Choir of Ely Cathedral, Gerald Gifford, organ, Arthur Wills, conductor (1st-7th works) ; Choir of Westminster Abbey, Timothy Farrell, organ, Douglas Guest, conductor (8th-15th works)
Sacred mixed choruses; 1st-6th, 8th-13th and 15th with organ, 7th and 14th unacc.; 1st and 15th originally with orchestral acc.; 3rd arr. from the intermezzo in Bizet's incidental music for L'arlésienne; 8th originally with brass acc.
Collection previously released in 1994; 8th-15th works originally released by Polydor on analog disc 2383267 and cassette 3170167, p1974.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Lewis Foreman (11 p.) inserted in container.
Recorded in Ely Cathedral, 1973 (1st-7th works), and in Westminster Abbey, 1974 (8th-15th works).
Sung principally in English (1st work translated from German); 3rd work in Latin.
How lovely is Thy dwelling place : from A German requiem / Brahms -- Brother James' air / Bain ; arr. Humphris -- Agnus Dei / Bizet ; arr. Humphris -- Te Deum in B flat ; Jubilate / Stanford -- Turn Thy face from my sins / Attwood -- The carol of King Canute / Wills -- Confortare / Parratt -- Sanctus / Alcock -- O praise God / Dyson -- Let my prayer come up into Thy presence / Bairstow -- Gloria in excelsis / Stanford -- O Lord, our Governor / Willan -- Sanctus from Mass in G minor ; Festival Te Deum / Ralph Vaughan Williams