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Gloria! The Nation’s Favourite Choral Classics

David Hill · Timothy Byram-Wigfield · Edward Higginbottom · Barry Wordsworth · Nicholas Cleobury · Simon Preston · Colin Davis · Georg Solti · John Eliot Gardiner · John Rutter

Decca Records2011Cat. 48052071h 35m22 tracks
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Gloria! The Nation’s Favourite Choral Classics (2011), CD, on Decca Records. Music by Hubert Parry, George Frideric Handel, John Rutter, John Tavener, performed by David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Edward Higginbottom, Barry Wordsworth; 22 tracks.

Composers

Hubert Parry4George Frideric Handel2John Rutter2John Tavener2Michael Tippett2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2Antonio Vivaldi1Charles Villiers Stanford1Gabriel Fauré1Gustav Holst1John Stainer1Louis Bourgeois1Thomas Arne1William Walton1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

Simon Preston, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

5:17
02

Gloria

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria in D major, RV 589

Simon Preston

2:24
03

Gloria

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Missa in C minor K. 427/417a: Gloria: Gloria in excelsis

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:13
04

Laudate Dominum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

5:13
05

Long Since in Egypt's Plenteous Land

Hubert Parry - Judith: Long Since in Egypt's Plenteous Land

David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

4:32
06

What Sweeter Music

John Rutter - What Sweeter Music

Edward Higginbottom

4:08
07

The Lamb

John Tavener - The Lamb

Stephen Layton

3:35
08

The Blue Bird

Charles Villiers Stanford - Eight Partsongs, op. 119: No. 3. The blue bird

Edward Higginbottom

3:23
12

Pie Jesu

John Rutter - Requiem

John Rutter, City of London Sinfonia, Cambridge Singers

4:11
15

Hallelujah!

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

3:44

Disc 2

01

I Was Glad

Hubert Parry - I was glad

David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

7:32
02

I Vow to Thee, My Country

Gustav Holst - I Vow to Thee, My Country

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Choral Society

4:43
03

Pie Jesu

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Seal, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

3:47
04

Song for Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

Edward Higginbottom

5:36
05

Old Hundredth Psalm

Louis Bourgeois - Old Hundredth

David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

5:04
06

Deep River

Michael Tippett - Five Negro Spirituals from "A Child of Our Time": No. 5. Deep River

Nicholas Cleobury, Schola Cantorum of Oxford

3:18
08

Love Divine All Loves Excelling

John Stainer - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Richard Farnes, Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:35
09

Blest Pair of Sirens

Hubert Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens

David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

10:49
10

Steal Away

Michael Tippett - Five Negro Spirituals from "A Child of Our Time": No. 1. Steal Away

Nicholas Cleobury, Schola Cantorum of Oxford

2:28
11

Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart

William Walton - Set me as a seal upon thine heart

David Hill

3:44
12

Rule Britannia

Thomas Arne - Rule, Britannia!

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Choral Society

4:50
13

Jerusalem

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

2:45

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