Byrd: The Great Service

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If there's such a thing as a definitive performance, this is it. The recording is demonstration quality, giving the voices a naturalness and bloom rarely heard on disc, allowing the sound to fill the spaces in London's Church of St. John with no sacrifice to clarity, blend, or balance. Although Byrd was a Catholic, he lived in strictly Protestant times and, as a member of the Chapel Royal, wrote many Anglican works. (He also not-so-surreptitiously composed a great deal of Latin music, an unlawful and dangerous act). The Great Service is a setting of texts from the three daily observances of the Anglican church: Matins, Holy Communion, and Evensong. As Byrd's longest work, it's a spectacular outpouring of ravishing harmonies, rich textures, and artful melodic lines. One of the three Anglican anthems here--all gems--is "Sing joyfully unto God," which has remained popular with choirs and congregations ever since it was written. --David Vernier

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    ASIN: B00000144V
    Release Date: 1996-03-26

    Tracks:

    1. O clap your hands
    2. Great Lord of Lords
    3. Hosanna to the son of David
    4. Prelude in G Major*
    5. Out of the deep
    6. See, see, the word is incarnate
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    9. Almighty and everlasting God
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    11. Nunc dimittis (2nd Service)
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      ASIN: B0000064AT
      Release Date: 1998-02-17

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      1. Alleluja, I Heard A Voice - Christ Church Choir
      2. Give Ear O Lord - Christ Church Choir
      3. Evening Services For Five Voices: Magnificat - Christ Church Choir
      4. Evening Services For Five Voices: Nunc Dimittis - Christ Church Choir
      5. Evening Services For Five Voices: Hosanna To The Son Of David - Christ Church Choir
      6. Evening Services For Five Voices: When David Heard - Christ Church Choir
      7. Evening Services For Five Voices: O Lord, Grant The King A Long Life - Christ Church Choir
      8. Evening Services For Five Voices: Give The King Thy Judgements - Christ Church Choir
      9. Evening Services For Five Voices: Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Christ Church Choir
      10. Ninth Service: Magnificat - Christ Church Choir
      11. Ninth Service: Nunc Dimittis - Christ Church Choir

      Tracks:

      1. Missa Mater Christi: Introitus: Rorate coeli desuper - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      2. Missa Mater Christi: Kyrie: Rex splendens - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      3. Missa Mater Christi: Gloria - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      4. Missa Mater Christi: Oratio: Deus, qui de beatae Mariae - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      5. Missa Mater Christi: Epistola: Lectio Esaie prophete - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      6. Missa Mater Christi: Alleluya, Ave Maria - Alleluya, Christus resurgens - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      7. Missa Mater Christi: Sequentia: Ave mundi spes Maria - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      8. Missa Mater Christi: Evangelium: Sequentia sancti evangelii secundum Lucam - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      9. Missa Mater Christi: Credo - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      10. Missa Mater Christi: Offertorium: Ave Maria - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      11. Missa Mater Christi: Oratio Secreta - Praefatio - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      12. Missa Mater Christi: Sanctus - Benedictus - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      13. Missa Mater Christi: Canon - Pater noster - Pax Domini - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      14. Missa Mater Christi: Agnus Dei - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      15. Missa Mater Christi: Communio: Ecce virgo concipies - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      16. Missa Mater Christi: Post Communio: Gratiam tuum quaesumus Domine - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      17. Missa Mater Christi: Ite missa est - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      18. Antiphon: O Wilhelme, pastor bone - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      19. Antiphon: Mater Christi sanctissima - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC

      Tracks:

      1. Mass Propers For All Saints: Introitus: Gaudeamus omnes - Christ Church Choir
      2. Mass For Five Voices: Kyrie - Christ Church Choir
      3. Mass For Five Voices: Gloria - Christ Church Choir
      4. Mass Propers For All Saints: Gradualis: Timete Dominium - Christ Church Choir
      5. Mass For Five Voices: Credo - Christ Church Choir
      6. Mass Propers For All Saints: Offertorium: Justorum animae - Christ Church Choir
      7. Mass For Five Voices: Sanctus; Benedictus - Christ Church Choir
      8. Mass Propers For All Saints: Communio: Beati mundo corde - Christ Church Choir
      9. Mass For Five Voices: Agnus Dei - Christ Church Choir
      10. Motet: Laudibus in Sanctis - Christ Church Choir
      11. Motet: Laudate pueri Dominum - Christ Church Choir
      12. Motet: Laudate Dominum - Christ Church Choir

