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The Treasury of English Church Music

1100-1965

Ambrosian Singers, Westminster Abbey Choir, Chichester Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, St Pauls Cathedral Choir, Temple Church Choir, Denis Stevens, Douglas Guest, John Birch, Barry Rose, John Dykes Bower, George Thalben-Ball

The Treasury of English Church Music

The Treasury of English Church Music

1100-1965

Ambrosian Singers, Westminster Abbey Choir, Chichester Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, St Pauls Cathedral Choir, Temple Church Choir, Denis Stevens, Douglas Guest, John Birch, Barry Rose, John Dykes Bower, George Thalben-Ball

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Here for the first time on CD are the celebrated five LPs of the HMV Treasury of English Church Music. Prefaced by the introductory speech Herbert Howells gave at the launch, and boasting more than 30 bonus tracks, this set offers a uniquely authoritative and comprehensive conspectus of the broad repertory of cathedral, collegiate and parish church choirs in the 1960s.

Contents and tracklist

Howells: Introductory speech
Work length9:26
  • Herbert Howells (vocals)
  • Recorded: 1965-10-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 October 1965. Conference Room, EMI House, Manchester Square, London.
anon.: Sancte Dei pretiose
Work length3:55
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
anon.: Perspice Christicola
Work length1:11
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
anon.: Salve sancta parens
Work length4:09
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
anon.: Sanctus and Benedictus
Work length1:41
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
anon.: Alleluia psallat
Work length1:09
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
anon.: Ave miles caelestis curiae
Work length2:41
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Players, Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
anon.: Conditor alme siderum
Work length3:17
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Queldryk: Gloria
Work length2:36
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Players, Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Excetre: Sanctus & Benedictus
Work length3:22
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Damett: Beata Dei genetrix Maria
Work length3:19
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Work length5:19
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Players, Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Frye, W: Salve virgo mater pia
Work length4:30
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Cornysh the elder: Ave Maria Mater Dei
Work length3:41
  • Denis Stevens (lead vocals)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Recorded: 1965-05-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 May 1965. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Nunc dimittis
Work length1:33
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Tallis: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
Work length2:56
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
Work length3:25
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Byrd: Ave verum Corpus
Work length4:14
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Nunc dimittis
Work length3:14
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Weelkes: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Work length3:28
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Dering: Factum est silentium
Work length3:23
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Child, W: O God, wherefore art thou absent from us?
Work length2:20
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Philips, P: Ascendit Deus
Work length2:41
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Morley: Out of the Deep
Work length4:30
Tomkins: Nunc Dimittis
Work length4:08
Mundy, W: Ah, helpless wretch
Work length4:06
Gibbons, O: Nunc dimittis (Short Service)
Work length2:14
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Farrant, R: Hide not thou thy face
Work length1:57
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
Byrd: Sing joyfully
Work length2:43
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1965-07-13
  • Recording Venue: 13, 15, 23 & 27 July 1965, Westminster Abbey
White, Robert: Christie, qui lux es et dies
Work length3:25
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1964-11-18
  • Recording Venue: 18-20 November 1964. Westminster Abbey, London
Gibbons, O: O clap your hands
Work length5:13
  • Douglas Guest (lead vocals)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Recorded: 1964-11-18
  • Recording Venue: 18-20 November 1964. Westminster Abbey, London
Gibbons, O: This is the Record of John
Work length4:56
  • Gerald English (vocals), Francis Baines (director)
  • Hampstead Parish Church Choir, Jaye Consort of Viols
  • Martindale Sidwell
  • Recorded: 1964-11-18
  • Recording Venue: 3 May 1966, Church of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, City of London
Morley: Out of the Deep
Work length4:58
  • Gerald English (vocals), John Morehen (organ)
  • Hampstead Parish Church Choir
  • Martindale Sidwell
  • Recorded: 1964-11-18
  • Recording Venue: 3 May 1966, Church of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, City of London
Weelkes: All people clap your hands
Work length1:50
Weelkes: O how amiable are thy dwellings
Work length3:07
Weelkes: Lord, to thee I make my moan
Work length2:34
Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice
Work length2:29
Byrd: Victimae paschali
Work length3:30
  • Boys of All Saints', Margaret Street, New English Singers
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1967-10-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 October 1967. St Mary of Eton, Hackney
Tomkins: My beloved spake
Work length5:32
  • Boys of All Saints', Margaret Street, New English Singers
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1967-10-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 October 1967. St Mary of Eton, Hackney
Purcell: Thou know'st, Lord, Z 58c
Work length2:25
  • Gavin Williams (organ)
  • Guildford Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Chamber Orchestra
  • Barry Rose
  • Recorded: 1965-10-04
  • Recording Venue: 4,8,16 & 18 October 1965. Guildford Cathedral.
Humfrey: O Lord my God
Work length13:18
This work is only available as an album download.
  • Gavin Williams (organ)
  • Guildford Cathedral Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Guildford Cathedral
  • Barry Rose
  • Recorded: 1965-10-04
