Samuel Wesley: Sacred Choral Music

1. In Exitu Israel
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

2. Ave Regina Caelorum
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Andrew Arthur

3. Magnificat Anima Mea
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

4. Air and Gavotte for organ Air
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

5. Air and Gavotte for organ Gavotte
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

6. Ostende Nobis Domine
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

7. Morning Service in F major Jubilate
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

8. Evening Service in F major Nunc Dimittis
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

9. Ecce Panis Angelorum
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

10. Domine Salvam Fac
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

11. Omnia Vanitas
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

12. Voluntary in D major for organ
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Geoffrey Webber

13. Tu es sacerdos, for 6 parts
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

14. Might I in Thy Sight Appear
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Andrew Arthur

15. O Lord God Most Holy
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

16. Dixit Dominus
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
with Christopher Monks

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The Psalms of David - Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Evensong from King's College - Cleobury The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1 Great Choral Classics from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge O God, My Heart Is Ready - Psalms (Anglican chant) and Hymns from St. Thomas Choir New York Treasures of English Church Music ASIN: B0001RVRF4 Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

1. Psalm 122: I was glad
2. Psalms 42 & 43: Like as the heart - Give sentence with me
3. Psalm 104: Praise the Lord, O my soul
4. Psalm 61: Hear my crying, O God
5. Psalm 24: The earth is the Lord's
6. Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes
7. Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd
8. Psalm 46: God is our hope and strength
9. Psalm 84: O how amiable are thy dwellings
10. Psalm 15: Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle
11. Psalm 137: By the waters of Babylon
12. Psalm 147: O praise the Lord for it is a good thing
13. Psalm 148: O praise the Lord of heaven
14. Psalm 149: O sing unto the Lord
15. Psalm 150: O praise God in his holiness
16. Psalm 126: When the Lord turned again
17. Psalm 65: Thou, O God, art praised in Sion
18. Psalm 66: O be joyful in God, all ye lands
19. Psalm 67: God be merciful unto us, and bless us
20. Psalm 114: When Israel came out of Egypt
21. Psalm 115: Not unto us, O Lord
22. Psalm 12: Help me, Lord
23. Psalm 133: Behold, how good and joyful
24. Psalm 134: Behold now, praise the Lord

Tracks:

1. Psalm 81: Sing we merrily unto God
2. Psalm 22: My God, my God, look upon me
3. Psalm 78: Hear my law, O my people
4. Psalm 93: The Lord is King
5. Psalm 49: O hear ye this, all ye people
6. Psalm 107: O give thanks unto the Lord
7. Psalm 45: My heart is inditing
8. Psalm 37: Fret not thyself
9. Psalm 53: The foolish body hath said
10. Psalm 130: Out of the deep
11. Psalm 131: Lord, I am not high-minded

Average customer rating: A Rare Find A Beautiful Collection of Mostly Anglican Hymns and Anthems

Faire Is The Heaven Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hear My Prayer: Hymns and Anthems Healey Willan: Organ Works Healey Willan: In the Heavenly Kingdom The Music of St. Paul's Cathedral And On Earth Peace: A Chanticleer Mass ASIN: B00009P1MX Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. Jesu, The Very Thought Of Thee
2. Gloria Deo Per Imensa Saecula
3. Sing We Merrily Unto God Our Strength
4. I Beheld Her
5. Fair In Face
6. Rise Up My Love
7. Te Deum
8. O Thou Who Camest From Above
9. Ave Verum Corpus
10. My Song Is Love Unknown
11. Ave Verum Corpus
12. Magnificat
13. Abide With Me
14. Verleigh Uns Frieden
15. Faire Is The Heaven
16. The Day Thou Gavest

Customer Reviews:

A Rare Find.......2005-10-08

This CD features not only the customary hymns and anthems for Anglo Catholics and other 'High Church' Anglicans but several motets by a Canadian composer named Healey Willan. This CD happily includes the lovely 'Marian' motets written by Willan. These are the high points of this set and, for those pieces, I highly recommend this album. Naxos is now a major label for classical recordings, especially for those on a budget or who want to listen to pieces that would not otherwise be recorded on a 'big' label such as EMI or DG. This is another fine example of Naxos' discography.

A Beautiful Collection of Mostly Anglican Hymns and Anthems.......2003-10-18

Who would have thought that a choir based in the village of Elora, Ontario (just north of Kitchener and Guelph, and west of Toronto) would be the home base for the only professional church choir in Canada, and one of the best such choirs in North America? It is the handiwork of Noel Edison, its founder and director, who also directs the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Well, since picturesque Elora is home to the Elora Festival, an annual summer festival dedicated to vocal music, and Edison is its founder and director, too, I guess it should come as no surprise.

