Best Loved Hymns

by Stephen Cleobury, Wallace Collection, King's College Choir of Cambridge

Overview

The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge owes its existence to King Henry VI, who instigated the daily singing of services in his chapel for both entertainment and worship. Known the world over, the ensemble is still representing an important tradition that has been around since the beginning of the College in 1448. Predominantly engaged today for singing religious services, they have garnered international fame with their incredible performances and enthusiastic renditions of popular choral music. Conducted by Stephen Cleobury, the choir performs a selection of works that is challenging, yet very accessible to those not familiar with these hymns. Accompanied by Sioned Williams on harp, Benjamin Bayl, and Thomas Williamson on organ, the sheer power and beauty of the ensemble's range complement the darker textures portrayed by the instrumentalists. Such traditional works as "Morning Has Broken," and "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" grace the album with their simplicity, as well as the tender "The Lord's My Shepherd," and the triumphant "All People That On Earth Do Dwell." Performing with precision and clarity, the ensemble is sure to please aficionados of classic choral music. This will be considered a milestone of the genre for years to come.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/27/2001
Label:	Emi Classics / Emi Music Distribution / Warner Classics
UPC:	0724355702623
Rank:	34224

Tracks

1. All my hope on God is founded (tune: Michael), for chorus
2. Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
3. Morning Has Broken, song (Tune: Bunessan)
4. Come Down, O Love Divine, hymn ("Down Ampney")
5. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein feste Burg)
6. O what their joy and their glory must be
7. When I survey the wondrous Cross, hymn (Rockingham)
8. Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: Repton), anthem
9. Be Thou My Vision
10. The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended (Tune: St. Clement)
11. Let all mortal flesh keep silence, for chorus & organ (Picardy)
12. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
13. My song is love unknown, hymn for chorus
14. Brother James' Air
15. Thine be the glory, hymn (tune after Handel) (Maccabaeus)
16. Drop, drop, slow tears, hymn (from "The Hymnes and Songs of the Church")
17. Glorious things of thee are spoken (tune: Abbot's Leigh), hymn
18. All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stephen Cleobury   Primary Artist,Conductor,Descant,Choir Director
Wallace Collection   Primary Artist,Ensemble
King's College Choir of Cambridge   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Choir/Chorus
Thomas Bullard   Baritone (Vocal)
Tom Williamson   Organ,Organ
Robert Farley   Trumpet
Michael Lloyd   Trombone
Roy Bilham   Trumpet
Simon Gunton   Trombone
Sioned Williams   Harp
Christopher Davies   Horn
Benjamin Bayl   Organ
Richard Baylis   Horn
Kevin Hathway   Timpani
Emma Roberts   Horn
Martin Owen   Horn
John Wallace   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Sasha Gusov   Photography
Richard Hale   Technical Engineer
Peter Abelard   Text,Composer
Darren Rumney   Design
Orlando Gibbons   Composer
Louis Bourgeois   Composer
Sally Drew   Editing
Cyril Taylor   Composer
J.M. Neale   Translation
Edmond Budry   Text,Composer
Samuel Crossman   Text
Mary Byrne   Translation
William Kethe   Text
Catherine Winkworth   Translation
Robert Bridges   Text,Composer
Henry Francis Lyte   Text,Composer
R.F. Littledale   Translation
Samuel Webbe   Composer
Richard Abram   Booklet Editor
Joachim Neander   Text,Composer
John Ellerton   Text,Composer
Martin Luther   Composer
Phineas Fletcher   Text
John Greenleaf Whittier   Text
Richard Hoyle   Text
Bianco da Siena   Text
John Ireland   Composer
Tom Williamson   Organ Scholar
King's College Choir of Cambridge   Performer
Benjamin Bayl   Organ Scholar
Kerry Brown   Production Assistant
Roy Douglas   Composer
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Hubert Parry   Composer
Mike Cox   Technical Engineer
Christopher Palmer   Arranger,Adaptation
Herbert Howells   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Stephen Johns   Arranger,Producer
Stephen Jackson   Composer
John Newton   Text,Composer
Simon Rhodes   Balance Engineer
Stephen Cleobury   Arranger,Composer,Liner Notes
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Isaac Watts   Text,Composer
Eleanor Farjeon   Text,Composer
Wallace Collection   Performer
Ralph Vaughan Williams   Arranger,Composer
John Gross   Composer
John Rutter   Arranger
Edward Miller   Composer