A Vaughan Williams Hymnal

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English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams not only was the esteemed author of symphonies, choral masterpieces, chamber works, and songs, but he also was the major force behind the compilation of the 1906 English Hymnal, a task that put the composer in touch with "some of the best--and some of the worst" music in the world. His esthetic and artistic values, and his well-grounded sense of what makes a good, singable tune, led him to select the best and reject the worst--and through the process he contributed several of his own tunes and harmonizations to the collection. This outstanding recording includes five of Vaughan Williams's own tunes, 16 more that he selected and arranged for the hymnal, and his beloved Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes. This is a wonderful, "must-have" collection, beautifully, articulately, and reverently sung, with first-rate organ solos and accompaniments and excellent liner notes. --David Vernier

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a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-09

'The HYMN-a word derived from the Greek 'hymnos'-has been defined as 'a term of unknown origin applied from ancient times to a wide variety of songs in honor of gods, heroes or notable men.'
The founder of English hymnody is Isaac Watts (1674-1748), whose work in reforming congregational song texts culminated in the publication of his 'Hymns and Spiritual Songs' in 1707. Watts' collection was as complete and comprehensive a set of hymns as had ever been proposed for English worship and it raised the profile of the hymn sufficiently to overcome the prevailing psalmody. The great flowering period of English hymnody began with the work of the Methodist hymn-writers John Wesley (1703-1791) and his brother Charles (1707-1788). The Wesleys gave great prominence to hymns within their Methodist worship and published many books.
The modern hymn book is a collection of hymns drawn from various times and places. This most accomplished recording by St. Paul's Cathedral Choir presents 16 well-loved hymns from 'The New English Hymnal'. A great number of the hymns, which originate from many different eras and traditions, are given an extra musical dimension by John Scott's original descants and thrilling brass arrangements.
Over the years, I have found myself purchasing mostly the recordings of English choirs. They seem to have incredible vocal skills, perfectly executed phrases, flawless diction and some unidentifiable ingredient that makes them very appealing to hear. Of course, I personally enjoy the all male choirs sound; boy sopranos and male altos make the difference. This is a very appealing group of hymns!!!!!

Hymns for every one.......2002-12-01

As I have said already..I am from espiscopal church..these my songs are well know by me...these songs give encouragement when it seems that all hope is lost..these are tunes that are well received....they are also very simple for the every day person to gain strength from day to day..they will become your daily prayer.....

Super Praise!.......2000-06-10

Praise The Lord offers the listener traditional hymns in the English/British tradition. the clarity of the voices make it possible for the listener to follow the words distinctly. The organ soars as accompaniment. the CD provides organ and choral quality for the novice and the experienced musician.

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The best CD that I own
Superb Vaughan Williams Collected Hymns & Hynm Tunes
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My favorite hymnal CD

A Vaughan Williams Hymnal
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Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones
Virgin - Born, We Bow Before Thee
Disposer Supreme
Father, Hear The Prayer We Offer
From The Eastern Mountains
Organ Prelude On Rhosymedre
It Is A Thing Most Wonderful
Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness
Hail Thee, Festival Day
Bread Of The World
He Who Would Valiant Be
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Faith Of Our Fathers
Firmly I Believe And Truly
Christ The Lord Is Risen Again
Come Down, O Love Divine
I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
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O God Of Earth And Altar
God That Madest Earth And Heaven
Saviour, Again To Thy Dear Name We Raise
For All The Saints
Wherefore, O Father
All People That On Earth Do Dwell

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English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams not only was the esteemed author of symphonies, choral masterpieces, chamber works, and songs, but he also was the major force behind the compilation of the 1906 English Hymnal, a task that put the composer in touch with "some of the best--and some of the worst" music in the world. His esthetic and artistic values, and his well-grounded sense of what makes a good, singable tune, led him to select the best and reject the worst--and through the process he contributed several of his own tunes and harmonizations to the collection. This outstanding recording includes five of Vaughan Williams's own tunes, 16 more that he selected and arranged for the hymnal, and his beloved Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes. This is a wonderful, "must-have" collection, beautifully, articulately, and reverently sung, with first-rate organ solos and accompaniments and excellent liner notes. --David Vernier

