Choir Of Kings College & David Willcocks – The Complete Argo Recordings (2015)

Choir Of Kings College & David Willcocks - The Complete Argo Recordings (2015)

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King’s College Choir are the most famous choir in the world. This 29-CD set of the complete Argo recordings celebrates David Willcocks’ tenure from 1957-1973 and includes some of the most beautiful choral music sung with the choir’s trademark richness and purity of sound. Six albums are released on CD for the first time – David Willcocks’ 1964 Festival of Lessons & Carols and Tye Masses and four albums from Boris Ord, Willcocks’ predecessor. Also includes works by Bach, Tallis, Haydn and others.

Tracklist:

CD 1.
ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583 - 1625)
Tudor Church Music

01. The First Song Of Moses
George Wither The Hymnes & Songs Of The Church (1623) No.1
02. Second Preces and Proper Psalm for Whitsunday (Psalm. 145:1-14)
ed. P.C. Buck et al in Tudor Church Music IV (1925)
03. Voluntary I
04. Te Deum
05. Voluntary II
06. Jubilate
07. This is the Record of John (verse anthem, John I:19-23)
ed. P.C. Buck et al in Tudor Church Music IV (1925)
08. See, the Word is incarnate (verse anthem)
ed. P.C. Buck et al in Tudor Church Music IV (1925)
09. Glorious and Powerful God (verse anthem)
ed. P.C. Buck et al in Tudor Church Music IV (1925)

CD 2.
A FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLS
as sung in King’s College Chapel upon Christmas Eve 1958

01. Once In Royal David's City
Henry John Gauntlett; Cecil Frances Alexander, arr. Arthur Henry Mann
02. The Bidding Prayer
Read by Noel Gilroy Annan
03. And there were shepherds in the same country, abiding in the field
Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248;
Christian Friedrich Henrici (sung in English)
Robert Tear tenor, Anthony Seddon alto
04. First Lesson Genesis 3
Read by Anthony Seddon
05. Adam lay ybounden
Boris Ord; anon.
06. Second Lesson Isaiah 9
Read by Hanmer Webb-Peploe
07. I Saw Three Ships
Anon., arr. David Willcocks
08. Third Lesson Luke 1
Read by John Barton
09. Gabriel's Message
Anon. Basque Carol
10. God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Anon., arr. David Willcocks
11. Sussex Carol (On Christmas night)
Anon., arr. David Willcocks
12. Fourth Lesson Matthew 1
Read by Donald Beves
13. In dulci jubilo
Anon., arr. Robert Lucas de Pearlsall
14. Fifth Lesson Luke 2: The Shepherds Go to the Manger
Read by George Rylands
15. Away in a manger
William James Kirkpatrick; anon., arr. David Willcocks
16. While Shepherds Watched
Anon., Nahum Tate, arr. David Willcocks
17. Sixth Lesson Matthew 2
Read by the Dean, The Reverend Dr Alec Vidler
18. O come, all ye faithful
Anon, transcr. John Francis Wade; anon. & Abbe E.J.F. de Borderies,
transl. Frederick Oakeley & Williame Thomas Brooke, arr. David Willcocks
19. Seventh Lesson John 1
Read by Noel Gilroy Annan
20. Hark! the herald angels sing
Felix Mendelssohn; Charles Wesley et al., arr. David Willcocks
21. Rejoice and be merry
Anon.

BONUS
22. Away in a manger
William James Kirkpatrick; anon., arr. David Willcocks
23. While shepherds watched
Anon.; Nahum Tate, arr. David Willcocks
24. Sussex Carol (“On Christmas night”)
Anon., arr. David Willcocks
25. Rocking Carol (“Little Jesu sweetly sleep”)
Anon.; Percy Dearner, arr. David Willcocks
26. God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Anon., arr. David Willcocks

CD 3.
Mass for five voices
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis from the Great Service
Ave verum Corpus
WILLIAM BYRD 1543 - 1623
Mass for five voices

