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Herbet Howells: Requiem / Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge - Layton

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymn for St Cecilia, for chorus; Salve Regina, for chorus; Gloucester Service; Take him, earth, for cherishing; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "St Paul's"; Requiem; All my hope on God ...
Performers: Bland, Simon [Organ]; Cole, Jeremy; Partridge, Hannah
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

Herbert Howells was acutely sensitive to the transience of life, having witnessed the loss of friends and contemporaries in the First World War and encountered...continue...
Recording information: Lady Chapel of Ely Catedral and Lincoln Cathedral (07/01/2011-07/06/2011)....continue...

Herbert Howells: Requiem; Te Deum Laudamus et al. / Gloriae Dei Cantores

1 Super Audio CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2012-04-10

Works: Herbert Howells: Behold, O God Our Defender for chorus; Sequence for St Michael; Chichester Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Take him, earth, for cherishing; Requiem; Te Deum Laudamus (Searle Wright at ...
Performers: Cragg, Br. Richard; Jordan, James E., Jr. [Organ]; Norman, Luke; Ortolani, Amanda Dawn; Reese, Br. Nathanael; Schuman, Kathy
Conductors: Patterson, Elizabeth C.
Ensemble: Gloriae Dei Cantores

In the vast choral repertoire of the twentieth century, the music of Herbert Howells stands apart: unmatched in its color and expressivity and unfailing in...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA (06/2011)....continue...

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Nigel Short, Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Gustav Holst: The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159; Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing; John Tavener: Funeral Ikos, for chor...
Performers: Crouch, Gabriel; Gaunt, William; Long, Matthew [Vocals]
Conductors: Short, Nigel

Following a string of five-star reviews for their previous discs of 20th-century French choral music (Poulenc's Figure Humaine ) and Renaissance polyphony (Victoria's Requiem), the...continue...

Aurumque / Warland, Dale Warland Singers

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Alexander Grechaninov: Strastnaya Sed'mista (Liturgy of Holy Week), for chorus, Op. 58; Howard Hanson: A Prayer of the Middle Ages, for chorus; Vytautas Miskinis: O sacrum convivium, for choir; Herbe...
Performers: Fischer, Joel C.; Hodel, Martin; Hopkins, Eric N.; Johnson, Lynette; Tierney, Teresa
Conductors: Warland, Dale

The sequel to The Dale Warland Singers' beloved Cathedral Classics CD. Includes Morten Lauridsen's enormously popular O Magnum Mysterium. The program is a collection of...continue...

Howells: Requiem, etc; Vaughan Williams: Mass in g / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-03-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Te Deum for chorus & organ (or orchestra) in G; Herbert Howells: Requiem; Take him, earth, for cherishing
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

'One of the most luminous and touching of 20th-century Requiem settings' (Tower@classical music)

'Beautiful' (Hi Fi News)

'A moving and impressive addition to the a cappella repertoire'...continue...

Choral Music from Lincoln Cathedral - Sumsion, et al

1 CD / Priory / 2007-09-01

Works: Herbert Sumsion: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A major; They that go down to the sea in ships; Whiteley Singleton: I will lay me down and take my rest; W.R. Pasfield: Grieve not the Holy Spirit of ...
Performers: Bryan, Roger
Conductors: Marshall, Philip
Ensemble: Lincoln Cathedral Choir

This is another of the invaluable reissues by Priory of Harry Mudd's cherished Abbey/Alpha LPs of choral and organ music, this time focusing on the...continue...

The Road to Paradise

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Thomas Tallis: Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207; Gregorian Chant: Work(s); In paradisum, antiphon; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; William Byrd: Christe qu...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul

Recording information: Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, England (07/2006)....continue...

Howells: Choral Works / Spicer, Bicket, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Herbert Howells: Te Deum ("For the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol"); Even such is time; The summer is coming; The House of the Mind, motet for chorus & organ; Two Madrigals, for chorus; Salve...
Performers: Bernays, John; Bicket, Harry; Carwood, Andrew; Cotterill, Marianne; Crookes, Anna; Daneman, Sophie; Gritton, Susan; Hadleigh-Wilson, Nicholas; Kemp, Nicola-Jane; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Mi...

This collection is drawn from four successful releases from the early 1990s with the dynamic Finzi Singers, directed by Paul Spicer. The Singers produce sounds...continue...
Includes work(s) for chorus: nunc dimittis by Herbert Howells....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: Requiem, etc; Frank Martin: Mass / Varasi Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-03-06

Works: Herbert Howells: Requiem; Take him, earth, for cherishing; Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

"Backhouse understands the importance of pacing in the Requiem, giving properly measured reflection to the two critical Requiem aeternam movements--and the choir follows his lead,...continue...

Lux Mundi / Stopford, Choir of Keble College Oxford

1 CD / Priory / 2003-11-01

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Philip Moore: All wisdom cometh from the Lord; Thomas Tallis: O nata lux de lumine; Joseph Rheinberger: Abendlied, Op. 69 no 3; William Walton: Set me...
Performers: Bullamore, Stephen
Conductors: Stopford, Philip
Ensemble: Keble College Chapel Choir Oxford

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor, etc / New College Choir

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-05-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Kenneth Leighton: God's grandeur; Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing; Bernard Rose: Feast Song for St. Cecilia; William Henry Harris: Faire is t...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

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...

Choral Evensong from Eton College

1 CD / Herald / 1997-11-18

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65; Hubert Parry: Songs (6) of Farewell; Evening service in D major "Great"; William Byrd: Work(s); James Turle: Psalm 126 "In convertendo"; Thomas Sande...
Performers: Williamson, Tom
Conductors: Witheridge, John