| Disc no. 1 |  | | Organ Music at Guildford Cathedral
Organ: Barry Rose
Ryemuse RO 7002 |
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| This little EP (extended play) has something of a ‘tourist shop' feel to it but the playing is excellent and the repertoire interesting — it's a pity Barry never made a full-scale organ solo LP at Guildford. Unfortunately this EP is no longer available. |
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| | Noël étranger | | Louis d'Aquin | |
| Air from Suite no. 3 in D | | J. S. Bach | |
| Chorale Prelude on the ‘Old 104th' | | C. H. H. Parry | |
| Tuba Tune | | C. S. Lang | |
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| Disc no. 2 |  | | Olivet to Calvary
Conductor: Barry Rose
Organ: Peter Moorse
John Mitchinson (Tenor), Frederick Harvey (Baritone)
EMI Classics for Pleasure CDCFP 4619 |
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| | This is the earliest commercial recording of the cathedral choir, recorded in November & December of 1964. Remarkably, the disc is still available in 1999, probably because it is the only recording in the current catalogue of the work in question. | |  
Recording session 1964 |
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| Disc no. 3 |  | | Britain's Cathedrals & their Music
Conductor: Barry Rose
Organ: Gavin Williams
BBC 1005M |
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| This rather unusual disc features two cathedral choirs — Guildford and Chichester. It was
issued by BBC Radio Enterprises (who says the BBC weren’t enterprising in those days?) as a spin-off to a radio series presented by the late John Betjeman (then Poet Laureate), he of “Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough” fame. The Guildford programme was broadcast on February
18th, 1966. We feature here only the contribution from Guildford. One small point of interest: the recording was produced by Sebastian Forbes, who was later to sing as an “occasional” alto in the cathedral choir and would eventually become Professor of Music at the University of Surrey. |
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| The bells of Guildford Cathedral (heard at the beginning and end of Side Two) are a Ring of 10, cast by the famous Whitechapel Bell Foundry. They are hung in the tower of the Cathedral, which is 160-feet high. Vigilant stone angels look out to the four corners of the Diocese and above them are the figures of St. Augustin, St. Hubert, St. Blaise and St. Swithin. At the very top of the tower and turning in the wind is the 15-feet high Guildford Golden Angel. In 1932, Sir Edward Maufe, the architect of Guildford Cathedral said: ‘...The ideal has been to produce a design, definitely of our own time, yet in the line of the great English Cathedrals; to build anew on tradition, to rely on proportion, mass, volume and line rather than on
elaboration and ornament’. How well he has succeeded in achieving this ideal can be confirmed by anyone who has been lucky enough to visit, at Guildford, the magnificent Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. [Original sleeve notes] |
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| | Hodie beata virgo | | William Byrd | |
| In pace, in idipsum | | William Blitheman | |
| Noël No. 10 in G major [organ] | | Louis d'Aquin | |
| Though I speak with the tongues of men | | Edward Bairstow | |
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| Disc no. 4 |  | | Treasury of English Church Music
Conductor: Barry Rose
Organ: Gavin Williams
Michael Vaile (Alto), Robert Hammersley (Tenor), John Barrow
(Baritone), Philip Mindenhall (Bass)
EMI Classics for Pleasure CDCFP 1459 |
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| It was a great honour for such a young cathedral choir to be invited to record the third volume of the Treasury series. This was probably the disc that really put Guildford ‘on the map', partly because it was a ‘serious' record and partly because the reviews were excellent. Original release catalogue number H.M.V. CLP 3549 (Mono), CSD 3549 (Stereo). |
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| | Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | | Henry Purcell | |
| O Lord my God | | Pelham Humfrey | |
| I will give thanks unto the Lord | | Henry Purcell | |
| O clap your hands together | | Maurice Greene | |
| Ascribe unto the Lord | | John Travers | |
| The heavens declare the glory of God | | William Boyce | |
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| Disc no. 5 |  | | Christmas Music from Guildford Cathedral
with the Pro Arte Orchestra
Conductor: Barry Rose
Organ: Gavin Williams
Keith Bennett (Treble), John Barrow (Baritone)
EMI CDM 764131 2 |
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Second cover | | This record was originally released in 1966, complete with a cover photo showing a half-finished Guildford Cathedral in the snow. The disc was re-released in the late seventies on the ‘HMV Greensleeve' label (ESD 7021), with its original B-side (the Hely-Hutchinson) as the A-side and a cover photo most definitely not of Guildford Cathedral. |
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| It is still available on CD and remains the only recording of the Carol Symphony in the catalogue. Original release catalogue number H.M.V. CLP 3580 (Mono), CSD 3580 (Stereo). |
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| Guildford Cathedral, with its splendid and natural recording acoustics, is the perfect setting for this programme of Christmas music. The Cathedral Choir, under the skilled direction of its
young conductor, Barry Rose, has, in the space of a few years, gained a reputation which places it in the forefront of ecclesiastical music-making. Mr. Rose reveals on this record that he is also a gifted orchestral conductor. [Original sleeve notes] |
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| | Carol Symphony [orchestral] | | Victor Hely-Hutchinson | |
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols | | Ralph Vaughan Williams | |
| All in the morning | | arr. Vaughan Williams | |
| Bethlehem Down | | Peter Warlock | |
| Adam lay ybounden | | Peter Warlock | |
| Wassail Song | | arr. Vaughan Williams | |
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| Disc no. 6 |  |  | Christmas Carols from Guildford Cathedral
Conductor: Barry Rose
Organ: Gavin Williams
Keith Bennett (Treble), Clifford Mould (Tenor), Robert
Hammersley (Tenor), John Barrow (Baritone)
EMI Classics for Pleasure CDCFP 1459 |
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Original cover | | This is the disc usually referred to at Guildford as the ‘Gold Disc', although the ‘gold' has long since turned to platinum. The original cover photo caused Dean George Clarkson to complain about the dirty fingernails of the boy model. It was re-released in 1976 with a new cover photo (this time with clean fingernail but the cassock the wrong way round) and has continued to sell happily ever since. Original release catalogue number MFP 1104 (Mono only). |
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| | Once in royal David's city | | Gauntlett | |
| God rest ye merry gentlemen | | Traditional | |
| While shepherds watched their flocks | | Ravenscroft | |
| See, amid the winter's snow | | Goss, arr. Lowman | |
| As with gladness men of old | | Kocher | |
| The first nowell the angels did say | | Trad., arr. Lowman | |
| Hark, the herald angels sing | | Mendelssohn | |
| It came upon the midnight clear | | Sullivan, arr. Lowman | |
| Silent night | | Gruber, arr. Rose | |
| Good King Wenceslas | | Traditional | |
| O little town of Bethlehem | | Trad., arr. Mould | |
| O come, all ye faithful | | Traditional, desc. Rose | |
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