English Choral Classics

1. 1
   Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Thus spake Isaiah
   5:14
2. 2
   Walton: Belshazzar's Feast: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" (Baritone, Chorus)
   2:19
3. 3
   Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): By the waters of Babylon
   3:03
4. 4
   Walton: Belshazzar's Feast: "Babylon was a great city" (Baritone) - "In Babylon, Belshazzar the King" (Chorus)
   4:22
5. 5
   Walton: Belshazzar's Feast: "Praise ye the God of Gold" (Baritone, Chorus)
   5:13
6. 6
   Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Thus in Babylon the mighty city
   3:21
7. 7
   Walton: Belshazzar's Feast: "And in that same hour, as they feasted" (Baritone, Chorus)
   2:24
8. 8
   Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Then sing aloud to God our strength
   4:15
9. 9
   Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): The trumpeters and pipers are silent
   1:11
10. 10
    Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Then sing aloud to God our strength
    3:56
11. 11
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: Prelude
    10:03
12. 12
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: "Jesu Maria, I am near to death" (Gerontius)
    3:00
13. 13
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: "So pray for me … Kyrie eleison … Holy Mary, pray for him" (Gerontius, Chorus of Assistants)
    2:20
14. 14
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: "Rouse thee, my fainting soul … Be merciful, be gracious" (Gerontius, Assistants)
    3:39
15. 15
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: "Sanctus fortis, Santus Deus" (Gerontius)
    5:40
16. 16
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: "I can no more, for now, it comes again … Rescue him, O Lord … Novissima hora est" (Gerontius, Assistants)
    5:38
17. 17
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: "Proficiscere, anima Christiana … Go in the name of Angels" (Priest, Assistants)
    6:38
18. 18
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: Introduction
    2:07
19. 19
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "I went to sleep" (Soul of Gerontius)
    2:55
20. 20
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Another marvel … My work is done" (Soul, Angel)
    3:45
21. 21
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "It is a member of that family … All hail, my child and brother" (Soul, Angel)
    5:55
22. 22
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "But hark! upon my sense comes … Low-born clods of brute earth" (Soul, Angel, Chorus of Demons)
    1:33
23. 23
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Dispossessed, aside thrust" (Chorus of Demons)
    3:55
24. 24
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "I see not those false spirits" (Soul, Angel)
    1:49
25. 25
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "There was a mortal … Praise to the Holiest" (Angel, Soul, Chorus of Angelicals)
    5:59
26. 26
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "But hark! a grand mysterious harmony … And now the threshold" (Soul, Angel)
    1:19
27. 27
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Praise to the Holiest" (Angelicals)
    7:23
28. 28
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Thy judgement now is near" (Angel, Soul)
    2:14
29. 29
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Jesu! by that shuddering dread … I go before my judge … Be merciful, be gracious" (Angel of the Agony, Soul, Voices on Earth)
    5:48
30. 30
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Praise to his name! … Take me away … Lord, Thou hast been our refuge" (Angel, Soul, Souls in Purgatory)
    5:20
31. 31
    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul" (Angel, Angelicals, Souls)
    6:37
32. 32
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1, Symphony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
    5:19
33. 33
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recitative accompanied, "Comfort ye, my people" (Tenor)
    3:45
34. 34
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Air, "Every valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)
    3:41
35. 35
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus, "And the glory of the Lord"
    3:22
36. 36
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Recitative accompanied, "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (Bass)
    2:02
37. 37
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, Air, "But who may abide the day of His coming" (Bass)
    5:19
38. 38
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, Chorus, "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
    2:44
39. 39
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Recitative, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (Alto)
    0:33
40. 40
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, Air, "O thou that tellest good tiding to Zion" (Alto)
    7:00
41. 41
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recitative accompanied, "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)
    3:07
42. 42
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, Air, "The people that walked in darkness" (Bass)
    5:03
43. 43
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus, "For unto us a Child is born"
    4:44
44. 44
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13, Pifa (Pastoral Symphony. Larghetto e mezzo piano)
    4:46
45. 45
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14, Recitative, "There were shepherds abiding in the field … And lo, the angel of the Lord" (Soprano)
    0:52
46. 46
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, Recitative, "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)
    0:51
47. 47
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, Recitative accompanied, "And suddenly there was with the angel" (Soprano)
    0:24
48. 48
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Chorus, "Glory to God"
    2:27
49. 49
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Air, "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)
    4:59
50. 50
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Recitative, "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" (Alto)
    0:34
51. 51
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Duet, "He shall feed His flock like s shepherd" (Alto, Soprano)
    6:31
52. 52
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, Chorus, "His yoke is easy"
    2:38
53. 53
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Chorus, "Behold the lamb of God"
    3:41
54. 54
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, Air, "He was despised and rejected" (Alto)
    6:00
55. 55
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Chorus, "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"
    2:33
56. 56
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chorus, "And with His stripes we are healed"
    1:51
57. 57
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, Chorus, "All we like sheep have gone astray"
    4:34
58. 58
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, Recitative accompanied, "All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)
    0:51
59. 59
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, Chorus, "He trusted in God"
    2:17
60. 60
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Recitative accompanied, "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (Tenor)
    1:58
61. 61
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Arioso, "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow" (Tenor)
    2:04
62. 62
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, Recitative accompanied, "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)
    0:21
63. 63