  • Recording Venue: 4,8,16 & 18 October 1965. Guildford Cathedral.
Purcell: I will give thanks unto the Lord
Work length9:21
  • Chamber Orchestra of Guildford Cathedral, Gavin Williams (organ)
  • Guildford Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Chamber Orchestra
  • Barry Rose
  • Recorded: 1965-10-04
  • Recording Venue: 4,8,16 & 18 October 1965. Guildford Cathedral.
Greene, M: O clap your hands
Work length4:16
Travers, J: Ascribe unto the Lord
Work length10:00
This work is only available as an album download.
Boyce: The Heavens Declare
Work length13:13
This work is only available as an album download.
Blow: Salvator Mundi
Work length4:18
Blow: God is our hope and strength
Work length3:18
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1964-11-18
  • Recording Venue: 18-20 November 1964. Westminster Abbey, London.
Purcell: Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50
Work length3:22
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1964-11-18
  • Recording Venue: 18-20 November 1964. Westminster Abbey, London.
Purcell: O Lord God of hosts, Z37
Work length5:17
Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15
Work length2:54
  • Boys of All Saints', Margaret Street/New English Singers/Simon Preston, New English Singers (vocal ensemble)
  • Boys of All Saints'
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1967-10-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 October 1967. St Mary of Eton, Hackney
Nares: The souls of the righteous
Work length2:35
  • Sir George Thalben-Ball (director), Sir George Thalben-Ball (organ)
  • Temple Church Choir
  • Recorded: 1960-07-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 July 1960. Temple Church, London.
Battishill: O Lord, look down from heaven
Work length5:00
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Crotch: Lo! Star-Led Chiefs
Work length4:49
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Goss, J: If we believe that Jesus died
Work length3:54
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Ouseley: O Saviour of the world
Work length2:36
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Walmisley: Evening Service in D minor
Work length7:21
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Magnificat
Track length4:50
Nunc dimittis
Track length2:31
Wesley, S S: Cast me not away
Work length4:33
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Wesley, S S: Wash me throughly from my wickedness
Work length4:36
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
William Bennett: God is a spirit
Work length3:02
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
T. Tertius Noble: Evening Service in B Minor: Nunc dimittis
Work length3:08
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Stanford: Morning, Communion & Evening Services in B flat Op.10: Te Deum
Work length6:45
  • Harry Gabb (organ)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  • Dr John Dykes Bower
  • Recorded: 1966-02-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 February and 2 & 3 March 1966. St Paul's Cathedral
Stanford: Beati quorum via, Op. 38 No. 3
Work length3:47
Wood, C: Sanctus & Benedictus (Short Communion Service in the Phrygian Mode)
Work length2:10
Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See
Work length1:42
  • Richard Seal (organ)
  • Chichester Cathedral Choir
  • John Birch
  • Recorded: 1966-06-22
  • Recording Venue: 22-24 June 1966. Chichester Cathedral.
Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Work length3:36
Shaw, M: Creed (Anglican Folk Mass)
Work length3:10
Holst: Turn back, O man, Op.36a / H.134
Work length4:26
  • Richard Seal (organ)
  • Chichester Cathedral Choir
  • John Birch
  • Recorded: 1966-06-24
  • Recording Venue: 22-24 June 1966. Chichester Cathedral.
Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
Work length6:11
  • Neil Osborne (bass-baritone), Chichester Cathedral Choir (lead vocals), Howard Davies (vocals), Richard Seal (organ)
  • John Birch
  • Recorded: 1966-06-23
  • Recording Venue: 22 & 23 June 1966 / Chichester Cathedral
Howells: Collegium Regale: Magnificat
Work length5:14
Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart
Work length3:23
Davies, Peter Maxwell: Ave Maria - Hail blessed flower
Work length2:48
Leighton: Give me the wings of faith
Work length5:36
Elgar: O hearken Thou, Op. 64
Work length3:37
Elgar: Give unto the Lord (Psalm XXIX), Op. 74
Work length8:21
Warlock: I saw a fair maiden
Work length4:29
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1967-03-28
  • Recording Venue: 30-31 January 1967: Westminster Abbey, London
Howells: Carol-Anthems
Work length10:55
  • Roger Cleverdon (bass-baritone)
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1967-03-28
  • Recording Venue: 30-31 January 1967: Westminster Abbey, London
A Spotless Rose
Track length3:32
Sing Lullaby
Track length3:47
Here is the little door
Track length3:36
Joubert: There Is No Rose
Work length2:19
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1967-03-28
  • Recording Venue: 28, 30 & 31 January 1967. Westminster Abbey, London
Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Work length3:54
  • Westminster Abbey Choir
  • Douglas Guest
  • Recorded: 1967-03-28
  • Recording Venue: 28, 30 & 31 January 1967. Westminster Abbey, London
Vaughan Williams: Te Deum in G
Work length6:55
  • Anthony Crossland (organ)
  • Wells Cathedral Choir
  • Denys Pouncey
  • Recorded: 1965-05-24
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 May 1965. Wells Cathedral
Rootham: Evening Service in E minor
Work length8:29
  • Anthony Crossland (organ)
  • Wells Cathedral Choir
  • Denys Pouncey
  • Recorded: 1965-05-24
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 May 1965. Wells Cathedral
Magnificat
Track length4:40
Nunc Dimittis
Track length3:49
Thalben-Ball: Evening Service in C major
Work length4:19
  • Sir George Thalben-Ball (director)
  • Temple Church Choir
  • Recorded: 1961-06-24
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 June 1961. Temple Church, London
Magnificat
Track length2:46
Nunc dimittis
Track length1:33
Davies, Walford: Blessed are the pure in heart
Work length1:21
  • Sir George Thalben-Ball (director)
  • Temple Church Choir
  • Recorded: 1961-06-24
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 June 1961. Temple Church, London
Davies, Walford: Jubilate in G major
Work length3:26
  • Sir George Thalben-Ball (director), Sir George Thalben-Ball (organ)
  • Temple Church Choir
  • Recorded: 1961-06-24
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 June 1961. Temple Church, London
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