      Tracks:

      1. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Introitus: Cibavit eos - Byrd
      2. Mass for four voices: Kyrie - Byrd
      3. Mass for four voices: Gloria - Byrd
      4. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Gradualis: Oculi omnium - Byrd
      5. Mass Propers For the Feast Of Chorpus Christi: Sequentia: Lauda Sion salvatorem (Plainsong) - Byrd
      6. Mass for four voices: Credo - Byrd
      7. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Offertorium: Sacerdotes Domini - Byrd
      8. Mass for four voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - Byrd
      9. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Communio: Quotiescunque manducabitis - Byrd
      10. Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
      11. Processional Hymn: Pange lingua gloriosi - Byrd
      12. Hymn To The Blessed Sacrament: Ave verum corpus - Byrd
      13. Hymn To The Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia - Byrd

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      1. Propers For The Nativity: Introitus: Puer natus est nobis - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      2. Mass For Three Voices: Kyrie - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      3. Mass For Three Voices: Gloria - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      4. Propers For The Nativity: Gradualis: Viderunt omnes fines terrae - Dies sanctificatus - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      5. Mass For Three Voices: Credo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      6. Propers For The Nativity: Offertorium: Tui sunt coeli - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      7. Mass For Three Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      8. Propers For The Nativity: Communio: Viderunt omnes fines terrae - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      9. Mass For Three Voices: Agnus Dei - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      10. Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus est - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
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      12. Antiphon: O admirabile Commertium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      13. Hymn: A solis ortus cardine - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      14. Response: O magnum misterium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR

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      1. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Ex eius tumba: Sospitati dedit aegros - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      2. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Dum transisset sabbatum (I) - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      3. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Audivi vocem de caelo - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      4. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Dum transisset sabbatum (II) - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      5. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Kyrie le Roy - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      6. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Alleluya V. Veni electa mea - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      7. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Magnificat a5 - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      8. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Ave Dei Patris filia - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC

      Tracks:

      1. The Lord Even The Most Mighty - John Taverner
      2. O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me - John Taverner
      3. I Will Love Thee - John Taverner
      4. O Lord Our Governor - John Taverner
      5. How Doth The City - John Taverner
      6. Blessed Is He Whose Righteousness - John Taverner
      7. Hear, O Heav'ns - John Taverner
      8. Who Hath Believed - John Taverner
      9. Out Of The Deep - John Taverner
      10. Hear Me O Lord - John Taverner

      Tracks:

      1. The Lord's Prayer - Christ Church Choir
      2. The Second Service: Magnificat - Christ Church Choir
      3. The Second Service: Nunc Dimittis - Christ Church Choir
      4. Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria - Christ Church Choir
      5. Filie Ierusalem - Christ Church Choir
      6. Reges Tharsis et insule - Christ Church Choir
      7. Spiritus sanctus procedens - Christ Church Choir
      8. Laudem dicite Deo nostro - Christ Church Choir
      9. Hec dies - Christ Church Choir
      10. Impetum fecerunt unanimes - Christ Church Choir
      11. Libera nos, salva nos - Christ Church Choir

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      It doesn't get much more authentic than this! These eight CDs present music by William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes, Henry Purcell, John Blow, Matthew Locke, the little-known Pelham Humfrey, John Sheppard, and John Taverner--all recorded in Dorchester Abbey, Oxford, England, and sung by the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford's great all-male choir. Their heritage goes back to Taverner himself. Their sound is both pure and lush, their singing immaculate. This is music in the finest English tradition, beautiful, devotional music for all seasons. --Robert Levine
      William Byrd: The Great Service: Anthems
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      • Great in all respects...
      		 William Byrd: The Great Service: Anthems
      William Byrd , Tallis Scholars , and Peter Phillips
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      ASIN: B00005ATCZ
      Release Date: 2002-03-12

      Tracks:

      1. The Great Service: Venite
      2. The Great Service: Te Deum
      3. The Great Service: Benedictus
      4. The Great Service: Creed
      5. The Great Service: Magnificat
      6. The Great Service: Nunc Dimittis
      7. The Great Service: O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth
      8. The Great Service: O God, The Proud Are Risen
      9. The Great Service: Sing Joyfully Unto God

