Psalms of David 7

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Priory Records' 10-disc Psalms of David series reaches its apex with this release. It's superior in every sense--not only is it musically stunning and sonically near-perfect, but the performances are exemplary and unassailable. The choir of Norwich Cathedral is a marvel, and its interpretations of these 16 Psalms are powerful, deeply affecting, and revelatory. Much of the credit must go to the music--director Michael Nicholas has chosen some of the most breathtaking Psalm settings in the repertoire, many of which were composed relatively recently. Some feature unusual harmonic colors and surprising melodic turns. Others make an impressionistic effect in expressing the textual meaning. But they all will leave you impressed and with a sense of wonder, certain that this must be the music of heaven. --David Vernier

Psalms of David 7,Norwich Cathedral Choir,Priory Records UK,Classical,Classical Collections-Artist Desc.

Average customer rating: Brilliant Recordings A- for effort What can you say?

Psalms of David Complete Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1 Psalms For The Soul Treasures of English Church Music The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral ASIN: B00006GO6J Release Date: 2002-10-08

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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

A- for effort.......2006-02-23

This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

What can you say?.......2003-01-03

I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

Anyhow, if you have a taste for choral cathedral music, this is genuinely indispensible. St. Paul's has given the world a great blessing.

Average customer rating: Good worship music, like Mauersberger always does

Heinrich Schütz: Psalms Of David Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000035OT Release Date: 1994-06-28

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Good worship music, like Mauersberger always does.......1999-06-29

The reviews on Mauersberger tend to show one's perspective on music in general. Those who see Schütz mostly in terms of style period usually are happier with other conductors. However, those like myself who view Schütz as providing music for worship in the Lutheran church in Germany tend to be quite satisfied with the Mauersberger recordings. Mauersberger always makes the biblical texts come alive. One element that Mauersberger brings to Schütz that some more "scholarly" versions cannot is the intense faith that holds on in difficult circumstances (Schütz the 30 Years War, Mauersberger having to deal with Nazi and Communist governments. My favorite selection on this CD is Psalm 111 (tr 11) with chorus and full orchestra. The interpretation has both power (essential to any good German music) and sensitivity that is essential to Schütz. I wish Berlin Classics would provide both German and English texts for this music, although one could find those texts from the Net or else from their personal Bibles. I also wish BC would be more careful in avoiding duplications.

Average customer rating: An Excellent Compilation

Cathedral Dreams: Music to Inspire Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dufay | Dufay, Guillaume | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Duruflé, Maurice | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Messiaen | Messiaen, Olivier | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Classical Dreams: Music to Inspire Images of Christ ASIN: B00006I0D1 Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. Messe De Nostre Dame- Introitus - Machaut
2. Song For Athene - Tavener
3. Ave Maria - Rachmaninov
4. Agnus Dei - Barber
5. Summa - Part
6. Ubi Caritas - Durufle
7. Introitus - Dufay
8. Requiem- Agnus Dei - Catoire
9. Salve Regina - Poulenc
10. Alleluia - Organum
11. Antienne - Mass Of The Epiphany
12. O Salutaris Hostia - Villette
13. Being Risen From The Tomb - Rachmoninov
14. 7 Magnificat Antiphons- O Weisheit - Part
15. Diliges Dominum - Byrd
16. Communio - Dufay
17. Requiem- Requiem Aeternam - Catoire
18. Tota Pulchra Es - Durufle
19. This Day Is Salvation Come - Rachmaninov
20. O Sacrum Convivium - Messiaen

Tracks:

1. Totus Tuus - Gorecki
2. 7 Magnificat Antiphons- O Morgenstern - Part
3. Tantum Ergo - Darufle
4. Ave Maria - Palestrina
5. Blessed Is The Man - Rachmaninov
6. Adoramus Te, Christe - Stephen Cleobury
7. Requiem- Libera Me - Catoire
8. Solfeggio - Part
9. Beati Mundo Corde - Byrd
10. O Nata Lux De Lumine - Tallis
11. Our Father (Notre Pere) - Durufle
12. Agnus Dei (Missa Papae Marcelli) - David Willcocks
13. As One Who Has Slept - Tavener
14. O Magnum Mysterium - Villette
15. Lux Aeterna - Catoire
16. Alleluia - Dufay
17. 7 Magnificat Antiphons- O Immanuel - Part
18. The Six Psalms - Rachmaninov
19. Veni Sancta Spiritus - Dudley
20. Alma Redemptoris Mater - Stephen Cleobury

Customer Reviews:

An Excellent Compilation.......2004-06-16

This is probably one of the best compilations of early choral music I have heard, let alone own. A fantastic selection of works, including some modal pieces by composers such as Samuel Barber with his famous "Agnus Dei", creates a very nice variety of complexity. The overall tone of both CDs is very peaceful yet uplifting, and the performers are highly talented and spirited. This is a wonderful and unsurpassed addition to my collection. A must for any lover of early choral works.