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The best CD that I own.......2007-03-29

Vaughan Williams may not have believed much that he wrote but he was intelligent enough to lean on the body of truth that hymn writers have communicated down through the ages. His words ring true, not because he himself believed them, but because he allowed them to rest on the vital testimony of others and because he allowed to be framed by the exquisite tradition of lofty and Spirit-filled harmony that we call the Hymns of the Christian faith.
Since we have heard in an earlier review from a Christian who became an Atheist, it seems only fair that we should hear from an Atheist who became a Chistian. I was a confirmed Atheist until the age of 20 when I "dropped out" and went to work on a farm in Germany with mentally handicapped adults. I remember once passing a plum tree in summer and thinking that it really was a coincidence that food for my body just grows. About that time I also realized that I needed to identify for myself all of the contradictions in the Bible so that I could intelligently communicate my Atheistic beliefs. To my great surprise, I could not find the mythical "many contradictions" and instead found that Jesus Christ was even more opposed to religious pomposity and self-centered grandeur than I was and that He had dedicated his life to correcting those perversions of religion. As I continued to read a chapter a day from the New Testament, I began to realize that if Jesus Christ were alive today, I would want to stand beside Him and share his joys and struggles. I also realized that my Atheist beliefs and lifestyle had made a hopeless mess of my life and that God, if He existed could surely do a better job of being at the helm. To cut to the chase, after evaluating the claims of Jesus Christ, I did become a Christian and He did prune out a lot of deadwood from my life, but He also provided me with everything that I now look back on some 37 years later with joy and satisfaction and pleasure.
Life is not always easy and just this morning, I was saddened by some events but found that Vaughan Williams Hymnal and the Trinity College choir bathed my soul, not in emotional fluff or the misty sound of nature, but with the timeless truths expressed in both words and music and passed on to us all via the great instrument of Christian Hymns.

Superb Vaughan Williams Collected Hymns & Hynm Tunes.......2007-01-24

Ralph Vaughan Williams was the most prolific single composer of hymns in the Anglican Tradition. This was in addition to his many famous symphonic works. He was simply amazing. Here is a compilation of his most famous hymns and hymn tunes, both sung in the matchless style made famous in the English choral tradition (boys and men). Also, included are organ improvisations on tunes such as O Quanta Qualia (O what their joy and their glory must be, that great hymn for All Saints/All Souls Days), and many others. It is arguably the best single CD of Williams hymns. A must for your library of hymns and hymn tunes. Absolutely superb!

Vaughan Williams was not an atheist!.......2006-09-01

As to the CD - RVW was the indisputed master (in my mind, anyway, and that's all that matters to me!) of the English hymn. The tunes like Down Ampney (Come Down O Love Divine) and Sine Nomine (For All The Saints) are nearly without equal, and the touch he brought to preexisting ones like Last uns erfreuen (Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones) and Kingsfold (I Heard The Voice OF Jesus Say) turns what could be completely dull in any real church setting into something with at least the potential for beauty and art. The performances here are great, and the addition of his Organ Preludes is a welcome bonus.

As to his spirituality, and his "right" to write spiritual music, well, just because Stravinsky said something doesn't make it so. RVW was, in his own words (or those of a biographer; I'm not 100%), a "hopeful agnostic". He wanted to believe. He tried to believe. And you can feel that longing in his music. His body of works is not something created by someone who was content with sudden death and cessation of existence.

The final minutes of so many of his great works - Pilgrim's Progress, Hodie, Sancta Civitas, tell you where his heart was. He was no mercenary court composer writing for the church because it paid well. The idea of the existence of God was one of the most important creative forces in his life. But because he couldn't reconcile the desires for it to be true with his experience and evidence in the world around us in no way lessens the meaning of what he created.

So many tunes that are now considered the old classic hymn tunes began as bar songs, folk songs, and other "atheist" sources. Do they now not speak to you the same? Why does knowledge of the source change anything? How? I just don't get it...

