Hyperion Records | Psalms from St Paul's, Vol. 05

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CDP11005
Archive Service; also available on CDS44101/12

Recording details: May 1996
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: November 1996
Total duration: 63 minutes 7 seconds

Psalms from St Paul's, Vol. 05

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

1		Psalm 56 'Miserere mei, Deus' 'Be merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me' [4'22] William Bayley (1810-1858) & Sir George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
2		Psalm 57 'Miserere mei, Deus' 'Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me' [4'09] Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901)
3		Psalm 58 'Si vere utique' 'Are your minds set upon righteousness, O ye congregation?' [3'56] Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
4		Psalm 59 'Eripe me de inimicis' 'Deliver me from mine enemies, O God' [5'34] Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
5		Psalm 60 'Deus, repulisti nos' 'O God, thou hast cast us out' [4'09] Sir John Goss (1800-1880) & Sir Robert Prescott Stewart (1825-1894) & John Harrison (1808-1871) & John Harrison (fl1867-1880)
6		Psalm 61 'Exaudi, Deus' 'Hear my crying, O God' [3'20] Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)
7		Psalm 62 'Nonne Deo?' 'My soul truly waiteth still upon God' [4'15] William Boyce (1711-1779)
8		Psalm 63 'Deus, Deus meus' 'O God, thou art my God' [3'54] Sir Ivor Algernon Atkins (1869-1953)
9		Psalm 64 'Exaudi, Deus' 'Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer' [3'49] George John Bennett (1863-1930)
10		Psalm 65 'Te decet hymnus' 'Thou, O God, art praised in Sion' [4'53] Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901)
11		Psalm 66 'Iubilate Deo' 'O be joyful in God, all ye lands' [5'50] Sir Ivor Algernon Atkins (1869-1953)
12		Psalm 67 'Deus misereatur' 'God be merciful unto us, and bless us' [3'02] Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
13		Psalm 68 'Exurgat Deus' 'Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered' [11'54] William Crotch (1775-1847) & Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)

This fifth volume of the acclaimed series of ‘Psalms from St Paul’s’ presents a further five ‘sessions’ of the Psalms as they are sung each month in our great cathedrals. As in previous issues, the chants adopted incorporate the new alongside old favourites by Wesley and Stanford. Full texts are provided, with biographical details of the composers represented.

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