01. I. Kyrie
02. II. Gloria
03. III. Credo
04. IV. Sanctus – Benedictus
05. V. Agnus Dei
Great Service
06. VI. Magnificat
07. VII. Nunc dimittis
08. Ave verum Corpus

CD 4.
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
Motet “Jesu, priceless treasure” and Sacred Part-songs

Motet “Jesu, priceless treasure” (“Jesu, meine Freude”), BWV227
Text anon., translation adapted from N. Bartholomew
01. Chorale: Jesu, priceless treasure
02. Chorus: So there is now no condemnation
03. Chorale: In Thine arm I rest me
04. Trio: Thus then, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ abiding
05. Chorus: Death, I do not fear thee
06. Chorus: Ye are not of the flesh
07. Chorale: Hence with earthly treasure
08. Trio: If therefore Christ abide in you
09. Chorale: Fare thee well that errest
10. Chorus: If by his Spirit
11. Chorale: Hence all fears and sadness
From the Musicalisches Gesangs-Buch…
compiled by George Christian Schemelli
Leipzig 1736; texts & transls. anon.
12. O Jesu so meek, BBWV 493
13. Jesus is this dark world's light, BWV474
14. Lord, pour not thy vengeance, BWV 463
15. Now is the mournful time, BWV450
16. It is finished, BWV458
17. Breath of God, BWV 445
18. God liveth still, BWV461

HYMNS AND SACRED SONGS

19. There is a green hill far away
William Horsley; Cecil Frances Alexandr
20. According to thy gracious word
William Tans'ur; James Montgomery
21. Drop, drop, slow tears
Orlando Gibbons; John Fletcher
22. When I survey the wondrous cross
Edward Miller; Isaac Watts
23. Glory be to Jesus
Friedrich Filitz; anon., transl. Edward Caswall
24. Abide With Me
Will Henry Monk; Henry Francis Lyte
25. Holy Father cheer our way
Friedrich Filitz; Richard Hayes Robinson
26. Glory to thee, my God, this night
Thomas Tallis; Thomas Ken
27. The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
Clement C. Scholefield; John Lodge Ellerton

CD 5.

A PROCESSION WITH CAROLS

01. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Johannes Brahms Eleven Chorale Preludes, op.122
02. Matin Responsory: I look from afar (Aspiciens a longe)
Based on a Nunc dimittis by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
03. Veni, Redemptor gentium
Michael Praetorius; St. Ambrose, transl. John Mason Neale
04. First Lesson Isaiah 6
Read by the Provost of King’s College, Cambridge
05. 'Twas in the year that King Uzziah died
Anon; George Ratcliffe Woodward
06. Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
Will Henry Monk; “Vox clara ecce intonate”, transl. Edward Caswall
07. Second Lesson Isaiah 40
Read by a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
08. A spotless rose
Herbert Howells; anon.
09. Third Lesson Zechariah 2
Read by a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
10. I sing of a maiden
Patrick Hadley; anon.
11. Remember, O thou man
Thomas Ravenscroft; anon.
12. On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Charles Coffin; “Jordanis oras praebia”, transl. John Chandler
13. Gospel of the Salutation Luke 1
Read by the Lay Dean of King's College, Cambridge
14. The angel Gabriel from heaven came
Anon.; Sabine Baring-Gould
15. Wachet auf! (Up! Awake! From highest steeple)
Philipp Nicolai
16. Gospel of the Advent Matthew 1
Read by the Dean of King's College, Cambridge
17. King Jesus hath a garden
Anon.; transl. George Ratcliffe Woodward, arr. Charles Wood
18. The blessed Son of God
Ralph Vaughan Williams Hodie; Luther, transl. Miles Coverdale
19. Vesper Responsory - Collect - The Blessing
Read by the Dean of King's College, Cambridge
20. O come, o come Emmanuel!
Anon.; “Veni, veni, Emmanuel”, transl. Thomas Alexander Lacey
21. The holly and the ivy
Anon., arr. Walford Davies
22. The Cherry Tree Carol (“Joseph was an old man”)
Anon., arr. Martin Edward Fallas Shaw
23. Unto us is born a Son
Anon., transl. George Ratcliffe Woodward, arr. David Willcocks
24. The first Nowell
Anon., arr. David Willcocks
25. Past three o’clock
Anon., transl. George Ratcliffe Woodward, arr. David Willcocks

CD 6.