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Great in all respects..........2006-05-23

      --William Byrd--
      William Byrd was a composer of grace and power. A staunch Catholic in an increasingly Protestant country, Byrd maintained his church loyalties at high cost. However, as a recognised genius at liturgical music, he had powerful admirers and friends, perhaps including Queen Elizabeth herself. Producing musical settings to Latin texts in a new-regime English-dominated church environment took courage. However, Byrd persevered all his life to produce music that remains timeless while being firmly rooted in its time.

      --The Great Service--
      'Great' in the sense here meant 'large' rather than 'excellent' or 'wonderful', but it nonetheless deserves the latter descriptions too. There are six movements in the Great Service, parts of the services of Matins, Evensong and Communion in the Anglican tradition. It does not have more common mass parts of Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. This is scored for MAATB, but in fact shifted to make use of many voices at different times in the progress. This piece held true to the developing Protestant ideal of clarity in lyrics for meaningful hearing.

      --Other pieces--
      As an added bonus, the Tallis Scholars have provided three English anthems by Byrd, 'O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth', 'O God, the proud are risen', 'Sing joyfully unto God'. The first is scored MAATB, and the other two MMAATB. 'Sing joyfully' is probably Byrd's best anthem, jubilant and astonishing. Byrd, together with Tallis (from whom this ensemble derives its name), was considered a master of the English anthem.

      --Liner Notes--
      Being internationally acclaimed, the Tallis Scholars' CDs typically present their commentary and texts in English, French, German and Italian (together with any Latin texts); that is true of this disc. The cover art also typically represents visual arts contemporary with the compositions - here it is one of the famous portraits from the National Portrait Gallery of Queen Elizabeth, who was a contemporary of William Byrd.

      --The Tallis Scholars--
      The Tallis Scholars, a favourite group of mine since the first time I heard them decades ago, are a group dedicated to the performance and preservation of the best of this type of music. A choral group of exceptional ability, I have been privileged to see them many times in public, and at almost every performance, their singing seems almost like a spiritual epiphany for me, one that defies explanation in words. Directed by Peter Phillips, the group consists of a small number of male and female singers who have trained themselves well to their task.

      Their recordings are of a consistent quality that deserve more than five stars; this particular disc of pieces by Byrd deserves a place on the shelf of anyone who loves choral music, liturgical music or Gregorian chant, classical music generally, or religious music. It is astonishing. The music on this disc was originally recorded in 1987 at the Church of St. John in Hackney, London.

      Byrd: The Great Service
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          William Byrd: 3 Masses; Magnificat & Nunc dimittis; John Taverner: Mass "The Western Wind"
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            Tracks:

            1. Mass For 3 Voices: Kyrie - Gloria - Byrd
            2. Mass For 3 Voices: Credo - Byrd
            3. Mass For 3 Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - Byrd
            4. Mass For 3 Voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
            5. Mass For 4 Voices: Kyrie - Byrd
            6. Mass For 4 Voices: Gloria - Byrd
            7. Mass For 4 Voices: Credo - Byrd
            8. Mass For 4 Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - Byrd
            9. Mass For 4 Voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
            10. Mass For 5 Voices: Kyrie - Byrd
            11. Mass For 5 Voices: Gloria - Byrd
            12. Mass For 5 Voices: Credo - Byrd
            13. Mass For 5 Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - Byrd
            14. Mass For 5 Voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd

            Tracks:

            1. The Great Service - Magnificat - BYRD/TAVERNER
            2. The Great Service - Nunc Dimittis - BYRD/TAVERNER
            3. Ave Verum Corpus - BYRD/TAVERNER
            4. Kyrie 'Le Roy' - BYRD/TAVERNER
            5. Mass 'The Western Wind' - Gloria - BYRD/TAVERNER
            6. Mass 'The Western Wind' - Credo - BYRD/TAVERNER
            7. Mass 'The Western Wind' - Sanctus - BYRD/TAVERNER
            8. Mass 'The Western Wind' - Benedictus - BYRD/TAVERNER
            9. Mass 'The Western Wind' - Agnus Dei - BYRD/TAVERNER
            10. Dum Transisset Sabbatum - BYRD/TAVERNER
            11. Christe Jesu Pastor Bone - BYRD/TAVERNER
            12. Master Christi - BYRD/TAVERNER
            Byrd: The Great Service
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • Great in all respects...
            • How can it be anything less?
            • Very well done Anglican sacred music
            		 Byrd: The Great Service

