Classic Hymns

~ Release by CBSO Chorus, CBSO Brass, Simon Halsey (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Praise, My Soul
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven!
lyricist:
Henry Francis Lyte
additional composer:
Alan Gray (organist and composer)
composer:
Sir John Goss
Sir John Goss2:42
2St. Patrick's Breastplate (arr. Stanford)
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
St Patrick's Breastplate
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander
composer:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer) (in 1902)
[anonymous]4:46
3Herzliebster Jesu "Ah, Holy Jesu, How Thou Has Offended" (arr. J.S. Bach)
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
Johannes Crüger3:43
4German Psalter: The Duteous Day Now Closes
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
[anonymous]2:45
5Pange lingua
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
[anonymous]2:56
6Tallis's Canon "Glory to Thee, My God"
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Glory to thee, my God, this night ("Tallis Canon")
lyricist:
Thomas Ken (cleric and hymn writers)
composer:
Thomas Tallis (composer)
Thomas Tallis2:38
7Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (hymn, with tune “Love Divine”)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Stainer
is based on:
Love Divine (hymn tune, no lyrics)
is based on:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (hymn, no specified tune)
Sir John Stainer2:30
8Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley3:13
9The Lord Is My Shepherd
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Crimond (The Lord’s my shepherd) (Psalm 23)
additional composer:
William Baird Ross
composer:
Jessie Seymour Irvine
Jessie Seymour Irvine2:49
10O Thou Who Camest From Above
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
O thou who camest from above
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer)
composer:
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 431)
is based on:
Hereford (Hymn tune)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley2:39
11For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest "Sine nomine"
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
For All the Saints (tune: Sine nomine)
lyricist:
Bishop William Walsham How
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:45
12Jerusalem "And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time"
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
Sir Hubert Parry2:31
13We Plough the Fields and Scatter
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz2:24
14My Song Is Love Unknown
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
My song is love unknown (Hymn)
lyricist:
Samuel Crossman (Hymn-writer)
composer:
John Ireland (English composer)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 86)
part of:
The Way of the Cross (Book)
John Ireland2:56
15Abide With Me
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Abide With Me (Set to tune ‘Eventide’)
lyricist:
Henry Francis Lyte (in 1847)
composer:
William Henry Monk (in 1861)
is based on:
Abide With Me (hymn without specified tune)
William Henry Monk3:58
16Lord of the Dance
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Lord of the Dance
lyricist:
Sydney Carter (in 1963)
composer:
Joseph Brackett (in 1848)
publisher:
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
is based on:
Simple Gifts
Sydney Carter2:37
17New English Hymnal No. 297: Lord Jesus Christ
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
Peter Appleford1:40
18St. Gertrude "Onward, Christian Soldiers"
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Onward, Christian Soldiers
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1865)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (composer) (in 1871)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: V26738)
Sir Arthur Sullivan4:20
19St. Matthew Passion: O Haupt voll Blut und WundenJohann Sebastian Bach3:41
20The Hymnes and Songs of the Church: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Drop, drop, slow tears
lyricist:
Phineas Fletcher
composer:
Orlando Gibbons (composer)
part of:
The Way of the Cross (Book)
Orlando Gibbons1:30
21God Be in My HeadSir Henry Walford Davies1:44
22All My Hope on God Is Founded
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
Michael: "All my hope on God is founded"
lyricist:
Joachim Neander
composer:
Herbert Howells (composer) (in 1930)
translator:
Robert Bridges (poet)
Herbert Howells3:15
23O Praise Ye the Lord "Laudate Dominum"
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
CBSO Brass
conductor:
Simon Halsey (conductor)
recording of:
O Praise Ye the Lord!
lyricist:
Sir Henry Williams Baker
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 427)
Sir Hubert Parry3:08

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