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Table of Contents:

• O thou, the central orb / Charles Wood (4:41)
• Almighty and everlasting God / Orlando Gibbons (2:17)
• My eyes for beauty pine / Herbert Howells (2:27)
• Where Thou reignest / Franz Schubert (5:57)
• Locus iste / Anton Bruckner (2:58)
• Lord, I trust thee / G.F. Handel (2:20)
• Holy is the true light / William H. Harris (1:53)
• Solus ad victimam / Kenneth Leighton (4:39)
• God be in my head / John Rutter (1:50)
• Pray that Jerusalem / C.V. Stanford (2:38)
• When to the temple Mary went / Johannes Eccard (3:03)
• Thou knowest, Lord / Henry Purcell (2:13)
• Ave verum corpus / William Byrd (4:04)
• Awake, thou wintry earth / J.S. Bach (3:06)
• O quam gloriosum / Tomás Luis de Victoria (2:39)
• Nolo mortem peccatoris / Thomas Morley (3:03)
• Crux fidelis / John IV, King of Portugal (2:31)
• Evening hymn / H. Balfour Gardiner (6:42).

Author/Creator:

Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England) > Choir

Contributors:

Darlington, Stephen

Farr, Stephen

Wood, Charles, 1866-1926

Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625

Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Harris, William Henry, 1883-1973

Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988

Rutter, John, 1945-

Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924

Eccard, Johann, 1553-1611

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611

Morley, Thomas, 1557-1603?

John IV, King of Portugal, 1604-1656

Gardiner, H. Balfour (Henry Balfour), 1877-1950

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in English and Latin.

Main Work:

Oxford church anthems [Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England), Choir]

Included Works:

O Thou, the central orb [by Wood, C.]

Almighty and everlasting God [by Gibbons, O.]

My eyes for beauty pine [by Howells, H.]

Tages Weihe [by Schubert, F.] (English)

Locus iste [by Bruckner, A.]

Brockes-Passion [by Handel, G.F.] > Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte (arranged; English)

Holy is the true light [by Harris, W.H.]

Solus ad victimam [by Leighton, K.]

God be in my head [by Rutter, J.]

Hymns [by Stanford, C.V.] > Op. 113 > Pray that Jerusalem may have peace

Am Tage der Reinigung Mariä [by Eccard, J.] (English)

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58C [by Purcell, H.]

Gradualia, liber 1 [by Byrd, W.] > Ave verum corpus

Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott [by Bach, J.S.] > Dem wir das Heilig itzt (arranged; English)

Motets [by Victoria, T.L.d.] > (1572) > O quam gloriosum

Nolo mortem peccatoris [by Morley, T.]

Crux fidelis [by John IV, King of Portugal]

Evening hymn [by Gardiner, H.B.]

Related Works:

New church anthem book

Subjects:

Anthems

Motets

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Performers:

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford ; Stephen Darlington, director ; in part with Stephen Farr, organ.

General Notes:

Recorded at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, May 23-24, 1994.
Selections from: The New church anthem book (Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1992).
Program notes by Lionel Dakers and biographical notes on the performers in English, and texts, with English translations of Latin words, ([11] p.) in container.
Previously released as Nimbus NI 5440.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 135,936

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 717794570823
Publisher Number, Musical Heritage Society: 515708A

OCLC Numbers:

46966436