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The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge & George Guest: The Complete Argo Recordings | Decca 4831252

The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge & George Guest: The Complete Argo Recordings

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Label: Decca

Cat No: 4831252

Barcode: 0028948312528

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 42

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd June 2017

Contents

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Mass in C major, op.86

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Britten, Benjamin

A Ceremony of Carols, op.28
Missa Brevis, op.63
Rejoice in the Lamb, op.30

Caldara, Antonio

Crucifixus

Durufle, Maurice

Requiem, op.9

Faure, Gabriel

Cantique de Jean Racine, op.11
Requiem, op.48

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, 'Kleine Orgelmesse'
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:10 'Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida', 'Heiligmesse'
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, 'Theresienmesse'
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:13 'Schopfungmesse' (Creation Mass)
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:14 'Harmoniemesse'
Mass in C major, Hob.XXII:9 'Missa in tempore belli', 'Paukenmesse'
Mass in C major, HobXXII:8 'Missa Cellensis'

Haydn, Michael

Ave Regina

Langlais, Jean

Messe solennelle

Liszt, Franz

Missa Choralis, S10

Lotti, Antonio

Crucifixus

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K243
Mass in C major, K258 'Spaurmesse'
Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K321
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K339 (Solemn Vespers)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

Missa Assumpta est Maria
Missa Brevis
Missa Veni sponsa Christi
» Veni sponsa Christi (motet)

Peeters, Flor

Missa festiva, op.62

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Poulenc, Francis

Exultate Deo
Mass in G major
Salve Regina

Purcell, Henry

Funeral Sentences
Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D major, Z232

Scarlatti, Alessandro

Missa de Santa Cecilia

Schubert, Franz

Mass no.5 in A flat major, D678
Mass no.6 in E flat major, D950

Sheppard, John

Western Wynde Mass

Stainer, John

The Crucifixion

Tallis, Thomas

Missa Salve Intemerata

Victoria, Tomas Luis de

Ave Maria
O magnum mysterium
O quam gloriosum (mass)
O quam gloriosum (motet)
Requiem 1605

Vivaldi, Antonio

Gloria in D major, RV588
Gloria in D major, RV589

Artists

Choir of St John’s College Cambridge

Conductor

George Guest

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Mass in C major, op.86

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Britten, Benjamin

A Ceremony of Carols, op.28
Missa Brevis, op.63
Rejoice in the Lamb, op.30

Caldara, Antonio

Crucifixus

Durufle, Maurice

Requiem, op.9

Faure, Gabriel

Cantique de Jean Racine, op.11
Requiem, op.48

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, 'Kleine Orgelmesse'
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:10 'Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida', 'Heiligmesse'
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, 'Theresienmesse'
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:13 'Schopfungmesse' (Creation Mass)
Mass in B flat major, Hob.XXII:14 'Harmoniemesse'
Mass in C major, Hob.XXII:9 'Missa in tempore belli', 'Paukenmesse'
Mass in C major, HobXXII:8 'Missa Cellensis'

Haydn, Michael

Ave Regina

Langlais, Jean

Messe solennelle

Liszt, Franz

Missa Choralis, S10

Lotti, Antonio

Crucifixus

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K243
Mass in C major, K258 'Spaurmesse'
Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K321
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K339 (Solemn Vespers)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

Missa Assumpta est Maria
Missa Brevis
Missa Veni sponsa Christi
» Veni sponsa Christi (motet)

Peeters, Flor

Missa festiva, op.62

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Poulenc, Francis

Exultate Deo
Mass in G major
Salve Regina

Purcell, Henry

Funeral Sentences
Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D major, Z232

Scarlatti, Alessandro

Missa de Santa Cecilia

Schubert, Franz

Mass no.5 in A flat major, D678
Mass no.6 in E flat major, D950

Sheppard, John

Western Wynde Mass

Stainer, John

The Crucifixion

Tallis, Thomas

Missa Salve Intemerata

Victoria, Tomas Luis de

Ave Maria
O magnum mysterium
O quam gloriosum (mass)
O quam gloriosum (motet)
Requiem 1605