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Psalms from St. Paul's, Vol. 7: Psalms 79-92 Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Psalms from St. Paul's, Vol. 8 ASIN: B000002ZE6 Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. Day 16 Morning: Psalm 79
2. Day 16 Morning: Psalm 80
3. Day 16 Morning: Psalm 81
4. Day 16 Evening: Psalm 82
5. Day 16 Evening: Psalm 83
6. Day 16 Evening: Psalm 84
7. Day 16 Evening: Psalm 85
8. Day 17 Morning: Psalm 86
9. Day 17 Morning: Psalm 87
10. Day 17 Morning: Psalm 88
11. Day 17 Evening: Psalm 89
12. Day 18 Morning: Psalm 90
13. Day 18 Morning: Psalm 91
14. Day 18 Morning: Psalm 92

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The Complete Psalms of David (Limited Edition) (Box Set) Manufacturer: Priory Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Boyce | Boyce, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Box Sets | Stores | Music Box Sets | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000003WJ3 Release Date: 1996-10-15

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Rune of Hospitality Manufacturer: Deux-Elles ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rubbra, Edmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005BJCC Release Date: 2004-05-25

Average customer rating: Don't bother to purchase this one........

Prayers from Book of Psalms, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Israel Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music Klezmer | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Israel | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005LZVA Release Date: 2001-06-26

Tracks:

1. Hallelujah, Praise O Ye Servants of the Land - Yossele Rosenblatt
2. He Raiseth Up Out of the Dust the Poor - Malavsky Family
3. When Israel Went Forth Out of Egypt
4. What Aileth Thee, O Sea - Yossele Rosenblatt
5. It Is Lovely to Me That the Lord Heareth My Voice - Leib Glantz
6. I Shall Not Die, But I Shall Live - Yossele Rosenblatt
7. Zion Heareth, and Rejoiceth - Gershon Sirota
8. Psalm of David
9. But He, Being Merciful - Yossele Rosenblatt
10. Lord Reigneth
11. I Lift Up Mine Eyes - Moshe Koussevitzky
12. Song of the Degrees - Yossele Rosenblatt
13. Give Ear, O God, to My Prayer
14. How Great Are Thy Works, O Lord? - Joseph Malovany

Customer Reviews:

Don't bother to purchase this one...............2001-12-08

Track 5 is my only favorite song on this CD but the whole CD sounds as if someone recorded from scratchy LP's being played with a worn out stylus or stereo needle. I wouldn't recommend this one at all.

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Hear My Prayer O Lord: The Psalms of David, Vol. 1 Anonymous , Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow , Sir Joseph Barnby , Jonathan Battishill , Josiah Booth , Anglican Chant , M. Cook , E. Cutler , W. Felton , and John Goss Manufacturer: Priory Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YACC Release Date: 1992-09-02

Tracks:

1. Psalm 98 - O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song
2. Psalm 94 - O Lord God, To Whom Vengeance Belongeth
3. Psalm 104 - Praise The Lord O My Soul
4. Psalm 61 - Hear My Crying O God
5. Psalm 67 - God Be Merciful Unto Us And Bless Us
6. Psalm 114 - When Israel Came Out Of Egypt
7. Psalm 47 - O Clap Your Hands Together
8. Psalm 32 - Blessed Is He Whose Unrighteousness Is Forgiven
9. Psalm 23 - The Lord Is My Shepherd
10. Psalm 19 - The Heavens Delcare The Glory Of God
11. Psalm 42 & 43 - Like As The Heart
12. Psalm 126 - When The Lord Turned Again The Captivity OF Sion
13. Psalm 65 - Thou o God Art Praised In Sion
14. Psalm 130 - Out Of The Deep
15. Psalm 84 - O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings
16. Psalm 143 - Hear My Prayer O Lord
17. Psalm 7 - O Lord My God, In Thee Have I Put My Trust

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Psalms of Saint. David/Psalms of Goudimel , and Sweelinck Manufacturer: Musisoft-(Media 7) (Fra) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005MUI Release Date: 1997-06-24

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At Twilight: Chorale Music By Percy Grainger And Edvard Grieg Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000002ZW3 Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

1. Irish Tune From County Derry
2. Dollar and a Half a Day
3. Shenandoah
4. Stormy
5. The Gypsy's Wedding Day
6. Brigg Fair
7. Mo Nighean dubh
8. O Mistress Mine
9. How Fair is Thy Face
10. God's Son Hath Set Me Free
11. Jesus Christ our Lord iis Risen
12. In Heavan Above
13. Ave, Stellar Maris
14. Soldier, Soldier
15. Mary Thompson
16. Ye Banks and Braes
17. Dalvisa
18. Australian Up-Country Song
19. Near Woodstock Town
20. The Sussex Mummers' Carol
21. A Song of Varmeland
22. At Twighlight

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Grainger's choral arrangements on this disc might disappoint listeners who generally like his music. They show little of the originality heard in most of his works, being mostly just straightforward settings of folk tunes arranged for maximum intelligibility of the texts but without his characteristic touches. Grieg's works are more representative of his best work, and the small chorus sings exceptionally well. Still, definitely an item for specialists. --Leslie Gerber

Track Listings:

1. Romantic Piano Music
2. Rozsa : El Cid [Soundtrack]
3. Schoenberg: Verkläte Nacht/Strauss: Metamorphosen
4. Schubert: Masses, D324 & D452
5. Sergei Rachmaninov: The Bells/Spring/3 Russian Songs
6. Songs and Dances Of Death
7. St Olaf Orchestra Performs
8. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake/Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
9. Te Deum & Jubilate V3
10. Ten Top Sopranos Vol. 2

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Casella: Op.56, Op.62

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