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, Air, "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (Tenor)
    2:17
64. 64
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Chorus, "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
    3:36
65. 65
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34, Chorus, "The Lord gave the word"
    1:27
66. 66
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Air, "How beautiful are the feet" (Soprano)
    3:01
67. 67
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Chorus, "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
    1:45
68. 68
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, Air, "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)
    2:53
69. 69
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, Chorus, "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    2:18
70. 70
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Recitative, "He that dwelleth in heaven" (Tenor)
    0:17
71. 71
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)
    2:05
72. 72
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Chorus, "Hallelujah"
    4:42
73. 73
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 42, Air, "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)
    7:48
74. 74
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 43, Chorus, "Since by man came death"
    2:21
75. 75
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 44, Recitative accompanied, "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)
    0:47
76. 76
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Air, "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)
    4:17
77. 77
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Chorus, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
    4:09
78. 78
    Handel / Sargent: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Chorus, "Amen"
    3:36
79. 79
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 1. Recit.: And they came to a place named Gethsemane (tenor)
    1:25
80. 80
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 2. The Agony (Could ye not watch with me one brief hour?) (bass, choir, tenor) (Terence Clifford, baritone)
    6:12
81. 81
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 3. Processional to Calvary [introduction omitted] (Fling wide the gates!) (organ, choir, tenor)
    7:01
82. 82
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 4. Recit.: And when they were come (bass)
    0:47
83. 83
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 5. The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow) (choir & congregation)
    1:33
84. 84
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 6. Recit.: He made himself of no reputation (bass)
    1:13
85. 85
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 7. The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation (King ever glorious!) (tenor)
    4:04
86. 86
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 8. Recit.: And as Moses lifted up the serpent (bass)
    1:11
87. 87
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 9. Chorus (unacc.): God so loved the world
    3:37
88. 88
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 10. Litany of the Passion (Holy Jesu, by thy passion) (choir & congregation)
    3:05
89. 89
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 11. Recit.: Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them' (tenor, choir)
    0:47
90. 90
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 12. Duet: So thou liftest thy divine petition (bass, tenor)
    4:30
91. 91
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 13. The Mystery of the Intercession (Jesus, the crucified, pleads for me) (choir & congregation)
    4:17
92. 92
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 14. Recit.: And one of the malefactors (bass, voices in choir, choir) (Philip Mindenhall, bass; Terence Clifford, baritone)
    2:17
93. 93
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 16. Recit.: When Jesus therefore saw his mother (tenor, choir, bass)
    2:40
94. 94
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 17. Recit.: Is it nothing to you (bass)
    0:51
95. 95
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 18. The Appeal of the Crucified (From the throne of his cross) (choir)
    6:26
96. 96
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 19. Recit. and chorus: After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished (tenor, choir)
    2:03
97. 97
    The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 20. For the Love of Jesus (All for Jesus - all for Jesus) (choir & congregation)
    1:59
98. 98
    Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 1. On the Way to Jerusalem: When o'er the steep of Olivet (chorus)
    4:15
99. 99
    Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 2. Before Jerusalem: Recit.: Like a fair vision in the morning light (tenor, baritone)
    1:30
100. 100
     Maunder: Olivet to Calvary, Pt. 1: II. Before Jerusalem, 2. Recitative and Air, "O Jerusalem!" (Baritone)
     2:20
101. 101
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 3. In the Temple: Recit.: And Jesus entered into the temple of God (tenor, baritone)
     0:54
102. 102
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 3. In the Temple: Bow down thine ear, O Lord (chorus)
     3:58
103. 103
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: Not of this world the kingdom of our Lord (tenor)
     1:49
104. 104
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: 'Twas night o'er lonely Olivet (chorus)
     4:20
105. 105
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: He was despised and rejected of men (tenor)
     2:00
106. 106
     Maunder: Olivet to Calvary, Pt. 1: IV. The Mount of Olives, 4. Solo and Chorus, "Come unto him, all ye that labour" (Chorus, Baritone)
     1:57
107. 107
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: Hymn: Just as I am, without one plea (chorus, baritone)
     5:28
108. 108
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 5. A New Commandment: Recit.: And Jesus, knowing that his hour was come (baritone)
     1:33
109. 109
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 5. A New Commandment: Arietta: A new commandment give I unto you (baritone)
     2:32
110. 110
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 5. A New Commandment: O thou whose sweet compassion (semi-chorus)
     2:32
111. 111
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 6. Gethsemane: Recit.: And when they had sung a hymn (baritone)
     1:54
112. 112
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 6. Gethsemane: Hymn: Thy will be done, the saviour said (chorus, treble)
     2:31
113. 113
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 7. Betrayed and Forsaken: And while he yet spake (chorus)
     1:18
114. 114
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 7. Betrayed and Forsaken: Recit.: O was there ever loneliness like his! (tenor)
     2:07
115. 115
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 7. Betrayed and Forsaken: Air: Ye who sin, and ye who sorrow (tenor)
     3:24
116. 116
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 8. Before Pilate: Then came Jesus forth from the judgement hall (chorus, baritone)
     2:57
117. 117
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 9. The March to Calvary: The saviour king goes forth to die! (chorus)
     5:43
118. 118
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 10. Calvary: Recit.: And when they came to the place (baritone)
     2:23
119. 119
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 10. Calvary: Droop, sacred head (chorus)
     3:56
120. 120
     Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 10. Calvary: Hymn: Rock of ages, cleft for me (chorus)
     3:21

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