An English Chorister's Songbook

Hubert Parry (Composer), William [Composer] Byrd (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), William [composer] Walton (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Thomas Weelkes (Composer), Thomas [Composer] Tallis (Composer), Richard Shephard (Composer), Charles Villiers Stanford (Composer), Henry Walford Davies (Composer), Herbert Howells (Composer), Peter [composer] Philips (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), William H. Harris (Composer), David Halls (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: David Halls
• Composer: Hubert Parry, William [Composer] Byrd, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Johann Sebastian Bach, William [composer] Walton, et al.
• Audio CD (April 16, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metronome
• ASIN: B000002K41
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #460,464 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Was Glad (Psalm 122), anthem for chorus & organ (or orchestra)

2. Sing Joyfully, anthem for 6 voices (SSAATB)

3. Hear My Prayer ('O for the wings of a dove'), hymn for soprano, chorus & organ or orchestra in G major

4. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, joy of man's desiring

5. Set me as a seal upon thine heart, for chorus

6. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618

7. O Lord, grant the king a long life, anthem for 7 voices

8. If ye love me, anthem for 4 voices

9. And when the builders laid the foundations of the Temple of the Lord, anthem

10. Beati Quorum Via, Op. 38/3

11. Psalm 121 'I will lift up mine eyes'

12. Like As the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks (Psalm 42), anthem for chorus

13. Salvator mundi (I) (also set as 'Arise O Lord' and 'With all our hearts'), motet for 5 voices, P. 216

14. O Crux Splendidior, motet

15. Songs of Farewell (6) for chorus: No. 1, My soul, there is a country

16. Beatus Vir (I), motet for 6 voices, 2 violins, 3 violas/trombones and continuo (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 268

17. Bring Us, O Lord God, for chorus

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ordinary Bliss, March 3, 2005

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A wonderful "ordinary" sampling of the music written for the English Boy Choir. It is ordinary in the sense that it is not focussed around one holiday like Christmas, but is a sampling of great non-seasonal hymns. Clear beautiful singing and quite inspiring.