JOHN TAVERNER c.1490 - 1545
Tudor Church Music

01. Kyrie “Leroy”
Mass “The Western Wind”
02. II. Gloria
03. III. Credo
04. IV. Sanctus
05. V. Benedictus
06. VI. Agnus Dei
07. Dum transisset Sabbatum
08. Christe Jesu, pastor bone
09. Mater Christi

WILLIAM CROFT 1678 – 1727
10. Burial Service

CD 7.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685 - 1750
St. John Passion, BWV 245
English text: Andrew Raeburn and Peter Pears, after anon. German

Part One
01. Chorus: Lord, our Redeemer chorus
02. Recitative: Jesus went with his disciples Evangelist, Jesus, chorus
03. Chorale: O wondrous love! chorus
04. Recitative: So that the word might be fulfilled Evangelist, Jesus
05. Chorale: Thy will, o Lord our God, be done chorus
06. Recitative: The band then, together with the captain Evangelist
07. Aria: From the bondage of transgression contralto
08. Recitative: Simon Peter also followed Jesus from afar Evangelist
09. Aria: I follow thee also soprano
10. Recitative: Now that same disciple
Evangelist, Maid (soprano), Peter, Jesus, Servent
11. Chorale: O Lord, who dares to smite thee? chorus
12. Recitative: And Annas sent him bound
Evangelist, chorus, Peter, Servent
13. Aria: Ah! my soul, o whither wilt thou fly? tenor
14. Chorale: "Peter, faithless, thrice denies chorus

Part Two
15. Chorale: Christ, the Lord of life and light chorus
16. Recitative: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas
Evangelist, Pilate, chorus, Jesus
17. Chorale: O mighty King, eternal is thy glory chorus
18. Recitative: And Pilate said unto him Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus, chorus
19. Arioso: Consider, o my soul bass

CD 8.

01. Aria: Behold ye, how his limbs with blood are stained tenor
02. Recitative: And when the soldiers had plaited
Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus, chorus
03. Chorale: Thy bonds, O Son of God most high chorus
04. Recitative: But the Jews cried out, and said Evangelist, Pilate, chorus
05. Aria with Chorus: Haste, ye deeply wounded spirits bass, chorus
06. Recitative: And there crucified they him Evangelist, Pilate, chorus
07. Chorale: Within my inmost being chorus
08. Recitative: And then did the soldiers Evangelist, Jesus, chorus
09. Chorale: While his parting spirit sinks chorus
10. Recitative: And from that hour he took her Evangelist, Jesus
11. Aria: All is fulfilled contralto
Recitative tenor
12. Aria with Chorale: Beloved Saviour, wilt thou answer? bass, chorus
13. Recitative: And then, behold, the veil of the temple Evangelist
14. Arioso: My heart, behold how all the world tenor
15. Aria: Dissolve now, my spirit soprano
16. Recitative: The Jews, therefore Evangelist
17. Chorale: Help us, Christ, almighty Son chorus
18. Recitative: And after this, Joseph of Arimathea Evangelist
19. Chorus: Rest calm, o body pure and holy chorus
20. Lord Jesus, thy dear angel send chorus

CD 9.

JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809
Missa in angustiis, Hob. XXII:II "Nelson Mass"

01. Kyrie
Gloria
02. Gloria in excelsis Deo
03. Qui tollis peccata mundi
04. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
Credo
05. Credo in unum Deum
06. Et incarnatus est
07. Et resurrexit
08. Sanctus
09. Benedictus
Agnus Dei
10. Agnus Dei
11. Dona nobis pacem

CD 10.

