Latest Updates - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

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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).

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

This is somewhat of a 'Greatest Hits' compilation of tracks previously released on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca, as for example with this Gabrieli Consort recording of O Magnum Mysterium under Paul McCreesh.
[YouTube Video]

I expect I will find others of these tracks which I already have on the original labels.

As with all good 'Greatest Hits' records, the choice is from some wonderful performances. classical-choice.de describes the series as "an inexpensive series for classical music beginners and the curious".