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This album explores twentieth century English repertoire for choir accompanied by string orchestra and organ, with occasional augmentations for flute, harp, oboe, and piccolo. Of the two most substantial works, Frank Bridge’s A Prayer is recorded for the first time in the composer’s arrangement for organ and strings; while George Dyson’s hauntingly beautiful Hierusalem was written for a former organist of Emmanuel Church. Both pieces luxuriate in the building’s glowing acoustics, and the sturdy contributions of its vintage Walker organ |
| Disc No: GMCD 7200 | |
| Price: Sek. 157 | |
| Name: My beloved Spake Music for Strings & Voices | |
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| Composer | Opus | Name | Key | Performer |
| Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956 ) | God is gone up | The Hampstead Singers The Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra - Mark Denza Jeremy Filsell, Organ Gary Woolf, Flute Hannah Garner, Soprano Jonathan English, Tenor | ||
| Rutter, John (b.1945) | Musica Dei donum | |||
| Hadley, Patrick (1899-1973) | My beloved spake | |||
| Rutter, John (b.1945) | Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace | |||
| Dyson, George (1883-1964) | Hierusalem | |||
| Rutter, John (b.1945) | A Choral Amen | |||
| Bridge, Frank (1879-1941) | A Prayer | |||
| Rutter, John (b.1945) | O be joyful in the Lord | |||
| Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) | Ave Maria (arr: Mark Denza) | |||
| Rutter, John (b.1945) | O how amiable are thy dwellings | |||
| Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956 ) | Magnificat (arr: Denis Williams) | |||
| Rutter, John (b.1945) | The Lord bless you and keep you |