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Folk Songs of the British Isles - Legendary Voices / John McCormack, Kathleen Ferrier, Richard Lewis et al. /

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2012-09-25

Works: English Traditional: The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Cushie Butterfield, music hall song (tune "Pretty Polly Perkins"); Lincolnshire Poacher, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; O can ye sew cu...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Dawson, Peter; Hammond, Joan, Dame; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Lush, Ernest; MacColl, Ewan; MacEwan, Sydney, Father; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; McKellar, Ke...
Conductors: Wilson, Robert; Roberton, Hugh S.; Sharples, Bob; Sims, Ivor E.; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Evensong for St. Andrew's Day

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2011-01-25

Works: Recorded Sound: Bells; Charles Villiers Stanford: Preludes, Op. 101; Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1; Laudate Dominum; Fantasia and Toccata for Organ in D minor, Op. 57; Bernard Rose: Preces and Responses;...
Performers: Archer, Malcolm; Gough, Rupert; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]

Full service in honor of St. Andrew includes bells, readings, hymns, psalms by top 20th century composers. Evensong has been a source of inspiration for...continue...
Recording information: Wells Cathedral (06/11/2001/06/12/2001)....continue...

Choirs of Cambridge: Jesus College Choir - I Saw The Lord

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-07-13

Works: William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God our strength; Ave verum corpus; Te Deum (from The Service in F), for 2 voices (SA); Maurice Duruflé: Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens, Op. 1...
Performers: Argent, Christopher; Bowen, Geraint; Swinson, David

These are lovely musical performances, chosen from 3 recordings at Jesus College, demonstrating the first class quality this choral centre has always maintained, whether alone...continue...

Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea; I got me flowers, song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical Songs no 2); British Isles Traditional: I Will Give My Love an Apple, folk song; Wolfgang...
Performers: Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Criswell, Michael; Davey, Peter; Davis, James; Dutton, Paul; Ginn, Michael; Higginbottom, Edward; Hunt, Donald [Choral Conduc...

Music from the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry Purcell: Work(s); Hubert Parry: I was glad; Herbert Howells: Behold, O God Our Defender for chorus; William H. Harris: Let My Prayer Come Up; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; George ...
Performers: Baat, Simon de; Baker, Martin [Choral Conductor]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Cleverdon, Roger; Crowley, Andrew [Trumpet]; Nixon, Leigh; Sneddon, Thomas; Wallington, Lawrence
Conductors: Neary, Martin

Twice Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Anonymous, English: Morning Has Broken, song (Tune; Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Henry Purcell: Shepherd, leave decoying (from "King Arthur"), symphony & duet for 2 soprano...
Performers: Betts, Christopher; Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Christer, Justyn; Criswell, Michael; Dutton, Paul; Higginbottom, Edward; King, Peter [Organ]; Lomas, Step...

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...continue...

Winchester Cathedral: Organ Spectacular

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); César Franck: Chorales (3); Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantasy for Organ in E flat major; Felix Mendelssohn: So...
Performers: Hill, David

Praise and Thanksgiving: Anthems from Salisbury Cathedral

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Richard Shephard: And when the builders laid the foundations of the Temple of the Lord, anthem; Canticles in Memoriam Lionel Dakers, for chorus; Anton Bruckner: Locus iste, gradual for chorus in C ma...
Performers: Halls, David

Candlelight Classics - Music for Romance

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Heinrich Joseph Baermann: Adagio in D flat...
Performers: Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Nicholson, Pamela; Prats, Jorge Luis; Rhodes, Paul; Seow, Yitkin; Smith, Kenneth [Flute]; Wei, Xu
Conductors: Schenck, Andrew; Bátiz, Enrique; Tjeknavorian, Loris; Marriner, Sir Neville;
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Pro Arte Guitar Trio

Great Hymns from St. Paul's

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: John Darwall: Ye holy angels bright; John Stainer: Cross of Jesus, Cross of Sorrow (Cross of Jesus); John Goss: Hymn; John Bacchus Dykes: O strength and stay; Ralph Vaughan Williams: For All the Sain...
Performers: Williams, Huw [Organ]

An Oxford Evening - Parry, Watson, etc / Darlington, et al

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Hubert Parry: Chorale prelude for organ ("Christe, Redemptor omnium") (from Set 1); Evening service in D major "Great"; Sydney Watson: How Sweet the Name of Jesus, for chorus & organ; Bernard Rose: V...
Performers: Driskill-Smith, Clive

Includes prayer(s) by Spoken Word....continue...

Steal Away to Jesus: Spirituals & Prières

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; John Sheppard: In pace in idipsum for 4 voices; Thomas Tallis: Laudate Dominum, motet (psalm) for 5 voices, P. 266; William Byrd: Defeci...

Advent in Winchester "O come, Emmanuel" / Lumsden, et al

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Plainchant: Drop down, ye heavens (Advent Prose), Mode 1, for choir; William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Paul Manz: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ru...
Performers: Baldock, Sarah; Brown, Jonathan; Cartridge, David; Gallear, Simon; Goater, Edward; Holliday, Jimmy; Irwin, Simon; Kendall, Richard; Kendall, William; Lumsden, Andrew; Norrington, Thomas

Hymns from Hereford

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: John Goss: Hymn; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe," BWV 22; Melchior Vulpius: The Strife...
Performers: Green, Robert
Conductors: Massey, Roy; Lloyd, Richard

Once were Christmas Angels - The Pure Sound of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (English); Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410); O Little Town of Bethle...
Performers: Bowyer, Jeremy; Cooper, Ian [Mastering]; Criswell, Michael; Davey, Peter; Dutton, Paul; Elias, David; Harvey, Christopher; Ludford-Thomas, Daniel; Lyle, James; Mace, Michael; Pugh, Owen; Rees-William...