I'm an atheist. I was raised a Christian, and while as RVW my experience can no longer allow for belief in God and remain honest to myself, I do feel a great sense of loss, regret, and longing. I do wish that when I die, it could be with a sense of peace and transformation, that I really would be welcomed into eternal peace and beauty. 80 years (if that) is not enough to experience life.

Religion wasn't created and formed the way it exists now for no reason. It does give people something (even if we can't all see it). Probably 50% of the music I listed to at this point is spiritual in some way or another. Despite the fact that I firmly don't believe in any of it, the vision presented is undeniably powerful and I can't get away from it.

One of the most telling moments in the body of work by Vaughan Williams is a movement from Hodie, a Christmas cantata (buy it now - it's one of his best!). He set the poem "The Oxen" by Thomas Hardy. The poem is the embodiment of everything contained in the idea of hopeful agnosticism, supported in heartbreaking fashion by the music. The poem follows. Perhaps most significantly, he left off the final stanza, leaving us sad, dissolusioned, in the dark, and acutely conscious of what we've lost.

The Oxen
Thomas Hardy

Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
"Now they are all on their knees,"
An elder said as we sat in a flock
By the embers in hearthside ease.

We pictured the meek mild creatures where
They dwelt in their strawy pen,
Nor did it occur to one of us there
To doubt they were kneeling then.

So fair a fancy few would weave
In these years! Yet, I feel,
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
"Come; see the oxen kneel,

"In the lonely barton by yonder coomb
Our childhood used to know,"
I should go with him in the gloom,
Hoping it might be so'

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
`God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!

Superb Performance of Superb Music.......2004-12-29

All of this music is by just one composer and it is just hymns, yet it shows both remarkable diversity and consistency. Every minute is worth listening to. Much of the credit for this is indeed due to Vaughan Williams, but some is also due to Richard Marlow, the director of Trinity College, Cambridge who compiled Vaughan Williams' best hymns, thought about how each verse would be performed and guided the choir into a careful, enthusiastic and effective performance.

Truly, very enjoyable recording---if you're going to by one CD by an English choir, excluding Christmas music, this one should be it. Track #20 "ar hyd y nos" is the definate highlight. Tracks #8, #16, and #24 are other tracks to look forward to.

My favorite hymnal CD.......2004-10-25

I have many, many CD's of this Church hymn-choral style but this is my favorite that keeps me coming back for more, very meditative & worshipfull.

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Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
All My Hope On God Is Founded
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Tell Out, My Soul
Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation
Come Down, O Love Divine
Praise To The Lord, The Almighty, The King Of Creation
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Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
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Lord Of All Hopefulness
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds
How Great Thou Art
Thine Be The Glory
Soul Of My Saviour
For All The Saints
Praise To The Lord, The Almighty, The King Of Creation
Rejoice, The Lord Is King
The Lord's My Shepherd
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Christ Triumpant, Ever Reigning (Guiting Power)
How Shall I Sing That Majesty [Coe Fen]
Like a Mighty River Flowing (Old Yeavering)
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer (Cypress Court)
I Vow to Thee, My Country (Thaxted)
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I, Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I Am, Lord)
All My Hope on God If Founded (Michael)
Give Me the Wings of Faith (San Rocco)
Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord)
For All the Saints (Sine Nomine)
My Song Is Love Unknown (Love Unknown)
Praise the Lord of Heaven (Vicars' Close)
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Abbot's Leigh)
Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Hark What a Sound, and Too Divine for Hearing (Highwood)
King of Glory, King of Peace (Redland)
Holy Spirti, Ever Dwelling [Salisbury]
For the Fruit of His Creation [East Acklam]
Lead, Kindly Light (Alberta)
Lord, for the Years Your Love Has Kept and Guided (Lord of the Years)
Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (Thorbury)

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a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-05

