Hyperion Records | Music for St Paul's

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CDA67009
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Recording details: October 1997
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: May 1998
Total duration: 73 minutes 44 seconds

'A very fine demonstration of the English choral tradition at its best' (Classic CD)

'Warmly recommended' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Highly recommendable for an excellent programme beautifully performed' (Organists' Review)

'A disc well worthy of its subject' (Gramophone)

'Invigorating and uplifting, this is a disc to raise the lowest and most jaded of spirits' (Fanfare, USA)

Music for St Paul's

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, John Scott (conductor)

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		Te Deum 'Utrecht', HWV278 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
1		Movement 01: We praise thee, O God [3'33] Peter Holman (conductor)
2		Movement 02: To thee all angels cry aloud [0'39] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
3		Movement 03: To thee Cherubin and Seraphin [1'06] Sophie Daneman (soprano), Julia Gooding (soprano), Peter Holman (conductor)
4		Movement 04: The glorious company of the apostles [4'29] Sophie Daneman (soprano), Julia Gooding (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
5		Movement 05: When thou took'st upon thee [2'37] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Julia Gooding (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
6		Movement 06: We believe that thou shalt come [2'17] Sophie Daneman (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
7		Movement 07: Day by day we magnify thee [1'11] Peter Holman (conductor)
8		Movement 08: And we worship thy name [0'45] Peter Holman (conductor)
9		Movement 09: Vouchsafe, O Lord [2'33] Julia Gooding (soprano), Sophie Daneman (soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
10		Movement 10: O Lord, in thee have I trusted [1'11] Peter Holman (conductor)
		Jubilate 'Utrecht', HWV279 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
11		Movement 1: O be joyful in the Lord [4'05] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
12		Movement 2: Be ye sure that the Lord he is God [2'19] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
13		Movement 3: O go your way into his gates [2'39] Peter Holman (conductor)
14		Movement 4: For the Lord is gracious [2'50] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
15		Movement 5: Glory be to God the Father [4'36] Peter Holman (conductor)
		I was glad when they said unto me John Blow (1649-1708)
16		Movement 1: I was glad when they said unto me [4'36] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
17		Movement 2: One thing have I desired of the Lord [3'18] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
18		Movement 3: They shall prosper that love thee [2'32] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
19		Movement 4: The king shall rejoice in thy strength [2'05] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
20		Movement 5: As for his enemies [1'40] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Peter Holman (conductor)
		Lord, thou hast been our refuge William Boyce (1711-1779)
21		Movement 1: Lord, thou hast been our refuge [5'06] Peter Holman (conductor)
22		Movement 2: Our father hoped in thee / Show us thy mercy, O Lord [3'57] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
23		Movement 3: Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children [3'19] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
24		Movement 4: Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us [3'54] Edward Burrowes (treble), Timothy Burtt (treble), Alastair Cook (treble), Peter Holman (conductor)
25		Movement 5: The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord / O Let not the simple go away ashamed [3'14] Robin Blaze (countertenor), Peter Holman (conductor)
26		Movement 6: Blessed be the name of the Lord [3'13] Peter Holman (conductor)

This recording was made to mark the tercentenary of the formal opening in 1697 of St Paul's, rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London. It consists of four notable pieces written for the cathedral between 1697 and 1755. John Blow wrote a new anthem for the opening ceremony. I was glad when they said unto me is a setting of the text which Bishop Compton took for his sermon during the service. Handel's Te Deum and Jubilate, written for the Peace of Utrecht, was first heard in the Cathedral on 5March 1713. William Boyce's anthem Lord, thou hast been our refuge was written in 1755 for the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy, the charity that raised (and still raises) funds for needy clergymen and their families. Like all the pieces recorded here, it is music that demands to be heard in the spacious acoustic of the building for which it was written.