On Christmas Night

01. O Come, all ye faithful
Anon., trans. John Francis Wade; anon. & Abbe E.J.F. de Borderies,
transl. Frederick Oakeley & Williame Thomas Brooke, arr. David Willcocks
02. O little town of Bethlehem
Anon.; Philips Brooks, arr. Walford Davies
03. Blessed be that maid Mary
Anon; George Ratcliffe Woodward, arr. David Willcocks
04. Lute Book Lullaby (“Sweet was the song the Virgin sang”)
Anon.; Geoffrey Shaw
05. Ding dong! Merrily on high
Anon; George Ratcliffe Woodward, arr. Charles Wood
06. Myn lyking
Anon.; arr. Richard R.Terry
07. Personent hodie
Anon. German 14th century; words from Piae cantiones, 1582.
arr. Gustav Holst
08. See amid the winter's snow
John Goss; Edward Caswall, arr. David Willcocks
09. In the bleak midwinter
Harold Darke; Christina Rossetti
10. Coventry Carol
Anon., arr. Martin Shaw
11. Shepherds in the field abiding
Anon., George Ratcliffe Woodward, arr. Charles Wood
12. Torches
Anon.; John Joubert, transl. Jo B.Trend
13. Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hervey Alan bass-baritone . London Symphony Orchestra
14. The Infant King
Anon.; Basque; Sabine Baring-Gould, arr. Edgar Pettman
15. Balulalow
Peter Warlock; anon
16. Legenda (The Crown of Roses), Op.54 no.5
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Alexey Nikolayevitch Pleshcheyev,
transl. Geoffrey Dearmer
17. King Jesus hath a garden
Anon; George Ratcliffe Woodward
18. Christ was born on Christmas day
Anon.

CD 11.

WILLIAM BYRD c. 1540-1623
Mass for three voices
01. I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
02. III. Credo
03. IV. Sanctus
04. V. Agnus Dei
Mass for Four Voices
05. I. Kyrie
06. II. Gloria
07. III. Credo
08. IV. Sanctus
09. V. Agnus Dei

CD 12.

EVENSONG FOR ASH WEDNESDAY
The Reverend Dr Alec Vidler, dean
The Reverend Peter Cameron, chaplain

01. Hide not thou thy face from us, o Lord
Richard Farrant; anon.
02. Sentences
Anon.
03. Preces and Responses
William Byrd
04. Hear my prayer, O Lord
Matthew Camidge, Joseph Pring; Psalm 143
05. Out of the deep have I called unto Thee
Matthew Camidge, Joseph Pring; Psalm 130
06. First Lesson Isaiah 57: 13-21
Read by a Choral Scholar
07. Lent Prose: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us Anon.
08. Magnificat
Thomas Caustun Service for Men
09. Second Lesson Luke 15: 10-32
Read by David Willcocks
10. Nunc Dimittis
Thomas Caustun Service for Men
11. The Apostles’ Creed Anon.
12. The Lesser Litany
William Byrd
13. The Lord's Prayer Anon.
14. Versicles and Responses
William Byrd
15. Collects
16. Hear my prayer, o Lord, Z15
Henry Purcell; anon.
17. Prayers
Read by the Dean, The Reverend DR Alec Vidler
18. Miserere mei
Gregorio Allegri; Psalm 51
Roy Goodman solo tremble

CD 13.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759
The Anthems for the Coronation of
King George II and Queen Caroline, HWV 258-261
01. I. Zadok the Priest
II. My heart is inditing
02. My heart is Inditing
03. King's daughters
04. Upon Thy Right Hand
05. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
III. Let thy hand be strengthened
06. Let thy hand be strengthened
07. Let justice and judgement
08. Alleluia
The King shall rejoice
09. The King shall rejoice
10. Exceeding glad shall he be
11. Glory and worship… Thou hast prevented him
12. Alleluia

CD 14.

GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA c.1525-1594
01. Stabat Mater 8vv
02. Hodie beata virgo 4vv
03. Senex puerum portabat 5vv
04. Magnificat primi toni 8vv
05. Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria 8vv

CD 15.

A FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS
as sung in King’s College Chapel upon Christmas Eve 1964

01. Once In Royal David's City
Henry John Gauntlett; Cecil Frances Alexander; arr. Arthur Henry Mann
02. The Bidding Prayer
Read by Patrick Wilkinson
03. Corde natus ex parentis
Anon.; Prudentius, transl. R.F.Davis, arr. David Willcocks
04. First Lesson Genesis 3
Read by Gordon Thomson
05. Wassail Carol
William Mathias; anon
06. Second Lesson Isaiah 9
Read by Tom Wheare
07. Alleluya, a new work is come on hand
Peter Wishart; anon.
08. Third Lesson Luke I
Read by David Willcocks
09. There is no rose of such virtu
Anon.
10. O little town of Bethlehem
Anon.; Phillips Brooks, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Thomas Armstrong
11. Fourth Lesson Luke 2: Luke Tells of the Birth of Jesus
Read by Philip Brett
12. Infant holy, infant lowly
Trad. Polish, transl. Edith M. Read, arr. David Willcocks
13. Lullay My Liking
Gustav Holst; anon.
14. Fifth Lesson Luke 2: The Shepherds Go to the Manger
Read by the Dean, The Reverend Dr Alec Vadler
15. A Babe Is Born
Peter Racine Fricker; anon.
16. Hark! The herald angels sing
Felix Mendelssohn; Charles Wesley et al.
17. Sixth Lesson John 4
Read by Patrick Wilkinson
18. O babe divine
Edgar Pettman; anon.
19. Prayer
Read by the Reverend William Leah
20. The Blessing
Read by the Dean, The Reverend Dr Alec Vadler
21. O come, all ye faithful
Anon.; John Francis Wade, transl. Frederick Oakeley, arr. David Willcocks

BONUS
22. The Three Kings
Peter Cornelius; anon., transl. H.N. Bate, arr. Ivor Atkins
23. As with gladness men of old
Konrad Kocher; William Chatterton Dix, arr. David Willcocks
24. In dulci jubilo
Anon.; arr. Robert Lucas de Pearlsall, Reginald Jacques
25. A great and mighty wonder
Michael Praetorius; St Germanus, trasl. John Mason Neale

CD 16.

THOMAS TALLIS c.1505-1585
Tudor Church Music (I)

01. In manus tuas 5vv
Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (London, 1575)
02. In ieiunio et fletu
03. Spem in alium 40vv
with the Cambridge University Music Society
04. Te lucis ante terminum I 5vv Cantiones … sacrae (London, 1575)
05. Te lucis ante terminum II 5vv Cantiones … sacrae (London, 1575)
06. Ecce tempus idoneum
07. Veni Redemptor gentium
08. O nata lux de lumine 5vv Cantiones … sacrae (London, 1575)
09. Salvator mundi 5vv Cantiones … sacrae (London, 1575)
10. Derelinquat impius 5vv Cantiones … sacrae (London, 1575)

CD 17.

THOMAS TALLIS c.1505-1585
Tudor Church Music (II)

01. Lamentations of Ieremiae I 5vv
02. Lamentations of Ieremiae II 5vv
03. Videte miraculum 6vv
04. Lesson for organ
05. Sancte Deus, sancte fortis 4vv

CD 18.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759
Chandos Anthems (I)

O praise the Lord with one consent, HWV 254
Chandos Anthem No.9
Text: A New Edition of the Psalms (Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1696)
Psalm 135:1-3, 5, Psalm 117:1, 2, Psalm 148:1, 2
01. I. Chorus: O praise the Lord with one consent
02. II. Air: Praise him, all ye that in his house attend tenor
03. III. Air: For this our truest int'rest is tenor
04. IV. Air: That God is great bass
05. V. Chorus: With cheerful notes let all the earth
06. VI. Air: God's tender mercy knows no bounds soprano
07. VII. Chorus: Ye boundless realms of joy
08. VIII. Chorus: Your voices raise, ye Cherubim
Let God arise, HWV 256a
Chandos Anthem No.11a
Text: Psalm 68:1-4, 19, Psalm 76:6, Psalm 68:35
09. I. Symphony
10. II. Chorus: Let God arise
11. III. Air: Like as the smoke vanisheth tenor
12. IV. Air: Let the righteous be glad soprano
13. V. Chorus: O sing unto God
VI. Accompagnato: Praised be the Lord chorus
VII. Chorus: At thy rebuke, o God
VIII. Chorus: Blessed be God

CD 19.

