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O God, Thou art my God
Director of Music:
Christopher Robinson
Organ Scholar:
Philip Scriven
Ensemble:
Peter Scriven (Trumpet)
Record Label:
Lindenberg
Catalogue Number:
LBCD47
Release Date:
Sep 1995
God, thou art my God features psalms and psalm settings in the Anglican tradition. This CD demonstrates how composers such as Byrd, Purcell, Elgar, Howells and Berkeley have used the psalms as a rich quarry for texts suited to the composition of anthems and motets.
Notes:
Soloists: Christopher de la Hoyde, Iestyn Davies, Charles Hindley (Treble); Aric Prentice (Alto); Toby Watkin (Tenor); Reuben Thomas, William Clements (Bass);
Track Listing:
Psalm 150 , Stanford
Laudibus in sanctis , Byrd
Psalm 63, Boyce
O God, thou art my God, Purcell
Psalm 51, Wesley
Wash me throughly from my wickedness, Wesley
Turn thy face from my sins, Attwood
Cast me not away from thy presence, Wesley
Psalm 48, Elgar
Great is the Lord, Elgar
Psalm 42, Gregorian Chant
Like as the Hart, Howells
Psalm 23, Walford Davies
The Lord is my shepherd, Berkeley
Psalm 90, Ley / Soaper
Lord, Thou hast been our refuge, Vaughan Williams
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