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English Choral Classics

Malcolm Sargent & Vernon Handley

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Malcolm Sargent & Vernon Handley

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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Work length35:18
Thus spake Isaiah
Track length5:14
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem
Track length2:19
By the waters of Babylon
Track length3:03
Babylon was a great city
Track length4:22
Praise ye the God of Gold
Track length5:13
Thus in Babylon the mighty city
Track length3:21
And in that same hour, as they feasted
Track length2:24
Then sing aloud to God our strength
Track length4:15
The trumpeters and pipers are silent
Track length1:11
Then sing aloud to God our strength
Track length3:56
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Work length1:33:37
This work is only available as an album download.
Prelude
Track length10:03
This track is only available as an album download.
Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)
Track length3:00
So pray for me...Kyrie eleison...Holy Mary, pray for him (Gerontius, semi-chorus, chorus)
Track length2:20
Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius, chorus)
Track length3:39
Sanctus fortis, Santus Deus (Gerontius)
Track length5:40
I can no more (Gerontius, chorus, semi-chorus)
Track length5:38
Proficiscere, anima Christiana (Priest, chorus, semi-chorus)
Track length6:38
Introduction
Track length2:07
I went to sleep (Soul of Gerontius)
Track length2:55
Another marvel...My work is done (Soul, Angel)
Track length3:45
It is a member of that family (Soul, Angel)
Track length5:55
But hark!...Low-born clods of brute earth (Soul, Angel, chorus)
Track length1:33
Dispossessed, aside thrust (chorus)
Track length3:55
I see not those false spirits (Soul, Angel)
Track length1:49
There was a mortal...Praise to the Holiest (Angel, semi-chorus, chorus, Soul)
Track length5:59
But hark! a grand mysterious harmony (Soul, Angel, chorus)
Track length1:19
Praise to the Holiest (chorus)
Track length7:23
Thy judgement now is near (Angel, Soul)
Track length2:14
Jesu! by that shuddering dread (Angel of the Agony, Soul, semi-chorus, chorus)
Track length5:48
Praise to his name!...Take me away (Angel, Soul, chorus)
Track length5:20
Softly and gently (Angel, chorus, semi-chorus)
Track length6:37
Handel: Messiah
Work length2:24:10
1. Overture (Grave - Allegro moderato)
Track length5:19
2. Comfort ye, my people (tenor recit.)
Track length3:45
3. Every valley shall be exalted (tenor)
Track length3:41
4. And the glory of the Lord (chorus)
Track length3:22
5. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (bass recit.)
Track length2:02
6. But who may abide (bass)
Track length5:19
7. And he shall purify (chorus)
Track length2:44
8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto recit.)
Track length0:33
9. O thou that tellest (alto)
Track length7:00
10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass recit.)
Track length3:07
11. The people that walked in darkness (bass)
Track length5:03
12. For unto us a child is born (chorus)
Track length4:44
13. Pastoral Symphony (Larghetto e mezzo piano)
Track length4:46
14. There were shepherds abiding in the field...And lo, the angel of the Lord (soprano recit.)
Track length0:52
15. And the angel said unto them (soprano recit.)
Track length0:51
16. And suddenly there was with the angel (soprano recit.)
Track length0:24
17. Glory to God (chorus)
Track length2:27
18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)
Track length4:59
19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto recit.)
Track length0:34
20. He shall feed his flock (alto)...Come unto him (soprano)
Track length6:31
21. His yoke is easy (chorus)
Track length2:38
22. Behold the lamb of God (chorus)
Track length3:41
23. He was despised (alto)
Track length6:00
24. Surely he hath borne our griefs (chorus)
Track length2:33
25. And with his stripes we are healed (chorus)
Track length1:51
26. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus)
Track length4:34
27. All they that see him (tenor recit.)
Track length0:51
28. He trusted in God (chorus)
Track length2:17
29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor recit.)
Track length1:58
30. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (tenor)
Track length2:04
31. He was cut off out of the land of the living (tenor recit.)
Track length0:21
32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (tenor)
Track length2:17
33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (chorus)
Track length3:36
37. The Lord gave the word (chorus)
Track length1:27
38. How beautiful are the feet (soprano)
