A Victorian Sunday [Import]

William Henry Monk (Composer), Traditional (Composer), Arthur Sullivan (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), New English Hymnal (Composer), Stephen [Composer] Adams (Composer), Wendell Woods (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), English Anonymous (Composer), Stephen Shewan (Composer), Thomas [Composer] Tallis (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: William Henry Monk, Traditional, Arthur Sullivan, Anonymous, New English Hymnal, et al.
• Audio CD (April 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Saydisc
• ASIN: B00000451U
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #533,500 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Abide with me (Tune: Eventide)

2. Judas Maccabaeus

3. The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano

4. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, hymn

5. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

6. Lead Kindly Light

7. Nearer My God to Thee

8. All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth)

9. Shall We Gather At the River?, folk hymn

10. Only An Armour Bearer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For purists and collectors, February 9, 2009

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Jody (Northwest Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Victorian Sunday (Audio CD)

If you're looking for a nice variety of hymn tunes played on Victorian era instruments, this is probably not the collection for you. If you're a collector of the different sounds those period instruments produce, you'll love this. While this CD does contain a variety of hymn tunes, what you get on many of the tracks is the same tune played over and over on a series of different instruments. It's interesting, but does not evoke the mood of a Victorian Sunday the title suggests.

It's worth having though, because the collection of lovingly restored instruments heard on this CD has been broken up so another such compilation will probaly never again be available. It's nice to have this resource to hear how these barrel organs, organettes and musical boxes so often referred to in literature, actually sounded.