Latest Updates - Boris Ord

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

All tracks are archive recordings, including from 78s, some of which can be found on 45Worlds:
Ding, Dong, Merrily On High
Mass In Four Parts by William Byrd
O Lord, Arise (Weelkes) - Columbia L.X. 1383
Magnificat 'Collegium Regale' (Howells) L.X. 1572
Cast Me Not Away From Thy Presence (Wesley) L.X.1609

The exact recording of Howells' magnificent Magnificat “Collegium Regale”, which was written for the choir in 1945, is on YT. The photo shows Boris Ord leading the choir:

[YouTube Video]

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

Thanks Phil, don't know how I missed those details!

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Comment by PhilMH:

Should be Australia rather than Europe (unless Universal in Europe imported this for regional distribution, in which case it should be made International), and 2002 rather than 2000, per the copyright date on the back of the booklet.

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

The material here was previously released on Decca LP albums, and was subsequently released as a CD on Decca Eloquence 461 452-2

The Evening Canticles are Gibbon's Second Service setting in A♭, despite the inlay text describing them as from the "Short Service" settings (in F).