This disc is a congeries of choral pieces whose primary connection with each other is that they mostly come out of the Anglican musical tradition. There are familiar hymns such as 'Abide with Me' (set to W. H. Monk's tune, 'Eventide') and high-art compositions like Healey Willan's three Marian motets, 'I Beheld Her,' 'Fair in Face,' and 'Rise Up My Love.' Some are Canadian and some are English in origin. The only ringers are Mozart's 'Ave Verum Corpus,' that well-loved staple of church choirs the world over, and the almost-English Mendelssohn's 'Verleih uns Frieden' ['Grant Us Peace']. All are sung gorgeously by the Choir of St. John's Church, Elora. Most are accompanied by the former organist of St. John the Divine in New York City, Paul Halley, who also contributes descants to a couple of the hymns and who arranged an effective anthem from Gordon Slater's simple hymn, 'Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee.'

Among music written in the last 100 years is John Ireland's hymn 'My Song is Love Unknown,' surely one of the loveliest of his creations, which has here been enhanced by Halley's soaring descant. New to me is Latvian-born Canadian Imant Raminsh's 'Ave Verum Corpus,' a five minute anthem with hushed but piquant harmonies. Herbert Howells's 'Te Deum,' well-known in Canada and England, is rarely heard here and is, I know from experience, a powerful experience to sing; it is similarly moving to hear.

An extraordinary find for me is Willan's 8-minute-long 'Gloria Dei Per Immensa Saecula,' a well-crafted motet written for five parts whose cumulative effect is persuasive. The sopranos sound a bit taxed by the piece's high-flying tessitura, the only evidence of any strain on the entire disc.

Giving the CD its title is 'Faire is the Heaven,' a double-chorus anthem by Sir William Henry Harris (1883-1973) set to Spenser's well-known poem. The arch form is emotionally satisfying and the sudden key change at the climax is still startlingly effective.

One last word: I have heard one previous recording of Willan's three motets also sung by a Canadian choir--that of Willan's old church, St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto--and the present recording is much more expressive.

Recommended.

TT=63:25

Scott Morrison

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A Choral Feast Gerald Finzi , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Herbert Howells , Samuel Sebastian Wesley , William Byrd , Thomas Tallis , Orlando Gibbons , Lee Hoiby , Craig Phillips , Douglas Major , and The Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys Manufacturer: Gothic Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Finzi, Gerald | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hoiby, Lee | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YSQ9 Release Date: 2001-01-01

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Word Incarnate Manufacturer: Pro Organo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005J6X3 Release Date: 2001-05-29

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Tracks:

1. Beatus Vir
2. Canzon duo decimi A10
3. Musica Dei donum
4. Royall Consort No.6 In D: Ecco
5. Royall Consort No.6 In D: Aire Morriss
6. Maria plena virtute (End)
7. Le Grand: Concerts Royaux - No.3 In A - Muzette
8. Suite In G - Gigue a l'angloise
9. Mass 'Dum Sacrum Mysterium' A10 - Gloria (Opening)
10. Pieces pour clavecin - La Victoire
11. Ave Regina Caelorum
12. Divisions On A Ground In F
13. The First Booke Of Songes - Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
14. Sonata In G, Op.9 No.7 - 4th Mvt. Giga
15. Angeli, Archangeli
16. String Quartet Op.1 No.3 - 4th Mvt. Polonaise
17. Ave cuius conceptio
18. Violin Concerto In E 'L'Amoroso' - 1t. Mvt. Allegro
19. Psalm III 'Beatus Vir' (Opening)

Average customer rating: Satisfying programme

The English Anthem, Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The English Anthem, Vol. 2 The English Anthem, Vol. 6 The English Anthem, Vol. 4 The English Anthem, Vol. 7 The English Anthem, Vol. 5 ASIN: B000002ZRW Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. O How Glorious
2. The Lord Is My Shepard
3. Hymn To The Mother Of God
4. Expectans Expectavi
5. Faire Is The Heaven
6. Come, O Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
7. In Exitu Israel
8. At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners
9. Set Me A Seal Upon Thine Heart
10. Turn Back, O Man
11. There Is An Old Belief
12. Give Unto The Lord

Customer Reviews:

Satisfying programme.......2001-01-07

This third volume in the extremely successful "English Anthem" series stands out as being one of the best programmes devised for it.

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir recorded it at about the same time that they made their Kenneth Leighton disc, hence the featured treble soloist on both is Thomas Colwell. His voice is particularly arresting, for instance, at the opening of Thomas Attwood's "Come, Holy Ghost" - by far the simplest work on the disc, within the grasp of even the smallest of choirs. At the other end of the spectrum is Robert Saxton's "At the round earth's imagined corners," commissioned by the choir in the early 90s, which is surprisingly effective and accessible compared to some of his (and his contemporaries) other works. As always with this series, the choir make these contrasted simple and complex works sound effortless.

