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A Winter's Light - A Christmas Collection / Martin Ford, organ; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Bob Chilcott: On Christmas Night, carol cycle; Christmas-tide, carol for chorus & piano; Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Michae...
Performers: Burges, Dan; Ford, Martin; McWilliams, Fiona; Paterson, Alysha; Robertson, Paul [Tenor vocals]; Watson, Susan; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Vasari Singers

The Vasari Singers' annual carol concerts always provide a warming blend of traditional favorites and less well-known music from all periods and styles. Here, joyous...continue...
Recording information: Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge, Kent, UK (02/10/2012-02/12/2012)....continue...

A Choral Wedding

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Healey Willan: Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One, motet for chorus, HWC 314; Gerald Finzi: My lovely one, anthem; Anthems (3), Op. 27; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father; Maurice Duru...

A special musical compendium for brides and grooms planning a church wedding ceremony, complete with church choir. CD 1 is a selection of favorite anthems,...continue...

In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthem - Finzi, Holst, Vaughan Williams, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; A babe is born, Op. 55; Herbert Howells: Here ...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Doyle, Julia; Glassberg, Ben; Oberst, Simon; Williams, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst's surprisingly neglected...continue...

Howells: Hymnus Paradisi, Sir Patrick Spens / Hill, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Sir Patrick Spens, for tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 23; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Rutter, Claire; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bach Choir

On 'Sir Patrick Spens': "Putting my cards on the table straight away I must state three things. Firstly I cannot for the life of me...continue...

Psalms for the Spirit / Edison, Choir of St John's, Elora

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: George Mursell Garrett: When the Lord turned again; Psalm 93 "The Lord is King"; John Goss: Psalms 127 "Except the Lord build the house"; Herbert Howells: Psalm 122 for chorus & organ; Psalm 121 "I w...
Performers: Larkin, Mathew

Psalms have long played a central part in Christian worship, assuming even greater importance in England following the Protestant Reformation. 'Psalms for the Spirit' offers...continue...

Hear my Prayer / Edison, Choir of St John's, Elora

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1; Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G; Henry Purcell: O God, thou art my god, anthem for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, double choru...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Larkin, Mathew
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Choir of St. John's, Elora

Choral elements from Protestant and Catholic Christian traditions are included in this anthology of popular hymns, anthems and songs of praise. From seventeenth-century England to...continue...

Abide With Me and Other Favorite Hymns

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: William Kethe: All people that on earth do dwell; Charles Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind; Jerusalem; O praise ye the lord; David Charles Walker: King of glory, king of peace; Tradition...
Conductors: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy
Ensemble: Marlowe Brass Ensemble; St. George's Chapel Choir, Windsor Castle

Todays Anglican Church enjoys an enviable choral tradition, with hymns at its heart, and the Choir of St. Georges Chapel are experts in performing these...continue...

English Choral Music / Robinson, Choir of St. John's College

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1; Edward Elgar: Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Give unto the Lord, Op. 74; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Call ("Come, my way"), song ...
Performers: Bungard, Jonathan; Clayton, Allan; Durant, Benjamin; Farrington, Iain; Geidt, James; Giles, Benedict; Goldring, William; Harrison, Ben; Lepage-Dean, Oliver; Lyon, Edward; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Tr...

The rich sounds of the highly acclaimed Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge can be sampled in this expansive collection, which explores the impressive legacy...continue...

Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, Violin Sonata no 3, etc / Mobius

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, for clarinet quintet, Op. 31; Sonata for clarinet & piano; Prelude, no 1 for Harp; A Near-Minuet for clarinet & piano; Sonata for violin & piano no 3 in E minor, O...
Performers: Honore, Philippe; Nicholls, Alison; Plane, Robert; Rahmann, Sophia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mobius

"This is an excellent sampler of chamber music by Herbert Howells." - Ritter, American Record Guide...continue...

British Music - Green & Pleasant Land

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Gerald Finzi: Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17; Arthur Somervell: The Shropshire Lad, song cycle; Frederick Delius: Aquarelles ...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Farrington, Iain; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Whitton, Christopher
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Robinson, Christopher; ; Penny, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; Duke Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; Maggini Quartet; Northern Sinfonia; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Ro...

A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by...continue...

Faire Is The Heaven - Hymns and Anthems / Choir of St. John

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: Gordon Slater: Jesu, The Very Thought of Thee; Healey Willan: Gloria Deo per Immensa Saecula, for 5-part chorus, HWC 593; I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove, motet for chorus, HWC 312; Fair in Face, m...
Performers: Crisp, Stephen; Halley, Paul [Organ/Singer]; Harris, William; Howells, Herbert; Ireland, John [British Composer]; Monk, William Henry; Slater, Gordon; Willan, Healey
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora

The publication of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' in 1861 was instrumental in bringing about many changes in Anglican cathedral music, including the adoption of the...continue...
Personnel: Paul Halley (organ)....continue...

Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation - Magnificat

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Dixit Dominus in C major, K 193 (186g); Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Laudate Dominum; Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "St Paul's"; Jean-Nicholas Geoffroy: Magni...
Performers: Crabben, Jan Van der; de Reyghere, Greta; Munoz, Frederic; Rubsam, Wolfgang
Conductors: Peire, Patrick
Ensemble: Capella Brugensis; Collegium Instrumentale Brugensis

Psalms for the Soul - Howells, Stanford, Parry, Sumsion, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-09-01

Works: John Sanders: Reproaches; Henry Lawes: Psalm VIII; Charles Hylton Stewart: The Lord is my shepherd; Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord; Richard Woodward: I was glad; Herbert Sumsion: The...
Performers: Bloss, Michael

The Book of Psalms has been described as "the most precious heritage which the Christians received from the Jews." Filled with vivid poetic imagery, these...continue...

Howells: Requiem, etc / Robinson, Farrington, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-11-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "St Paul's"; Anthems (4) for Chorus; Paean for organ; Requiem; Long, long ago; The Office of the Holy Communion (Collegium Regale), for chorus & organ; R...
Performers: Ashworth, Alex; Blood, Sarah; Farrington, Iain; Wall, Simon
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

Howells legacy is a corpus of work whose individuality and calibre mark him out as probably the single greatest contributor to the renaissance of English...continue...

English Organ Music Vol 2 / Donald Hunt

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-08-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Sonata for Organ no 2 in B flat, Op. 87a; Cantique, for organ, orchestra or piano, Op. 3; Hubert Parry: Chorale Fantasia for organ on an old English Tune; Herbert Howells: Siciliano for...
Performers: Hunt, Donald [Choral Conductor]