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Review Listing - Choral Works


An acre of land
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Alister McAlpine's lament
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

All people that do on earth dwell
Cleobury/EMI: Jul08 Sept09
Willcocks/EMI: Nov10

The Airmen's Hymn
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Benedicite
Willcocks/EMI: Feb03 Nov10

The Blessed Son of God
Darlington/Nimbus: July12
Halley/Pelagos: Nov07
Willcocks/EMI: Jul08

Bushes and Briars
Baccholian//EMI: Jul08
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08
McCreesh/Signum: Oct17

By the bivouac's fitful flame
Vann/Albion: review review

The Call
Archer/Lammas: Apr05
Robinson/Naxos: Dec04
Scott/CFP: Mar07

A Call to the Free nations
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Carols
Vann/Albion: Oct18

Ca' The Yowes (trad. arr.)
Brewer/Hyperion: Jan07
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

A choral flourish
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13

Three Choral Hymns
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13
Steynor/Guild: Oct03 Jan04

Six Choral Songs in Times of War
Hickox/Chandos: May02 Apr11

The cloud-capp'd towers
Sirenes/Albion: Feb17

Come away death
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
Ljunggren/EM: Mar18
Suhubiette/Hortus: Jan11

Come down O Love divine
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan 02
Ledger(?)/EMI: Sept09
Vann/Albion: review review

A Cotswold Romance
Hickox/Chandos: Mar99 Sept12 Oct12 Nov12

Dirge for Fidel
Corp/Naxos: Apr09
Nicholas/Delphian: Oct11
Sirenes/Albion: Feb17
Suhubiette/Hortus: Jan11

Dona Nobis Pacem
Abravanel/Vanguard: Nov00 Sep18
Abravanel/Silverline: Jul04
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Boult/EMI: Feb02 Feb03 Nov10 June13
Cleobury/Kings: Nov17
Hill/Naxos: May10
Litton/Hyperion: May15 Jun15
Shaw/Telarc: Jan08
Smith/Reference: Oct19 Nov19
Thomson/Chandos: Feb20
Vaughan Williams/Somm: Feb08 review

Early in the spring
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Echo's lament for Narcissus
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

Three Elizabethan partsongs
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
Quink/Brilliant: Feb17

England my England
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Five English folksongs
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08
(Sailor) Campbell/Naxos: Oct13

Epithalamion
Willcocks/EMI: Nov10

Fain Would I Change That Note
Quink/Brilliant: Feb17

Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Best/Hyperion: Oct00 Jun08
Handford/CFP: Dec02
Hickox/Chandos: Nov06
Rose/EMI: Feb03
Shellard/Regent: Nov12
Stokowski/Guild: Sept10
Stokowski/Pristine: Jan19
Wetton/Naxos: Nov07
Willcocks/EMI: Nov10

A Farmer's Boy
Vann/Albion: Aug18

A farmer's son so sweet
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

Festival Te Deum
Wetton/Regis: Jul03

The First Nowell
Hickox/Chandos: Nov06

Folksongs of the four seasons
(Winter) Wetton/Naxos: Nov09
Willcocks/Albion: Sept09

For All The Saints
Moore/EMI: Jul08
Shewan/Roberts: Apr06
Vann/Albion: review review review review review

Three Gaelic Songs
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Greensleeves
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Heart's Music
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Steynor/Guild: Oct03 Jan04

Hodie
Wetton/Naxos: Nov07
Willcocks/EMI: Feb03 Nov10

The Hundredth Psalm
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08

Four Hymns
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Padmore/Albion: May19 (ten, vla, pno)
Vann/Albion: review review

Hymn of Freedom
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Hymn for St Margaret
Vann/Albion: Aug18

It was a lover and his lass
Suhubiette/Hortus: Jan11

I will give my love an apple
Nicholas/Delphian: Oct11

John Dory
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov0Nov08

The Jolly Ploughboy
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Land of our birth
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Let All The World
Argust/Regent: Sep04
Cleobury/Opus Arte: Aug 02
Ledger(?)/EMI: Sept09 Dec09
Tanner/Priory: Nov13
Vann/Albion: review review

Linden Lea
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
Kay/Chandos: Jul 99 Sep04
Liedertafel/Maproom: Mar11
Nicholas/Delphian: Oct11
Scott/CFP: Mar07

Little Cloister
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Loch Lomond
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Darlington/Nimbus: July12
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan 02
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
O'Donnell/Hyperion: Nov14
Spicer/Somm: Sep16
Short/Signum: Sep18 Oct18 Mar19

Love is a sickness
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Quink/Brilliant: Feb17

Magnificat
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Boult/EMI: Feb03 Nov10
Davies/EMI: Feb02

Mannin veen
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

Mass in G minor
Baker/Hyperion: Jul05
Best/Hyperion: Mar08
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13
Darlington/Nimbus: July12
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan02
Hickox/Chandos: May02 Apr11
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
Spicer/Somm: Sept16
Vann/Albion: review review
Wagner/Pristine: Mar14
Wetton/Regis: Jul03
Willcocks (?)/EMI: Feb03 Nov10 June11

The mermaid
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

My soul, praise the Lord
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Five Mystical Songs
Backhouse/Naxos: review
Best/Hyperion: Oct00 Jun08 Sept08
Flummerfelt/Avie: Aug04
Hickox/EMI: Dec00
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
(Antiphon) Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
Oxenham/Meridian: Aug00 Dec00
Shellard/Regent: Apr12
Thomson/Chandos: Feb20
Wetton/Hyperion: Aug99
Willcocks/EMI: June11

The new Commonwealth
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Nocturne
Hickox/Chandos: Apr11

No longer mourn for me
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

No sad thought
Darlington/Nimbus: July12

Nothing is here for tears
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13

 

O clap your hands
Backhouse/Naxos: review
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Darlington/Nimbus: Jan11
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan02
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
O'Donnell/Hyperion: May08
Vann/Albion: review review
Willcocks/EMI: June11

O how amiable are thy dwellings
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan02
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
Oliver/Signum: Jun17

Old 100th (All people that dwell)
Bryden/Regent: Dec09
Darlington/Nimbus: Jan11
?/EMI: Sept09 Dec09
McCreesh/Signum: Apr19 May19
Neary/Griffin: Jun02
Oliver/Signum: Jun17

Old Folks at Home
Vann/Albion: Aug18

O little town of Bethlehem
Hughes/Griffin: Dec12
Ledger/EMI: Jul08

On Christmas Night
Hickox/Chandos: Nov06

O praise the Lord of Heaven
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Orpheus with his lute
Brabbins/Hyperion: Nov17
Clerks/Somm: Apr06
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09

O taste and see
Backhouse/Naxos: review
Darlington/Nimbus: July12
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan02
Jones/ABC: Aug09 Sept09
McCreesh/Signum: Apr19 May19
Neary/EMI: Jul08
Nethsingha/Chandos: Mar11
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
Vann/Albion: review review

Our love goes to English skies
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

Over hill, over dale
Sirenes/Albion: Feb17

An Oxford Elegy
Darlington/Nimbus: Jan11
Short/Signum: Sep18 Oct18 Mar19
Wetton/Naxos: Feb15
Willcocks/EMI: Feb03 Nov10 June11

Oxford Book of Carols arrangements
Vann/Albion: review

O Vos Omnes
Baker/Hyperion: Jul05
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan02
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
Watson/Naxos: Sept13

The Pilgrim Pavement
Hickox/Chandos: Feb99 Jun99 Apr11
Boult/EMI: Nov10

The Pilgrim's Progress
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Boult/EMI: June13
Brabbins/Hyperion: Nov20 Jan21 Feb21
(Journey) Pfohl/Albion: Sept09
(7 songs) Fox/Albion: Sept09

Prayer to the Father of Heaven
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Edison/Naxos: Dec01 Jan02
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
Spicer/Somm: Sept16
Vann/Albion: review review

Rest
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
Kings/EMI: Aug08
McCreesh/Signum: Oct17
Phipps/Chandos: Dec19

Ring out your bells
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

Sancta Civitas
Hill/Naxos: May10
Willcocks/EMI: Feb03 Nov10 June11

The seeds of love
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Serenade to Music
Best/Hyperion: Oct00 Jun08
Boult/EMI: Jul08 Oct10 Nov10 June13
Boult/Somm: review review
Handley/CFP: Jul02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Norrington/Elqouence: Jun08
Oundjian/Chandos: Jun18 Sep18
Sargent/EMI: Jul08
Sargent/Warner: Jul14
Spano/Telarc: Aug07
Vaughan Williams/Dutton: Apr10
Wood/Pearl: Jul03

Service in D minor
Hammond-Davies/Regent: May13

Three Shakespeare Songs
Brewer/Hyperion: Jan07
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Bruffy/Chandos: Sep04
Creed/Harmonia Mundi: Feb14
Darlington/Nimbus: July12
Hanke/Acclaim: Feb13
Most/Danacord: Apr03
Phipps/Chandos: Dec19
Spicer/Regent: Apr08
Suhubiette/Hortus: Jan11

The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08

Silence and Music
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Brown/Heritage: Apr11 Jun11
Joyful Company/EMI: May00
Hayes/Guild: Dec04
McCreesh/Signum: Oct17
Quink/Brilliant: Feb17

Silent Noon
Jones/ABC: Aug09

A Song of Thanksgiving
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Boult/Dutton: Aug02
Boult/EMI: Nov10 June13
Boult/Somm: review review
Vaughan Williams/Dutton: Apr10

The Songs of the Wrens
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Sons of Light
Lloyd-Jones/Naxos: Jan06 Feb06
Willcocks/Lyrita: Jun07 Sep07

The Souls of the Righteous
Brewer/Delphian: Aug08 Sept08 Sept08
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13
Reese/Signum: Jun18

Sound sleep
Brabbins/Hyperion: Nov17
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Sun, moon, stars & man
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09

Te Deum
Baker/Hyperion: Jul05
Best/Hyperion: Mar08
Darlington/Nimbus: Jan11
Nethsingha/Signum: May18 Sep18
Vann/Albion: review review
Willcocks/EMI: Nov10

Tobacco's but an Indian weed
Vann/Albion: Aug18

Toward The Unknown Region
Best/Hyperion: Jun08 Sept08
Boult/EMI: Feb02 Feb03 Nov10 June13
Lloyd-Jones/Naxos: Jan06 Feb06
Sargent/EMI: Jul08
Sargent/Warner: Jul14
Taylor/Divine: Feb06 Mar06
Thomson/Chandos: Apr11 May19

The truth sent from above
Taylor/Sony: Mar16
Willcocks/EMI: Jul08

Five Tudor Portraits
Steinberg/Albion: Aug12
Wetton/Hyperion: Aug99
Willcocks/EMI: Feb03 Nov10

The Turtle Dove (trad. arr.)
Brewer/Hyperion: Jan07
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08
McCreesh/Signum: Oct17
van Reyn/Etcetera: Apr16
Short/Signum: Jan12

The Twenty-third Psalm
Hickox/Chandos: Feb99 Jun99 Apr11

The unquiet grave
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Valiant-for-truth
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13
Darlington/Nimbus: July12
Hickox/Chandos: Feb99 Jun99 Apr11
Nicholas/Delphian: Apr10 Sept10
Ogden/Naxos: Nov12
Scott/Resonus: Jan18
Short/Signum: Sep18 Oct18 Mar19
Steynor/Guild: Oct03 Jan04
Vann/Albion: review review

A Vision of Aeroplanes
Baker/Hyperion: Jul05
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13
Spicer/Somm: Sept16

The Voice of the Whirlwind
Brown/Naxos: May10 Feb13
Lloyd-Jones/Naxos: Jan06 Feb06

Ward, the pirate
London Madrigal/EMI: Nov08

Wassail Song
Baccholian/EMI: Jul08

Whitsunday Hymn
Harper/Alto: Oct12
Willcocks/EMI: Feb03 Nov10 June11

The willow song
Sirenes/Albion: Feb17
Suhubiette/Hortus: Jan11

Willow Wood
Lloyd-Jones/Naxos: Jan06 Feb06

In Windsor forest
Willcocks/Albion: Sept09
EMI/EMI: Nov10

The winter is gone
Broadbent/Albion: Sept09
McCreesh/Signum: Oct17

The world it went well
Vann/Albion: Aug18

 

 

 



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