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Photograph by Malcolm Crowthers.
CDA66655


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Recording details: Various dates
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1993
Total duration: 75 minutes 14 seconds

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

'An enticing VW collection whose attractions are enhanced by Christopher Palmer's typically illuminating booklet notes' (Gramophone)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Dona nobis pacem
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (conductor)
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Dona nobis pacem
1
Movement 1: Agnus Dei  [3'10]
Judith Howarth (soprano), Corydon Orchestra
2
Movement 2: Beat! beat! drums!  [3'44]
Corydon Orchestra
3
Movement 3: Reconciliation 'Word over all, beautiful as the sky'  [6'34]
Thomas Allen (baritone), Judith Howarth (soprano), Corydon Orchestra
4
Movement 4: Dirge for two veterans 'The last sunbeam'  [10'45]
Corydon Orchestra
5
Movement 5: The Angel of Death has been abroad  [10'46]
Thomas Allen (baritone), Judith Howarth (soprano), Corydon Orchestra
Four Hymns
6
No 1: Lord! Come away!  [4'20]
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Souter (viola), Corydon Orchestra
7
No 2: Who is this fair one?  [4'27]
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Souter (viola), Corydon Orchestra
8
No 3: Come love, come Lord  [3'47]
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Souter (viola), Corydon Orchestra
9
No 4: Evening Hymn 'O gladsome light, O grace'  [4'04]
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Souter (viola), Corydon Orchestra
10
Toward the Unknown Region 'Darest thou now O soul'  [12'44]
Corydon Orchestra
11
O clap your hands 'Psalm 47'  [3'07]
Corydon Orchestra
12
Lord, thou hast been our refuge 'Psalm 90'  [7'46]
Thomas Allen (baritone), Corydon Orchestra