            Manufacturer: Gimell
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            Byrd, WilliamByrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            Tallis ScholarsTallis Scholars | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            AnthemsAnthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000001I4R
            Release Date: 1993-01-28

            Tracks:

            1. The Great Service: Venite
            2. The Great Service: Te Deum
            3. The Great Service: Benedictus
            4. The Great Service: Creed
            5. The Great Service: Magnificat
            6. The Great Service: Nunc dimittis
            7. Anthems: O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth
            8. Anthems: O God, The Proud Are Risen
            9. Anthems: Sing Joyfully Unto God

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            If there's such a thing as a definitive performance, this is it. The recording is demonstration quality, giving the voices a naturalness and bloom rarely heard on disc, allowing the sound to fill the spaces in London's Church of St. John with no sacrifice to clarity, blend, or balance. Although Byrd was a Catholic, he lived in strictly Protestant times and, as a member of the Chapel Royal, wrote many Anglican works. (He also not-so-surreptitiously composed a great deal of Latin music, an unlawful and dangerous act). The Great Service is a setting of texts from the three daily observances of the Anglican church: Matins, Holy Communion, and Evensong. As Byrd's longest work, it's a spectacular outpouring of ravishing harmonies, rich textures, and artful melodic lines. One of the three Anglican anthems here--all gems--is "Sing joyfully unto God," which has remained popular with choirs and congregations ever since it was written. --David Vernier

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Great in all respects..........2004-06-12

            --William Byrd--
            William Byrd was a composer of grace and power. A staunch Catholic in an increasingly Protestant country, Byrd maintained his church loyalties at high cost. However, as a recognised genius at liturgical music, he had powerful admirers and friends, perhaps including Queen Elizabeth herself. Producing musical settings to Latin texts in a new-regime English-dominated church environment took courage. However, Byrd persevered all his life to produce music that remains timeless while being firmly rooted in its time.

            --The Great Service--
            'Great' in the sense here meant 'large' rather than 'excellent' or 'wonderful', but it nonetheless deserves the latter descriptions too. There are six movements in the Great Service, parts of the services of Matins, Evensong and Communion in the Anglican tradition. It does not have more common mass parts of Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. This is scored for MAATB, but in fact shifted to make use of many voices at different times in the progress. This piece held true to the developing Protestant ideal of clarity in lyrics for meaningful hearing.

            --Other pieces--
            As an added bonus, the Tallis Scholars have provided three English anthems by Byrd, 'O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth', 'O God, the proud are risen', 'Sing joyfully unto God'. The first is scored MAATB, and the other two MMAATB. 'Sing joyfully' is probably Byrd's best anthem, jubilant and astonishing. Byrd, together with Tallis (from whom this ensemble derives its name), was considered a master of the English anthem.

            --Liner Notes--
            Being internationally acclaimed, the Tallis Scholars' CDs typically present their commentary and texts in English, French, German and Italian (together with any Latin texts); that is true of this disc. The cover art also typically represents visual arts contemporary with the compositions - here it is one of the famous portraits from the National Portrait Gallery of Queen Elizabeth, who was a contemporary of William Byrd.

            --The Tallis Scholars--
            The Tallis Scholars, a favourite group of mine since the first time I heard them decades ago, are a group dedicated to the performance and preservation of the best of this type of music. A choral group of exceptional ability, I have been privileged to see them many times in public, and at almost every performance, their singing seems almost like a spiritual epiphany for me, one that defies explanation in words. Directed by Peter Phillips, the group consists of a small number of male and female singers who have trained themselves well to their task.

            Their recordings are of a consistent quality that deserve more than five stars; this particular disc of pieces by Byrd deserves a place on the shelf of anyone who loves choral music, liturgical music or Gregorian chant, classical music generally, or religious music. It is astonishing. The music on this disc was originally recorded in 1987 at the Church of St. John in Hackney, London.