ANTONIO VIVALDI 1678-1741
Gloria in D major, RV 589
01. I. Gloria in excelsis Deo chorus
02. II. Et in terra pax chorus
03. III. Laudamus te sopranos I & II
04. IV. Gratias agimus tibi chorus
05. V. Propter magnam gloriam tuam chorus
06. VI. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis soprano I
07. VII. Domine Fili unigenite chorus
08. VIII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei soprano II, chorus
09. IX. Qui tollis peccata mundi chorus
10. X. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris soprano II
11. XI. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus chorus
12. XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu chorus

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI 1710-1736
Magnificat in C major
13. I. Magnificat chorus
14. II. Et misericordia soprano I & II, chorus
15. III. Deposuit Potentes chorus
16. IV. Suscepit Israel tenor, bass
17. V. Sicut locutus est – Gloria chorus

CD 20.

HERBERT HOWELLS 1892-1983
Te Deum and Jubilate (Collegium Regale) (1944)
01. Te Deum
02. Jubilate
03. Lo, the poor crieth Psalm-Preludes, Set 1m op.32 (Psalm 34:6)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale) (1944)
04. Magnificat
05. Nunc Dimittis
06. Take him, earth for cherishing (1964) Prudentius, transl. Waddell
(Motet on the death of President Kennedy)
07. Here is the little door (1918) Frances Chesterton
08. Sing Lullaby (1920) Frederick William Harvey
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (St. Paul's)
09. Magnificat
10. Nunc Dimittis

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 1872-1958
Three Shakespeare Songs (1951)
11. I. Full Fathom Five
12. II. The cloud-capped towers
13. III. Over hill, over dale
14. The Turtle Dove Anon.
15. Willow Song Three Elizabethan Songs William Shakespeare
16. O mistress mine Three Elizabethan Songs William Shakespeare

BENJAMIN BRITTEN 1913-1976
Voices For Today, op. 75
Anthem for chorus (men, women and children)
with ad libitum accompaniment for organ

CD 21.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759
Chandos Anthems (II)

The Lord is my light, HWV 255
Chandos Anthems No. 10
Text: Psalm 27:1, 3, 4, 7, Psalm 18: 31, 7, 14, Psalm 20:8,
Psalm 34:3, Psalm 28:8, Psalm 29:4, 9, Psalm 30:4, Psalm 45:18
01. I. Sinfonia
02. II. Air: The Lord is my light tenor
03. III. Chorus: Though an host of men
04. IV. Air: One thing have i desired of the Lord tenor
05. V. Chorus: I will offer in his dwelling
06. VI. Chorus: For who is God but the Lord
VII. Chorus: They are brought down and fall’n
VIII. Chorus: O praise the Lord with me
07. IX. Air: The Lord is my strength and my shield tenor
08. X. Air: It is the Lord that ruleth the sea soprano
09. XI. Chorus: Sing praises unto the Lord
As Pants the hart, HWV 251b
Chandos Anthems No. 6a
Text: Psalm 42:1, 3-7 after Divine Harmony (London 1712)
and Book of Common Prayer
10. I. Sonata
11. II. Trio and Chorus: As pants the hart for cooling streams
12. III. Air: Tears are my daily food soprano
13. IV. Accompagnato: Now, when i think thereupon tenor
14. V. Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving
15. VI. Duet: Why so full of grief, o my soul soprano, tenor
16. VII. Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God tenor, chorus

