English Choral Music of the 20th Century | Naxos 8501052

English Choral Music of the 20th Century

Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8501052

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 31st October 2011

Contents

Artists

Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Iain Farrington (organ)
Robert Houssart (organ)
Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

Conductor

Christopher Robinson

Artists

Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Iain Farrington (organ)
Robert Houssart (organ)
Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

Conductor

Christopher Robinson

About

A slimline 10 CD box set for the Christmas gift market, featuring the ten titles in the award-winning series from St John’s College, Cambridge - English Choral Music of the 20th Century.

With fine organ playing and excellent recorded sound, the disc ranks among the best choral issues of recent times” - Gramophone Editor’s Choice

They are a terrific choir, bright and exact” - The Times

Contents:
CD 1: Lennox Berkeley
1. Crux fidelis, Op.43 No.1
Allan Clayton (tenor)

Missa Brevis, Op.57
2. Kyrie
3. Gloria
4. Sanctus
5. Benedictus
6. Agnus Dei
Julian Gregory (treble)

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Op.99
7. Magnificat
8. Nunc dimittis
Benjamin Durrant (treble)

Three Latin Motets, Op.83 No.1
9. Eripe me, Domine
10. Veni sponsa Christi
11. Regina coeli

12. The Lord is my shepherd, Op.91 No.1
Benjamin Durrant (treble)

Mass for Five Voices, Op.64
13. Kyrie
14. Gloria
15. Sanctus
16. Benedictus
17. Agnus Dei

18. Look up, sweet babe, Op.43 No.2
James Geidt (treble)

19. A Festival Anthem, Op.21 No.2
James Geidt (treble), Allan Clayton (tenor)

20. Toccata (from Three Pieces, Op.72 No.1)

Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 75:10

CD 2: Benjamin Britten
- Rejoice In The Lamb Op.30
- Hymn To St Cecilia Op.27
- Missa Brevis in D Op.63
- Te Deum in C major
- Jubilate Deo
- Antiphon Op.56b
- A Hymn to the Virgin
- Festival Te Deum Op.32
- Hymn to St. Peter Op.56a
- A Hymn of St. Columba
- Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 73:48

CD 3: Edward Elgar
- Give unto the Lord (Psalm XXIX), Op.74
- Ave verum corpus, Op.2, No.1
- Ave Maria, Op.2, No.2
- Ave maris stella, Op.2, No.3
- O hearken Thou, Op.64
- Te Deum laudamus, Op.34, No.1
- Benedictus, Op.34, No.2
- O salutaris hostia
- Great is the Lord (Psalm XLVIII), Op.67
- The Apostles, Op.49: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
- Go, song of mine, Op.57
- The Light of Life, Op.29: Seek Him that maketh the seven
- Light of the World

Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 74:20

CD 4: Gerald Finzi
- God is gone up, Op.27, No.2
- Magnificat, Op.36
- My lovely one, Op.27, No.1
- Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op.27, No.3
- Thou didst delight my eyes, Op.32
- Let us now praise famous men, Op.35
- 7 Unaccompanied Partsongs, Op.17
- Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op.26

Christopher Whitton (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 61:43

CD 5: Herbert Howells
- Magnificat and Nunc dimitis, St.Paul’s
- Like as the Hart
- Paean for Organ
- Requiem
- Long, Long Ago
- Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale)
- Rhapsody No. 3 for Organ
- Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

Iain Farrington (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 75:53

CD 6: Kenneth Leighton
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ’Collegium Magdalene Oxoniense’
- Give me the wings of faith
- An Easter Sequence
- Veni creator spiritus
- What love is this of thine?
- Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38
- Rockingham: Chorale Prelude on ’When I survey the wondrous Cross’
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service), Op.62

James Oxley (tenor), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Christopher Whitton (organ), Gareth Jones (baritone), Benjamin Durrant (treble), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 67:25

CD 7: Edmund Rubbra
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat major, Op.65
- Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici, Op.66
- Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Cyril Scott, Op.69 (organ arr.)
- Tenebrae Motets, Op.72: First Nocturn
- Tenebrae Motets, Op.72: Second Nocturn
- Tenebrae Motets, Op.72: Third Nocturn
- Meditation for Organ, Op.79
- Missa Cantuariensis, Op.59

Robert Houssart (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 65:48

CD 8: Charles Villiers Stanford
- Morning Service in C major, Op.115
- 3 Latin Motets, Op.38
- Evening Service in C major, Op.115
- Communion Service in C major, Op.115
- Organ Prelude in G minor
- Evening Service in G major, Op.81
- Organ Postlude in D minor
- For lo, I raise up, Op.145

Christopher Whitton (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 71:09

CD 9: John Tavener
- God is with Us: Christmas proclamation
- Song for Athene
- The Lamb
- The Tiger
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
- Funeral Ikos
- Two Hymns to the Mother of God
- Love bade me welcome
- As one who has slept

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 69:58

CD 10: Sir William Walton
- Coronation Te Deum (arr. S. Preston and M. Blatchly)
- A Litany: Drop, drop slow tears
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
- Where does the uttered music go?
- Jubilate Deo
- Henry V: Touch her soft lips and part (arr. I Farrington for solo organ)
- Cantico del Sole
- Henry V: Passacaglia "Death of Falstaff" (arr. I Farrington for solo organ)
- The Twelve

Christopher Whitton (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
Playing Time: 66:09

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