Other works on the programme include Basil Harwood's "O how glorious is the Kingdom," William Harris's evergreen "Faire is the heaven," William Walton's exquisite and much-loved setting of "Set me as a seal" and one of Hubert Parry's "Songs of Farewell" - in this case, "There is an old belief." John Tavener's "Hymn to the Mother of God" makes a good impression here, although it's a pity that it's companion "Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God" is absent - the two are always presented together on recordings and were first performed together liturgically. "Turn back, O man" by Gustav Holst receives a most stirring rendition. The disc ends with Edward Elgar's very fine, cantata-like setting of Psalm 29, "Give unto the Lord," written for first performance at St. Paul's and sounding particularly glorious in the vast resonance of the building under the care of John Scott and his forces.

A worthy companion to the others in the series: well-recorded, beautifully performed and ingeniously devised. This is cathedral music at its best.

Average customer rating: A Very poor recording Amazing, wonderful, beautiful!

The Worlds Above Manufacturer: Gothic Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hoiby, Lee | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000654Y Release Date: 1998-03-17

Tracks:

1. Magnificat And
2. Nunc dimittis In E
3. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
4. Greater Love Hath No Man
5. Psalm 124
6. God So Loved The World
7. Let This Mind Be In You
8. Lyric Rhapsody
9. Si iniquitates observaveris
10. In The Year That King Uzziah Died
11. Very Slowly (From Sonatina)
12. Ex ore innocentium
13. Anthem: The Dove Descending
14. Hail, gladdening light

Customer Reviews:

A Very poor recording.......2000-05-09

I was very disappointed when I received this CD. The recording was of very low quality -- it sounds as though someone is holding a pillow over the speaker. Don't waste your time with this one.

Amazing, wonderful, beautiful!.......2000-03-14

A must have, I was blown out of the water by this fabulous recording by the choir of Grace Cathedral. The sound of the boys is stunning, and the treble soloists have outstanding voices. If you enjoy choral music, this cd is a must.

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The Complete New English Hymnal Scottish Traditional , Percy Buck , Derek Williams , Orlando Gibbons , Franz Joseph Haydn , Sir Charles H.H. Parry , Henry John Gauntlett , Adam of St. Victor , Philip Moore , and John Scott Whiteley Manufacturer: Priory Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Complete New English Hymnal 4 The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 5 Complete New English Hymnal 10 The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 3 The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 6 ASIN: B00005NF85 Release Date: 2001-07-31

Average customer rating: Enjoyable anachronism

Samuel Wesley: Sacred Choral Music Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gavottes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000030P0 Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. In Exitu Israel
2. Ave Regina Caelorum
3. Magnificat Anima Mea
4. Air
5. Gavotte
6. Ostende Nobis Domine
7. Jubilante (Morning Service in F)
8. Nunc Dimittis (Evening Service in F)
9. Ecce Panis Angelorum
10. Domine Salvam Fac
11. Omnia Vanitas
12. Voluntary in D: Voluntary
13. Voluntary in D: Fuga
14. Voluntary in D: March
15. Tu Es Sacerdos
16. Might I In Thy Sight Appear
17. O Lord God Most Holy
18. Dixit Dominus

Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable anachronism.......2000-01-31

Samuel Wesley was, along with Mozart, considered to be the English child-prodigy of his time. Born in the 1760's, his career was hindered when he fell into a construction pit and suffered from subsequent mental illness and depression that prevented him from earning a good living. An arch-conservative by taste, he was an ardent early fan of J.S. Bach's music, whose influence can be heard in this choral work along with that of Mozart and Haydn, leading to a very interesting and unique sound--a blend of Baroque, classical, and a touch of early romanticism. Although some of his works are contrapuntal such as the famous In Exitu Israel, most are composed in a straightforward choral style, the best example of this being the Evening Service in F, yet he does take unexpected harmonic twists that add interest to what would ordinarly seem fairly plain. The co-ed choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge has a wonderful, crisp tone that also has that glowing, crystaline sound so unique to English choirs. I personally am a bigger fan of mixed choirs over all-male ones such as Kings College, as great as they are. Once again, a great discovery for English music, and it is a pity that these choral pieces, especially the short devotional ones such as "Tu es saecredos" (the harmony on this one will send shivers down your spine), are not in the regular repertoire. Once again, a wonderful discovery and a must-buy for all lovers of church music.

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O for the Wings of a Dove Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000A8C Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. I Was Glad - Westminster Abbey Choir
2. O Taste And See - Westminster Abbey Choir
3. Magnificat In G - Worcester Cathedral Choir
4. Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618 - Ely Cathedral Choir
5. Hear My Prayer- - Ely Cathedral Choir
6. O For The Wings Of A Dove! - Ely Cathedral Choir
7. Evening Hymn - Worcester Cathedral Choir
8. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Ely Cathedral Choir
9. The Lord Is My Shepherd - Worcester Cathedral Choir
10. Nunc Dimittis In G - Worcester Cathedral Choir
11. Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect Peace - Worcester Cathedral Choir
12. O Hearken Thou - Westminster Abbey Choir
13. All My Hope On God Is Founded - Worcester Cathedral Choir

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