The English Anthem, Vol. 6

CDA66826

Recording details: June 1995
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: April 1996
Total duration: 68 minutes 37 seconds

'St Paul's is the king of cathedral choirs, and the sound of their singing, with the majesty of the organ in the awesome reverberance of the great building to match, is as rich and noble as any sound on earth' (Gramophone)

'Truly heroic performances from the St Paul's Choir which is on top form. A memorable record' (Organists' Review)

The English Anthem, Vol. 6

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

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For lo, I raise up Op 145 [9'16] Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) English

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Dum transisset Sabbatum [5'14] Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)

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Ave verum corpus Op 2 No 1 [2'57] Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) LatinEnglish

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Plebs angelica [3'14] Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) LatinEnglish

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If the Lord had not helped me [7'21] Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) English

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Let thy hand be strengthened [1'47] Christopher Dearnley (1930-2000)

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Strengthen ye the weak hands [7'59] Sir William Harris (1883-1973)

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Three Antiphons [6'29] Sir John Tavener (b1944)

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Antiphon I [3'07]

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Antiphon II [1'01]

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Antiphon III [2'21]

Songs of Farewell Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

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My soul, there is a country [4'34]

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Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us [14'07] Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814-1856)

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Tis the day of Resurrection [5'39] Charles Wood (1866-1926)

This is the sixth release in the ever-popular series of English Anthems from St Paul's Cathedral in London. Alongside favourites such as Stanford's For lo, I raise up and Elgar's Ave verum this volume includes new works by Jonathan Harvey and John Tavener commissioned by the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral and here recorded for the first time.

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