Vivaldi, Antonio

Gloria in D major, RV588
Gloria in D major, RV589

Artists

Choir of St John’s College Cambridge

Conductor

George Guest

About

In almost a quarter-century of recordings up to 1981, Decca’s Argo imprint established the Choir of St John’s College Cambridge under conductor George Guest as one of the leading choirs in the world, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with their collegiate rivals King’s College Cambridge, but with a distinctly vibrant, less ethereal sound and with a broader European repertoire.  The result: 42CDs, here proudly presented in their original jackets with extensive new editorial and photographs.

Mastered from the original tapes

Includes the first international Decca CD release of Langlais’s Messe Solennelle, Palestrina’s Missa brevis à 4, Flor Peeters’s Missa Festiva, Purcell’s Thy word is a Lantern, Z61, works by Casciolini, Gabrieli, Gesualdo, Banchieri, and two further CDs: 5 & 31

Extensive booklet notes with photographs from the College’s archives and from George Guest’s personal family archives

Contents:
CD 1: Hear My Prayer
CD 2: Tallis & Weelkes
CD 3: Stainer - The Crucifixion
CD 4: Twentieth Century Church Music
CD 5: English Cathedral Music 1770-1860 *
CD 6: Hymns for All Seasons
CD 7: Purcell - Music for the Chapel Royal
CD 8: Britten - A Ceremony of Carols, Rejoice in the Lamb, Missa brevis
CD 9: Haydn - Mass No.12 in B flat major "Theresienmesse"
CD 10: Monteverdi - Masses in Four Parts, Laudate pueri, Ut queant laxis
CD 11: Ascensiontide Service
CD 12: Haydn - Mass in B flat major "Harmoniemesse"
CD 13: Victoria - Requiem Mass, O magnum mysterium, Ave Maria
CD 14: Haydn - Heiligmesse
CD 15: A Meditation on Christ's Nativity
CD 16: Palestrina - Veni sponsa Christi
CD 17: Italian & English Church Music [*1st int’l Decca CD release of works by Casciolini, Gabrieli, Gesualdo, Banchieri]
CD 18: Haydn - "Creation" Mass
CD 19: Victoria - O quam gloriosum est regnum
CD 20: Haydn - Missa in tempore belli "Paukenmesse"; M. Haydn - Ave Regina
CD 21: O Sacrum Convivium: Modern French Church Music [*1st int’l Decca CD release of Langlais’s Messe solennelle]
CD 22: Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria, Missa brevis [*1st int’l Decca CD release of Palestrina’s Missa brevis]
CD 23: Purcell - Te Deum & Jubilate, Complete Funeral Sentences
CD 24: Liszt - Missa Choralis; Bruckner - Five Motets
CD 25: Beethoven - Mass in C, op.86
CD 26: Christmas at St John's
CD 27: Duruflé - Requiem
CD 28: Schubert - Mass in E flat, D950
CD 29: Purcell - Verse Anthems
CD 30: Fauré - Messe de Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
CD 31: The King Shall Rejoice & Other Chapel Royal Anthems *
CD 32: Poulenc - Mass in G, Exultate Deo, Salve Regina; Peeters - Missa Festiva [*1st int’l Decca CD release of Peeters’s Missa Festiva]
CD 33: Schubert - Mass in A flat, D678
CD 34: Bononcini - Stabat Mater; Lotti - Crucifixus; Caldara - Crucifixus
CD 35: Haydn - Mariazeller Mass, Little Organ Mass
CD 36: Psalms of Consolation and Hope
CD 37: A. Scarlatti - St Cecilia Mass
CD 38: Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
CD 39: Mozart - Mass in C, K258, Vesperae Solennes, K339
CD 40: Mozart - Vesperae, K321, Litaniae, K243
CD 41: Vivaldi - Gloria, RV588, Gloria, RV589
CD 42: Tallis - Mass "Salve Intemerata Virgo"; Sheppard - Mass "The Western Wind"

* = first international Decca CD release

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