            5 out of 5 stars How can it be anything less?.......2002-02-08

            The previous reviewer gives a glowing review, using words I associate with a five star review, then gives it four. How? This is transcendental music, simple and clean, to be sure, with a minimum of polyphony, but exquisitly sung and resonating with wonderful acoustics. Byrd can, to my ears, get a little tiresome, but there is nothing tiresome in this. Majestic, stately, choral music that will transport you to a beautiful world.

            Turn it up and sit back. Float away. It is exquisite.

            4 out of 5 stars Very well done Anglican sacred music.......2000-03-16

            This disc offers the Tallis Scholars singing in English - a rare occassion in itself, and made very worthwhile by the beauty of Byrd's Great Service. The music found on this disc - the Great Service in 6 parts, plus 3 anthems - is quite different from the Catholic masses one is used to hearing from the Tallis Scholars, but represents a wonderful contrast to the pre-Reformation work more often heard from them.

            To my ears, the music sung here is somewhat less complicated than much of the Latin work of Byrd or Tallis, which I understand is partially due to the Anglican church's writ about making sacred music easier to digest. One of the benefits found in this is the fact that the listener will be able to follow along without the benefit of the text being provided.

            As an introduction to early Anglican music, this CD stands up well to the task. As an addition to a library of works by Byrd or the Tallis Scholars, it adds a bit of spice and makes for an hour of lovely listening enjoyment.
            Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Vol. 15
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Blessed is the series
            		 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Vol. 15

            Manufacturer: Priory Records UK
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            Byrd, WilliamByrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Finzi, Gerald | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by GounodAll Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            Howells, HerbertHowells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            MagnificatsMagnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            OratoriosOratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B00000J8Z8
            Release Date: 1999-06-01

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Blessed is the series.......2005-07-06

            The performances of Edward Higginbottom and Choir of New College Oxford with organist, Christopher Glynn on this installment of the Mag and Nunc series are quite up to par as are all the discs in this series that I've heard. The Stanford, a staple in Anglican Evensongs, is the most attractive pair here. Treble, Thomas Herford and bass, Clive Letchford give assured, comfortable solo peformances with beautiful tone. It is so refreshing to here soloists not give in to bombastic oversinging and histrionics.

            The rest of the the disc's program is a mixed bag: trite, uneven music from Gounod and Wood, lovely moments from Howells and Diana Burrell's Treble Service, odd programming of Byrd's Mag from "Great Service" without the Nunc, and Finzi's Mag that doesn't stand up to his wonderful output in other works.

            A good addition to the series but without the overall attractiveness of some of the other volumes.
            Byrd: The Great Service
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              		Byrd: The Great Service
              William Byrd , Stephen Cleobury , and King's College Choir
              Manufacturer: Capitol
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD
              ASIN: B00000DNIM
              Release Date: 1993-01-12
              Choral Evensong From Eton College
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                		Choral Evensong From Eton College

                Manufacturer: Herald
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                Byrd, WilliamByrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                Howells, HerbertHowells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                Purcell, HenryPurcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                All Works by MendelssohnAll Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                SonatinasSonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                PsalmsPsalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                ASIN: B000002GU1
                Release Date: 1997-11-18

                Track Listings:

                1. Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto & Songs; Rued Langgaard: String Quartet No. 3
                2. Classical Chill
                3. Classical Music For People Who Hate Classical Music, Vol. 1
                4. David Oistrakh [Box set]
                5. Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection, 1988-1997 (Box Set) [Box set]
                6. Don Gillis: Symphony No. 4, The Pioneers; Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
                7. Donizetti: Maria Stuarda [Import]
                8. Earl Wild - Beethoven
                9. Elektra (Complete)
                10. Fats Waller: Sixteen Great Piano Solos

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                Strawberry: Bootleg Series, Vol. 1

                World's Greatest Temprs: Jose Carreras

                You Better Keep Still

                Space Minds/New Worlds/Survival America

                Relaxing the Undertow

                Your Secret Love

                You Belong to Me [Import]

                Xenia Meijer ~ Arias by Purcell, Handel, Mozart

                Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone

                What Do You Want Me to Do?

                Wild Gift [Explicit Lyrics] [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

                Vive Al Maximo Con el Duranguense [Box set]

                Voz y Sentimientos

                Christmas Album: Original Masters

                The Great Divide