CD 22.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759
From Harmony, from heavn’ly Harmony
Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Text: John Dryden
01. Ouverture
02. Recitative: From Harmony, from heavn’ly Harmony tenor
I. Accompagnato: When Nature underneath a heep of jarring atoms lay tenor
03. II.Chorus: From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony
04. III. Air: What passion cannot Music raise and quell? soprano
05. IV Solo and Chorus: The trumpet's loud clangor excites us to arms tenor, chorus
06. V. La Marche
07. VIa. Air: The soft complaining Flute soprano
08. VII. Air: Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs tenor
09. VIII. Air: But oh! what art can teach tenor
10. IX. Air: Orpheus could lead the savage race soprano
11. X. Accompagnato: But bright Cecilia soprano
12. XI. Chorus: As from pow'r of sacred lays

CD 23.

CHRISTOPHER TYE c.1505-c.1572
Mass "Euge Bone" 6vv
01. I. Gloria
02. II. Credo
03. III. Sanctus
04. IV. Benedictus
05. V. Agnus Dei
Mass "Western Wind”
06. I. Gloria
07. II. Credo
08. III. Sanctus
09. IV. Benedictis
10. V. Agnus Dei

CD 24.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759
Chandos Anthems (III)

I will magnify thee, o God, HWV 250a
Chandos Anthem No.5a
Text: Psalm 145:1, 2, 4, 17, 19, 20, Psalm 144:15, Psalm 145:21
01. I. Symphony
02. II. Chorus: I will magnify thee, o God
03. III. Air: Ev’ry day will I give thanks unto thee tenor
04. IV. Chorus: One generation shall praise thy works
05. V. Air: The Lord preserveth all them that love him tenor
06. VI. Air: The Lord is righteous in all his ways soprano
07. VII. Air: Happy are the people tenor
08. VIII. Chorus: My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord with tenor

In the Lord put I my trust, HWV 247
Chandos Anthem No.2
Text: New edition of the Psalms (Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1696)
Psalm 11:1, Psalm 9:9, Psalm 11:2, Psalm 12:5, Psalm 11:7, Psalm 13:6
09. I. Symphony
II. Chorus: In the Lord put I my trust
10. III. Air: God is a constant sure defence tenor
11. IV. Chorus: Behold, the wicked bend their bow
12. V. Air: But God who hears the suff'ring poor tenor
13. VI. Chorus: Snares, fire and brimstone
14. VII. Air: The righteous lord will righteous deeds tenor
15. VIII. Chorus: Then shall my song, with praise inspir'd

CD 25.

JOHN BLOW 1648/9-1708
Coronation Anthems & Symphony Anthems

01. I Was Glad
(verse anthem for the consecration of the chancel
of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1697; Psalm 122
02. God spake sometimes in visions
(anthem for the Coronation of James II, 1685; Psalm 89:20-30)
03. Cry aloud and spare not
(verse anthem, 1683; Isaiah 55:1, 58:1-3)
04. O sing unto the Lord a new song
(verse anthem; Psalm text)
05. Blessed is the man that hath not walked
(verse anthem, 1680-83; Psalm 1)

CD 26.

A FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS
as sung in King’s College Chapel upon Christmas Eve 1954

