & Alpha labels. This is the essential document of British Choirboy performance style & those unforgettable pure voices captured over the length & breadth of the land.

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Works Details

Anonymous, English : Morning Has Broken, song (Tune :: Bunessan)

• Performer: Mark Robson (Treble)
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1931

Schubert, Franz : Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300

• Performer: David Pickering (Treble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1817

Purcell, Henry : Shepherd, leave decoying (from "King Arthur"), symphony & duet for 2 sopranos, Z. 628/16

• Performers: Andrew Brough (Treble); Christopher Smith (Treble); Edward Higginbottom (Organ); Edward Higginbottom (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1691

Mendelssohn, Felix : On Wings of Song

• Performers: Daniel Ludford-Thomas (Treble); Andrew Shenton (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 10/01/1835

Handel, George Frideric : Theodora :: Angels ever bright & fair

• Performer: Jeremy Bowyer (Treble)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1749

Traditional, Scottish : Will Ye No' Come Back Again?, folk song

• Performers: Dara Carroll (Treble); David Lumsden (Organ); Murray Somerville (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.

Boughton, Rutland : The Immortal Hour, opera :: Faery Song

• Performers: Dara Carroll (Treble); David Lumsden (Organ); Murray Somerville (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1914

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

• Performers: Dara Carroll (Treble); David Lumsden (Organ); Murray Somerville (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory : Road To The Isles

• Performers: Dara Carroll (Treble); David Lumsden (Organ); Murray Somerville (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.

Horsley, William : There is a green hill far away :: Horsley)

• Performers: David Lumsden (Organ); David Lumsden (Harpsichord); Michael Criswell (Treble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Traditional, Christmas : Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410)

• Performers: David Lumsden (Organ); David Lumsden (Harpsichord); Michael Criswell (Treble)
• Running Time: 1 min. sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas

Fraser-Simson, Harold : They're Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace, song

• Performers: Andrew Wicks (Treble); John Birch (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Fraser-Simson, Harold : Halfway Down

• Performers: Andrew Wicks (Treble); John Birch (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Fraser-Simson, Harold : Politeness, for voice & piano

• Performers: John Birch (Piano); Andrew Wicks (Treble)
• Period Time: Modern

Fraser-Simson, Harold : Lines and Squares

• Performers: Andrew Wicks (Treble); John Birch (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Fraser-Simson, Harold : Vespers ("Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers"), for voice (or chorus) & piano

• Performers: Andrew Wicks (Treble); John Birch (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Anonymous : No! John, No!

• Performers: John Birch (Piano); Andrew Wicks (Treble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.

Traditional, English : Blow Away the Morning Dew, folk song

• Performers: Andrew Wicks (Treble); John Birch (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal

Mendelssohn, Felix : Elijah, Op. 70 :: I waited for the Lord

• Performers: Justyn Christer (Treble); Daniel Norman (Treble); Peter King (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 08/11/1846

Handel, George Frideric : Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 :: O Lovely Peace

• Performers: Christopher Betts (Treble); Daniel Norman (Treble); Peter King (Organ)
• Notes: Composition written: 1746.
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1746

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508

• Performers: Daniel Norman (Treble); Peter King (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1722-1725

Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) : Requiem

• Performers: Daniel Norman (Treble); Peter King (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1947

Ireland, John : Preludes (4) for Piano

• Performer: Paul Dutton (Treble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1938

Adams, Stephen (I) : The Holy City

• Performer: Paul Dutton (Treble)
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Stan, May H. Brahe (a.k.a. : Bless This House, for chorus & keyboard

• Performer: Paul Dutton (Treble)
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Quilter, Roger : Hey ho! The wind and the rain, for voice & piano, Op. 23/5

• Performer: Paul Dutton (Treble)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Call ("Come, my way"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (or organ) (Mystical Songs

• Performers: Stephen Lomas (Organ); Stephen Lomas (Piano); Robin Blaze (Treble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1911

Monk, William Henry : Abide with me :: Eventide)

• Performers: Stephen Lomas (Organ); Stephen Lomas (Piano); Robin Blaze (Treble)
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1861