Track length3:01
39. Their sound is gone out into all lands (chorus)
Track length1:45
40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together (bass)
Track length2:53
41. Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus)
Track length2:18
42. He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor recit.)
Track length0:17
43. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor)
Track length2:05
44. Hallelujah (chorus)
Track length4:42
45. I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
Track length7:48
46. Since by man came death (chorus)
Track length2:21
47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass recit.)
Track length0:47
48. The trumpet shall sound (bass)
Track length4:17
53. Worthy is the lamb (chorus) -
Track length4:09
Amen (chorus)
Track length3:36
Stainer: The Crucifixion
Work length55:58
  • Gavin Williams (organ), David Hughes (tenor), Terence Clifford (baritone), John Lawrenson (baritone), Philip Mindenhall (bass)
  • Guildford Cathedral Choir
  • Barry Rose
  • Recorded: 1969-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 3-5 December 1968, Guildford Cathedral
1. Recit.: And they came to a place named Gethsemane (tenor)
Track length1:25
2. The Agony (Could ye not watch with me one brief hour?) (bass, choir, tenor) (Terence Clifford, baritone)
Track length6:12
3. Processional to Calvary [introduction omitted] (Fling wide the gates!) (organ, choir, tenor)
Track length7:01
4. Recit.: And when they were come (bass)
Track length0:47
5. The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow) (choir & congregation)
Track length1:33
6. Recit.: He made himself of no reputation (bass)
Track length1:13
7. The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation (King ever glorious!) (tenor)
Track length4:04
8. Recit.: And as Moses lifted up the serpent (bass)
Track length1:11
9. Chorus (unacc.): God so loved the world
Track length3:37
10. Litany of the Passion (Holy Jesu, by thy passion) (choir & congregation)
Track length3:05
11. Recit.: Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them' (tenor, choir)
Track length0:47
12. Duet: So thou liftest thy divine petition (bass, tenor)
Track length4:30
13. The Mystery of the Intercession (Jesus, the crucified, pleads for me) (choir & congregation)
Track length4:17
14. Recit.: And one of the malefactors (bass, voices in choir, choir) (Philip Mindenhall, bass; Terence Clifford, baritone)
Track length2:17
16. Recit.: When Jesus therefore saw his mother (tenor, choir, bass)
Track length2:40
17. Recit.: Is it nothing to you (bass)
Track length0:51
18. The Appeal of the Crucified (From the throne of his cross) (choir)
Track length6:26
19. Recit. and chorus: After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished (tenor, choir)
Track length2:03
20. For the Love of Jesus (All for Jesus - all for Jesus) (choir & congregation)
Track length1:59
Maunder, J: Olivet to Calvary
Work length1:04:42
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 1. On the Way to Jerusalem: When o'er the steep of Olivet (chorus)
Track length4:15
Recit.: Like a fair vision in the morning light (tenor, baritone)
Track length1:30
O Jerusalem! (baritone)
Track length2:20
Recit.: And Jesus entered into the temple of God (tenor, baritone)
Track length0:54
Bow down thine ear, O Lord (chorus)
Track length3:58
Not of this world the kingdom of our Lord (tenor)
Track length1:49
'Twas night o'er lonely Olivet (chorus)
Track length4:20
He was despised and rejected of men (tenor)
Track length2:00
Come unto him, all ye that labour (chorus, baritone)
Track length1:57
Hymn: Just as I am, without one plea (chorus, baritone)
Track length5:28
Recit.: And Jesus, knowing that his hour was come (baritone)
Track length1:33
Arietta: A new commandment give I unto you (baritone)
Track length2:32
O thou whose sweet compassion (semi-chorus)
Track length2:32
Recit.: And when they had sung a hymn (baritone)
Track length1:54
Hymn: Thy will be done, the saviour said (chorus, treble)
Track length2:31
And while he yet spake (chorus)
Track length1:18
Recit.: O was there ever loneliness like his! (tenor)
Track length2:07
Air: Ye who sin, and ye who sorrow (tenor)
Track length3:24
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 8. Before Pilate: Then came Jesus forth from the judgement hall (chorus, baritone)
Track length2:57
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 9. The March to Calvary: The saviour king goes forth to die! (chorus)
Track length5:43
Recit.: And when they came to the place (baritone)
Track length2:23
Droop, sacred head (chorus)
Track length3:56
Hymn: Rock of ages, cleft for me (chorus)
Track length3:21

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