01. Once in Royal David's City
Henry John Gauntlett; Cecil Frances Alexander
02. The Bidding Prayer
Read by the Provost, John Sheppard
03. And there were shepherds in the same country, abiding in the field
Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248;
Christian Friedrich Henrici (sung in English)
04. First Lesson Genesis 3:8-15
Read by R.L. Strickland
05. Sing-dong, ding (“Up! good Christen folk, and listen”)
Tune from Piae Cantiones (1582); anon., arr. George Woodward
06. Flos de radice Jesse
Anon.
07. Second Lesson Isaiah 9:1-5
Read by the Vice-Provost, Donald Beves
08. God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Anon.
09. In dulci jubilo
Anon.
10. Third Lesson Luke 1:26-33 & 38
Read by the Vice-Provost, Donald Beves
11. Hail! blessed Virgin Mary
Anon. Italian, 1689
12. Fourth Lesson Matthew 1:18-23
Read by the Vice-Provost, Donald Beves
13. A virgin most pure
Anon. English
14. Fifth Lesson Luke 2: The Shepherds Go to the Manger
Read by the Vice-Provost, Donald Beves
15. While shepherds watched
Anon.; Nahum Tate
16. The Shepherd's Cradle Song
Anon.
17. Sixth Lesson Matthew 2:1-5, 7-11
Read by the Righr Hon. H.U. Wilink,
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
18. The Three Kings
Peter Cornelius; anon., transl. H.N. Bate, arr. Ivor Atkins
19. Seventh Lesson John 1:1-14
Read by the Provost, John Sheppard
20. The Infant King (“Sing lullaby”)
Anon. Basque; Sabine Baring-Gould
21. O come, all ye faithful
Anon., transcr. John Francis Wade; anon. & Abbe E.J.F. de Borderies,
Trans. Frederick Oakeley & William Thomas Brooke

CD 27.

ORLANDO GIBBONS 1583-1625
Tudor Church Music
Anthems & Voluntaries

01. Veni Creator (Song 44)
02. First Preces
03. I will extol thee my God, o King Psalm 145
04. Voluntary I
05. Magnificat Short Service (1641)
06. Voluntary II
07. Nunc Dimittis Short Service (1641)
08. Voluntary III (A Fancy for Double Organ)
09. O God, the King of Glory (verse anthem)
10. Almighty and everlasting God (1641)
11. O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not Psalm 38
12. Hosannah to the son Of David (1641)
13. O Lord, increase my faith
O clap your hands Psalm 47
14. O clap your hands
15. God is gone up

CD 28.

EVENSONG as sung by The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, 1583-1625
directed by Dr Boris Ord
Anthems & Voluntaries

01. O praise the Lord
Adrian Batten; anon.
02. Sentences
Read by the Reverend Martyn Hughes
03. Responses
William Smith; anon.
04. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion
William Smith; Psalm 126
05. Except the Lord build the house
William Smith; Psalm 127
06. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
William Smith; Psalm 128
07. Many a time have they fought against me
William Smith; Psalm 129
08. First Lesson Isaiah 61
Read by Christopher Keyte
09. Magnificat
Charles Villiers Stanford Morning, Communion and Evening Services, op.81
10. Second Lesson Luke 4:16-32
Read by the Reverend Martyn Hughes
11. Nunc Dimittis
Charles Villiers Stanford Morning, Communion and Evening Services, op.81
12. Creed
Anon. (Service of Evensong, as sung at King’s College, Cambridge)
13. Prayers
Anon. (Service of Evensong, as sung at King’s College, Cambridge)
14. Collects
Anon. (Service of Evensong, as sung at King’s College, Cambridge)
15. My beloved spake
Patrick Hadley; Song of Songs 2:10-13
16. Prayers and final responses (1641)
Edward Woodall Naylor; anon.
17. Toccata in B Minor
Francis Alan Jackson

CD 29.

AN EASTER MATTINS

01. This Joyful Eastertide
Anon.
02. Sentences
Anon.
03. Preces
Thomas Tomkins; anon.
04. Easter Anthems
Anon.
05. Proper Psalm III
Anon.
06. First Lesson Exodus 12:1-14
Read by Roger Prior
07. Te Deum (Collegium Regale) (1944)
Herbert Howells
08. Second Lesson Revelation 1:1-18
Read by the Dean, the Reverend Dr Alec Vidler
09. Jubilate (Collegium Regale) (1944
Herbert Howells
10. The Creed
Anon.
11. Responses
Thomas Tomkins; anon.
12. Our Father
Robert Stone, the Lord’s Prayer
13. Collects
Anon.
14. Haec dies
William Byrd (1591)
15. Prayers
Read by the Dean; the Reverend Dr Alec Vidler
16. Jesus lives, no longer now can thy terrors, Death, appal us
Henry John Gauntlett; Christian F. Gellert, transl. Frances E. Cox