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Celebrations! (Royal and State) from Westminster Abbey

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-04-05

Works: Arthur Bliss: Royal Fanfares; Hubert Parry: I was glad; William Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Wash me throughly from my wickedness; Thou wilt keep him in perfect...
Performers: Aiken, Adam; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crouch, Jo; Franks, Roderick; Neary, Martin; New, John; Simcock, Iain
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: London Brass

A rousing collection of compositions from many royal occasions and state events at Westminster Abbey, including coronations and royal weddings! This recording includes sixteen works...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Abbey (1988)....continue...

Anthems from Cambridge

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O clap your hands; O taste and see; Charles Wood: Expectans Expectavi; Hail, gladdening light; Benjamin Britten: Jubilate Deo; Jubilate Deo, for chorus & organ in E flat major...

English Choral Music of the Twentieth Century

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-03-03

Works: Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine; William H. Harris: Holy Is the True Light, for chorus; Love of Love and Light of Light, for chorus; Michael Tippett: D...
Performers: Farr, Stephen
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen

A compilation of twentieth century English choral music performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....continue...

Joy and Gladness / Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores

1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2010-02-16

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O clap your hands; Juan de Esquivel Barahona: Duo Seraphim, for SSAATB chorus; Joseph Rheinberger: Work(s); Bruce Neswick: Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord A New Song; Robert Sta...
Performers: Albro, Mark; Chalmers, David, Dr. [Organ]; Hempel, Br. Francis; Ingwersen, Sr. Rosemary; Smith, Sr. Lucia
Conductors: Patterson, Elizabeth C.
Ensemble: Gloriae Dei cantores

After the meditative beauty of Eternal Light, Gloriae Dei Cantores now presents Joy and Gladness, a collection of favorite anthems of celebration. From the blissful...continue...

Mystical Songs: Choral Music of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O clap your hands; O taste and see; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Loch Lomond, folk song for baritone & male chorus; Folksongs from th...
Performers: Biber, Kristy; Bradley, Jonathan; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Reynolds, Timothy; Robinson, Julie; Stagg, Siobhan

The Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, is renowned for its fine singing of music from the Anglican Cathedral tradition. This disc features the...continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Vaugham Williams: Choral Works / Best, Corydon Singers, et al

4 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi; Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viol...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Barratt, Christine; Best, Jonathan; Bowen, John; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Dawson, Lynne; Dobi...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the Hyperion...continue...

The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey / O'Donnell, Quinney, The Choir of Westminster Abbey

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Motets (3), Op. 38; Bernard Rose: Preces and Responses; Responses and Dismissal; Joseph Barnby: The earth is the Lord's; Benjamin Britten: Festival Te Deum in E major, Op. ...
Performers: Brett, Francis; Dobell, Mark; Empitt, Julian; Grote, Ashley; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Quinney, Robert; Stocker, Julian; Trevelyan-Jones, Warren; Wallington, Lawrence
Conductors: O'Donnell, James [Organ]
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir

"The first thing that hits you about the singing is the celebratory tone. The boys might be singing Stanford's Caelos ascendit hodie, but they could...continue...

Hallelujah - 35 Great Sacred Choruses

2 CD / EMI Distribution (USA) / 2004-03-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Laudate Dominum; ...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Bayl, Benjamin; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Dale, Laurence; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grier, Francis; Hayes, Nicholas; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Lancelot, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Muti, Riccardo; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wangenheim, Volker; Willcocks, David; Handford, Maurice; Tennstedt, Klaus; Cleobury, Stephen; Forster, Karl...
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Gerald Finley (cantor); Michael Cockerham, Doris Soffel (alto); Andrew King (tenor); Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble); Keith Lew...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Mass in g, Choral Music / Edison, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, motet for soloists, semi-chorus & orchestra (or organ) (Psalm 90); Prayer to the Father of Heaven, motet for chorus; O Vos Omnes ("Is it Nothi...

"Noel Edison strikes a fine balance between moving things along and luxuriating in the many lovely instances of Vaughan Williams's lush harmony. The Mass, for...continue...

Twentieth Century British Choral Music / Darlington, et al

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); Hodie (This D...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Barratt, Ian; Best, Roger; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Farr, Stephen; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Gritton, Peter; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Mauric...
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

A Portrait of Vaughan Williams

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-02-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Mass in G min...
Performers: Barratt, Ian; Best, Roger; Bochmann, Michael; Bourgue, Maurice; Campbell, Margareth; Douglas, Audrey; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Gritton, Peter; Joubert, Pierre; Lilley, Colin; Lynn, Susan; Martin, P...
Conductors: Boughton, William; Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir; English String Orchestra

This extensive collection of Vaughan Williams' works offers an illuminating insight into the life and music of this great British composer. The accompanying booklet includes...continue...

The Great Thankgsgiving / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-11-14

Works: George William Warren: God of our fathers; Joseph Frederick Wagner: Ballad of Brotherhood; Jean Sibelius: Masonic Ritual Music, Op. 113; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Song of thanksgiving; O clap your ha...
Performers: Asper, Frank; Cook, Susan; Cundick, Robert; Foster, Charles; Noyes, David; Schreiner, Alexander; Van Wagenen, Robert; Visher, Kathy
Conductors: Condie, Richard P.; Ottley, Jerold
Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, etc / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-02-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings; Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; O clap your hands; Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, motet for solo...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Howarth, Judith; Singers, Corydon; Souter, Matthew
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers

'Sit back and enjoy this VW concert of uncommon power and beauty ... another luscious plum in the Hyperion catalogue' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'An enticing VW...continue...

Vaughan Williams: World Of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Decca Import / 1990-10-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Linden Lea; House of life; The Vagabond ("Give to me the life I love"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Songs of Travel; The lark ascending; S...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Brown, Iona; Flood, David; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Fiedler, Arthur; Wicks, Allan
Ensemble: ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble