In Tribute – For Armistice Day #2645
. . . during unsettled times of trial, some have offered the ultimate sacrifice.
Hour 1
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: For lo, I raise up –Cathedral Choir/Christopher Gray; Luke Bond (1887 Willis/Truro Cathedral, England) Regent 451
EDWARD BAIRSTOW: Lord, I call upon Thee –Abbey Schola Cantorum/Simon Bell; Carleton Etherington (1997 Jones/Tewkesbury Abbey, England) Regent 543
EDWARD ELGAR (arr. Grace): For the Fallen, Op. 80, no. 3, fr The Spirit of England -John Challenger (1877 Willis-2006 Harrison/Salisbury Cathedral, England) Regent 463
ALAN GRAY: The Dead, fr 1914 –Cathedral Choir/Barry Rose; Gavin Williams (1899 Harrison-1961 Rushwordh & Dreaper/Guildford Cathedral, England) Guild 7110
MARK BLATCHLY: For the Fallen –Abbey Choir/Huw Williams; Shean Bowers (1987 Klais/Bath Abbey, England) Regent 569
MARCEL DUPRE: Poeme héroique, Op. 33 –Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Brass Ensemble/David Bowden; Daniel McKinley (1942 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Christian Church, Columbus, IN) Naxos 8.553922
FRANCIS POULENC: Priez pour Paix –Kirstin Chávez, mezzo-soprano; Mark Baumann (1966 Kern/Cathedral Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, Strasbourg, France) IFO Classics 00 417
PAUL FISHER: A requiem for times of war and destruction –Proteus Ensemble/Stephen Shellard; Richard Cook (2008 Tickell/Worcester Cathedral, England) Regent 520
Filler – BAIRSTOW (see above)
Hour 2
JOHANN NEPOMUK DAVID: Fantasia, L’homme armé –Wolfgang Stockmeier (1981 Weyland/Holy Spirig Church, Olpe-Biggesee, Germany) cpo 999 042
JEHAN ALAIN: Litanies –Marie-Claire Alain (1750 Valtrin/St. Christophe Basilica/Belfort, France) Erato 88194
JEAN LANGLAIS: Kyrie, fr Mass Grant us thy peace –Gloria Dei Cantores Ensemble/Elizabeth Patterson; James Jordan (Skinner-Barden/Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA) Gloria Dei Cantores 041
FRANCIS POTT: Amen, fr The Cloud of Unknowing –Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse; Jeremy Filsell (1995 Marcussen/Tonbridge School Chapel, Kent, England) Signum 105
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Cypres et Lauriers, Op. 156 –Philharmonia Orchestra/Djong Victorin Yu; Nicolas Kynaston (1949 Harrison/Royal Festival Hall, London, England) Carlton 30366 00012
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lord, thou hast been our refuge –Simon Lenton, trumpet; Cathedral Choir/Andrew Lumsden; George Castle (1854 Willis-2023 Harrison/Winchester Cathedral, England) Regent 437
Filler – DUPRE (see above)
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