Something different & wonderfully enjoyable! The new Boy Trebles compilation awaited by collectors from the 25-year period covered by Abbey Label. It is much more...continue...

King of Glory: Evensong from Salisbury

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: David Halls: Organ improvisation; William Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart; Bernard Rose: Preces and Responses; James Turle: Psalm 32; Spoken Word: Scripture Reading, Bible; Anglican Creed; ...
Performers: Halls, David; Hetherington, Hugh; Hetherington, Raphael; Hobkirk, Christopher; Stockwell, Ewan

Includes prayer(s) by Spoken Word.

Includes psalm 33 (howells / finzi) by various composers.

Includes psalm 34 (russell / day) by various composers....continue...

Organ Classics - Bach, Franck, Meyerbeer, etc / David Hill

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; César Franck: Chorales (3); Giacomo Meyerbeer: Coronation March, for 2 orchestras; Alexandre Guilmant: March on a Theme of...
Performers: Hill, David

Immortal Fire: Music for Female Saints

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymn for St Cecilia, for chorus; Salve Regina, for chorus; Judith Bingham: Margaret, Forsaken, for SS choir & organ; Flor Peeters: Toccata, Fugue and Hymn on "Ave Maris Stella", Op. ...
Performers: Alder, Katie; Colwell, Kathryn; Dickens, Emily; Filmer, Josie; French, Elizabeth; Gallear, Simon; Holliday, Jimmy; Kendall, William; Lumsden, Andrew; Nell, Tempe

S. S. Wesley: Let us lift up our heart, etc / Thurlow, et al

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Let Us Lift Up Our Heart With Our Hands, for chorus & organ; Cast Me Not Away, for chorus & organ; John Stainer: I saw the Lord; How Beautiful Upon the Mountain, anthem for c...
Performers: Boulter, Malcolm; Breeds, Christopher; Fox, Ian; Lees, John; Nixon, Anthony; Pearce, Michael; Robertson, Nicholas; Simmonds, Geoffrey; Suter, Jeremy

Favourite Hymns

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: William Croft: O Worship the King; O God Our Help in Ages Past (Tune; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind; O praise ye the lord; Alan Gray: The King of Love My Shepherd is; Sebastian Templ...
Performers: Baker, Martin [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Neary, Martin

Favourite Hymns from Wells Cathedral

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Anonymous, German: All Creatures of Our God and King; Joachim Neander: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; Hubert Parry: Judith, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra; O praise ye the lord; Orlando...
Performers: Archer, Malcolm; Gough, Rupert
Conductors: Archer, Malcolm

The Royal Golden Wedding

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Hubert Parry: The Birds, incidental music; John Goss: Hymn; William McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness...
Performers: Baker, Martin [Choral Conductor]; Daniel, Nicholas; Dickinson, Timothy; Nixon, Leigh
Conductors: Neary, Martin

Christmas Angels: A Thousand Voices Sing the Finest Christmas Music in Lincoln Cathedral

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Chorale Preludes (11) for Organ, Op. 122; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; This is the truth sent from above (English); Ding Dong! Merri...
Performers: Barwood, Simon; Companie of Ringers of the Cathedral Church of the; Daws, Adrian; Hughes, Chris [Drums]; Hughes, Christopher; Ravenscroft, Timothy; Sanford-Casey, Daniel; Willcocks, David, Sir [Chora...
Conductors: Walsh, Colin [Organ]

Over 1,000 people of every age and denomination traveled to Lincoln Cathedral to record the best-loved Christmas Carols for Christmas Angels. The Cathedral Choir joined...continue...
Personnel: Simon Barwood (tenor); Chris Hughes (organ); Lee Townsend (bells).

Recording information: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (05/16/1994-07/14/1994)....continue...

See Amid the Winter's Snow: Christmas from Gloucester

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Blessed Be That Maid Marie (English); O Little One S...
Performers: Lee, Mark

"Throughout the recital the singing of the choir gives a good deal of pleasure. The acoustic of Gloucester Cathedral is a very reverberant one but...continue...
Personnel: Mark "Anarchy" Lee (organ).

Recording information: Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England....continue...

Music for Royal Occasions

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; William P. Rowlands: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Tune; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Wash me throughly from my wickedness; John Hilton: Lord, for thy tender...
Performers: Baker, Martin [Choral Conductor]; Hoeg, Michael; Simcock, Iain
Conductors: ; Smith, Michael
Ensemble: London Brass; Welsh National Opera Brass

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

Janácek: The Lord's Prayer (Choral and Organ Music)

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Leos Janácek: Our Father; Ave Maria (Zdrávas Maria), for male chorus, JW 4/16; Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy (Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga), cantata for tenor, chorus & pian; Exaudi D...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Davies, Victoria; Driskill-Smith, Clive; Nassif, Aline

Love Came Down at Christmas

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings; C...
Performers: English, John [Australia]; Jackson, Oliver; Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Duncan; Oxenham, Martin; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Williams, Huw [Organ]

Malcolm Archer`s own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his...continue...
Personnel: Jon English (tenor); Timothy Jones (bass voice); Oliver Jackson (treble); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: St. Paul's Cathedral....continue...

In Honour of Our Lady

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Magnificat primi toni (all), for 8 voices & organ; Gregorian Chant: Vexilla regis prodeunt, hymn in mode 1 (Liber Usualis no 575); Surrexit Dominus, antiphon; Veni creato...
Performers: Wright, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen