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Chants from Services: Christmas, Easter & Whitsun / Sisters of Argentan

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Gregorian Chant: Work(s); Messe Solennelle (Easter Day Mass); Pentecost Sunday Mass
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Ensemble: Sisters of Argentan

"The choir's singing is well controlled and reaches their customary high standard. It is characterized by a breadth and firmness not usually found in all-female...continue...

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...

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

The Virgin Mary's Journey

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Marcel Dupré: Motets (4), Op. 9; Max Reger: Ave Maria, for organ, Op. 80/5; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Francis Poulenc: Motets pou...
Performers: Cook, Dan

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Gregorian Chant from Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Gregorian Chant: Conditor alme siderum, hymn, mode 4; Hodie Christus natus est, antiphon, mode 1; Lumen ad revelationem gentium, processional chant, in mode 8; Vexilla regis prodeunt, hymn in mode 1 ...
Performers: Arran, Roderick; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Fox, Ruth; Garrett, Jill; Robinson, Juliet
Conductors: Lebon, Denise

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

Middle Ages Music

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame jolie, pour Dieu; Se je souspir parfondement, virelai for 2 voices; Comment qu'a moy lonteinne, virelai for ...
Performers: Player, Steve

Coronation of the First Elizabeth

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: English Traditional: Trumpet Signal, fanfare; Trumpet Signal (circa 14 c.), fanfare; Claude Gervaise: Bransle Double; Pavanne et Gaillarde d'Angleterre; Bransle Simple; Philip van Wilder: Amour parte...

Shakespeare's Englande: Music of his Plays and People

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Anonymous, English: O Mistresse Mine; Kemp's Gigue; The Willow; Heart's Ease, song; William Lawes: Work(s); Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; Full fathom five; Care charming sleep; Giles Farnaby: ...
Performers: Griffett, James; Wright, Brian [Lute]
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Ensemble: English Consort of Viols

Includes work(s): robin hood sequence: sweet robin (anonymo by various composers....continue...