| Disc no. 31 |
 | | The Beat is Irrelevant
(archive compilation)
Conductor: Barry Rose
Organ: Simon Preston, Peter Moorse, Gavin Williams, Anthony Froggatt
Old Choristers GCOC 1751 |
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| This compact disc is sold only as a companion to Simon Carpenter's book about the early years of the choir, The Beat is Irrelevant. The contents have been selected by Barry Rose from the enormous Guildford sound archive, which consists of over 200 ‘live' recordings on reel-to-reel tape. This is a unique collection, never before made publicly available. |
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| Disc no. 32 | |
 | Although this is essentially a re-issue of the 1970 disc of the same name, you should note that today's Guild Music has nothing to do with the long-defunct Guild Records.
Click on the button or on the cover photo to go to the Guild Music site, where you can order this disc direct. |
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| | Creator Spirit | | Bernard Naylor | |
| Festival Te Deum in C major | | William Mathias | |
| The Dead (from ‘1914') | | Alan Gray | |
| The Soldier (from ‘1914') | | Alan Gray | |
| Sacred Songs for Treble Voices (second set) | | Alan Ridout | |
| Vox dicentis: clama | | E. W. Naylor | |
| Nunc dimittis in F major | | George Dyson | |
| There is no rose of such virtue | | John Joubert | |
| Sacred Songs for Treble Voices (third set) | | Alan Ridout | |
| Ubi caritas et amor | | Brian Easdale | |
| Harvest Anthem | | Derek Bourgeois | |
| Faire is the heaven | | William H. Harris | |
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| Disc no. 33 | |
| This disc is essentially a re-issue of the old 1967 Music for Passiontide by a new company. Guild Music have done a marvellous job of re-mastering the original analogue recordings but apparently it was impossible to bring the Allegri Miserere up to an acceptable technical standard and so the piece was left out. An additional bonus is some newly recorded organ music by Dupré, played by Jeremy Filsell. |
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| | Go to dark Gethsemane | | J. S. Bach | |
| Organ: four chorales | | Marcel Dupré | |
| Lord, hear my prayer | | William Byrd | |
| Organ: four chorales | | Marcel Dupré | |
| Miserere mei | | William Byrd | |
| Organ: Miserere mei, Op. 45 | | Marcel Dupré | |
| I would beside my Lord be watching | | J. S. Bach | |
| Organ: Four pieces from ‘Le Tombeau de
Titelouze', Op. 38 | | Marcel Dupré | |
| Drop, drop, slow tears | | Orlando Gibbons | |
| Organ: Four chorales | | Marcel Dupré | |
| Out of the deep have I called to Thee | | Thomas Morley | |
| Organ: Five chorales | | Marcel Dupré | |
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| Disc no. 34 | |
| We have no information at present on this 1997 double CD release. |
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| Disc no. 35 | |
| This 1998 release features a mixture of the traditional and the lighter side of Christmas. Nearly all the arrangements are new and most are “in-house”. |
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| | White Christmas | | Irving Berlin | |
| Past 3 o'clock | | arr. Charles Wood | |
| A child this day is born | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| We three Kings | | arr. Geoffrey Morgan | |
| God rest ye merry gentlemen | | arr. Timothy Woodford | |
| See amid the winter's snow | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| I wonder as I wander | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| Hark the herald angels sing | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| Deck the halls | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| Silent Night | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| De Virgin Mary had a baby boy | | arr. Malcolm Sargent | |
| Joy to the world | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| It came upon the midnight clear | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| Ding, dong merrily on high | | arr. Charles Wood | |
| A maiden most gentle | | arr. Roger Carter | |
| Rocking | | arr. David Willcocks | |
| As with gladness men of old | | arr. Geoffrey Morgan | |
| The shepherds' farewell | | Hector Berlioz | |
| Away in a manger | | arr. Philip Moore | |
| O come, all ye faithful | | arr. Andrew Millington | |
| White Christmas (reprise) | | Irving Berlin | |
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