This is a really good representation of 20th century hymn tunes sung by a typical British Choir made up of boy sopranos, male altos and the usual number of tenors and basses. The choir sings very well using good diction and appropriate interpretation. The arrangements are varied, different groups of voices singing parts of a hymn usually alternating and eventually the full choir joins in; nothing unusual in the arrangements themselves. There is a nice variety of hymns, some more interesting than others. I will comment on a few of them as follows:
The opening hymn:'Christ, triumphant, ever reigning' is a good opener in that it is quick and begins with the boy sopranos and immediately gets your attention. John Barnard's majestic 'Guiting Power' tune sweeps the words up in a wide-ranging,flowing melody that creates from them a fine hymn.
'I, the Lord of sea and sky(Here I am, Lord) is a truly striking hymn! The words of this song begin with a proclamation in the verses; this is answered in the refrain by the singer's commitment to service. This is reflected in the tune. The melody for the verses has a vigorous movement to proclaim the work of God in creation, His continuing love for that creation,and His call for service. Both the words and music are by the American Jesuit musician Daniel L. Schutte, who has served both on college campuses and in parish ministry.
'All My Hope On God Is Founded' the tune of which is written by Herbert Howells and is called 'Michael'in memory of his son who died in childhood. It is a lovely melody and the words suit it very well.
The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was the music editor of the 'English Hymnal'. The most widely used of his own tunes was the 'Monk's Gate' which he created from a folk tune. It is subtly contrived, as the rhythm of the alleluias shows. 'Sine nomine' simply means without a name.The resulting hymn is 'For All the Saints'.

The Wells Cathedral Choir under the direction of Malcolm Archer accompanied by Rupert Gough on the organ have produced an excellent disc.

Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord.......2001-01-08

I bought this collection because I saw the song, Here I Am, Lord written by Daniel Schutte. I grew up singing this song and many other pieces from the St. Louis Jesuits and this continues to be one that has deep meaning for me. In addition, the other pieces in this collection are very enjoyable to listen to, not only for worship but for time of reflection.

Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord.......2001-01-08

God is an Englishman.......2000-06-05

After the Anglican Communion, particularly the American branch, has completed its transformation from a church to a political-social club, at least it will be remembered for two things: the beautiful and influential language of its Book of Common Prayer (1662) and its wonderful music. The English Hymn, volume 1, is a promising start to another English music series by Hyperion. This series complements Hyperion's English Anthems series, its Psalms at St. Paul's (many volumes of Anglican chant), and its two-CD collection of "Mags and Nuncs" (My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord and My Spirit Hath Rejoiced). Volume 1, "Christ Triumphant," features hymns written in the 20th century. The styles of the hymns range from confident, pre-Great War, "God is an Englishman" roof-raisers to insipid, happy-clappy jingles, which inadvertently, I assume, parallel the decline of the church. The Wells Cathedral Choir sings with gusto and, typical of Hyperion, the sound quality is excellent. My only disappointment came when the CD ended - is this all there is to the 20th century? I hope Hyperion plans to include more than one volume on the 20th century in this series. If you enjoy this type of music, you will be satisfied with this CD. If you have CDs from the other series listed above, the English Hymn, vol. 1, and a programmable, carousel-CD player, now you can click your heels and transport yourself to Evensong at King's College, Cambridge, or St. Paul's, London!

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Wonderful Christmas music.......2002-12-17

This has become one of my favorite holiday CDs, with Ms. Norman providing a lovely mix of traditional and non-traditional music. Of particular note is the almost haunting "Balm in Gilead
" that proves once again that Jessye Norman is one of the best American singers today.

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for all the saints

Favourite Hymns from Wells Cathedral

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for all the saints.......2002-01-14

the 1st time i heard what is now my favorite hymn was during an unfortunate circumstance it was at the funeral mass for his eminence thomas j murphy your former archbishop if you are catholic and live in seattle the mass of course took place at st james cathedral were the combined choirs lifted thier voices and and mine into heaven as all of us sang this glorius hymn wich was written the text anyway by his grace the rt reverend william
wallsham how who was an episcopal ( anglican ) bishop in the diocese of london england from arround 1720 to 1745
the current tune it is sung by in most churches today was written by ralph vaughan williams 1860 to 1943 the tune name is sine nomine translated from latin into english means tune without a name i highly recomend this album if you are a traditionalist christian