THE ENGLISH ANTHEM COLLECTION 4CD

THE ENGLISH ANTHEM COLLECTION

A unique 450-year anthology
Magdalena College Choir, Oxford
Director Dr John Harper

Anthology of English Anthems, 1540 - 1870 Volume 1

35 anthems in date order inc. 4 by Byrd, 3 by Tallis, 2 each by Gibbons Weelkes and Tomkins, 1 each by Farmer, van Wilder, Tye, Sheppard, Farrant, Blow, 4 by Purcell, 2 each by Ouseley and Wesley, 1 each by Croft, Greene, Boyce, Battishill, Attwood and Stainer. 2 CD(s)

Anthology of English Anthems 1871 - 1990 Volume ll

32anthems in date order inc. 3 each by Wood, Howells, and Bennett, 2 each by Stanford, Harvey, Harper and Leighton, and 1 each by Parry, Ireland, Vaughan-Williams, Finzi, Holst, Walton, Stewart , Rose, Joubert, Britten, Harris, Lennox Berkeley and John Tavener. 2 CD(s)

See RRC2030 and 2031 for track listings

Top Recommendation
Penguin Guide

"This anthology strikes a blow for progress. Most musicians, pressed to nominate a Golden Age of English Church music, would plump for the Elizabethans... The musical but previously uninformed listener to these records, however; may emerge with a very different impression...The English anthem comes of age at last"
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