Hyperion Records | The English Anthem, Vol. 7

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We Praise Thee, O God (detail) by G P Hutchinson

CDA67087

Recording details: July 1998
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: January 1999
Total duration: 74 minutes 16 seconds

'All of the music is of the very highest quality. This disc will offer lasting pleasure and satisfaction to cathedral music enthusiasts and newcomers alike' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Rewarding indeed' (Classic FM Magazine)

The English Anthem, Vol. 7

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

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1		How beauteous are their feet [4'04] Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Huw Williams (organ)
2		If we believe that Jesus died [3'42] Sir John Goss (1800-1880) Huw Williams (organ)
3		They that go down to the sea in ships [6'37] Herbert Whitton Sumsion (1899-1995) Huw Williams (organ)
4		God be in my head [1'47] John Rutter (b1945)
5		Lord, thou hast been our refuge [8'45] Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) Huw Williams (organ)
6		A Litany '2nd version' 'Drop, drop, slow tears' [3'54] Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
		Songs of Farewell Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
7		No 3: Never weather-beaten sail [3'56]
8		Turn thy face from my sins [3'13] Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) Thomas Cockett (treble), Andrew Johnson (treble), Huw Williams (organ)
9		Give me the wings of faith [6'11] Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) Francis Steele (bass), Huw Williams (organ)
		Four Anthems Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
10		No 1: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem [6'38] Huw Williams (organ)
11		Hymn to St Peter, Op 56a 'Thou shalt make the princes over all the earth' [6'05] Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Edward Burrowes (treble), Huw Williams (organ)
12		The souls of the righteous [7'45] Geraint Lewis (b1958) Huw Williams (organ)
13		Oculi omnium [1'39] Charles Wood (1866-1926)
14		Lo! God is here! [10'00] Philip Moore (b1943) Edward Burrowes (treble), Huw Williams (organ)

This latest addition to the long-running 'English Anthems' series presents fourteen more favourites from the Anglican repertory. The earliest work on the disc is Thomas Attwood's beautiful Turn thy face from my sin, from which we move into anthems by Sir John Goss, Stanford, Sumsion, Bairstow and others. The middle of the twentieth century is represented by Howells, Britten and Walton's perennially popular A Litany ('Drop, drop, slow tears') while we then have exciting new works by Geraint Lewis and Philip Moore, alongside Rutter's famous - and enchanting - God be in my head.

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