English Church Music, Volume 1: Anthems and Motets

Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music of the past five centuries. The first volume, dedicated to anthems and motets, presents both favourite and lesser-known works, from the exceptional Renaissance polyphony of Taverner, Tallis, and Byrd, through the Restoration led by Purcell, to the glorious works of the great nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers, including Wesley, Elgar, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, and Howells. The volume contains a number of more substantial works, including Mendelssohn's Hear my prayer, Stainer's I saw the Lord, and Naylor's Vox dicentis: Clama, as well as a wonderful selection of shorter pieces, from Gibbons's O Lord, in thy wrath to Walton's Set me as a seal upon thine heart. With the second companion volume of canticles and responses, this bipartite collection presents a comprehensive survey of English sacred music at its best.

Rejoice in the Lord alway, Anon.
Jesu, the very thought of thee, Bairstow
Salvator mundi, Blow
O where shall wisdom be found?, Boyce
Ave verum Corpus, Byrd
Haec dies, Byrd
Justorum animae, Byrd
Sing joyfully, Byrd
They are at rest, Elgar
Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake, Farrant or Hilton
O clap your hands, Gibbons
O Lord, in thy wrath, Gibbons
These are they which follow the Lamb, Goss
Lord, let me know mine end, Greene
My song is love unknown, Hadley
Faire is the heaven, Harris
O how glorious is the kingdom, Harwood
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks, Howells
Greater love hath no man, Ireland
The souls of the righteous, Lewis
Hear my prayer, Mendelssohn
Nolo mortem peccatoris, Morley
Vox dicentis: Clama, Naylor
Ave Maria, Parsons
Ascendit Deus, Philips
Hear my prayer, O Lord, Purcell
I was glad when they said unto me, Purcell
Let mine eyes run down with tears, Purcell
Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Purcell
Remember not, Lord, our offences, Purcell
God so loved the world, Stainer
I saw the Lord, Stainer
Beati quorum via, Stanford
Coelos ascendit hodie, Stanford
How beauteous are their feet, Stanford
I heard a voice from heaven, Stanford
Justorum animae, Stanford
If ye love me, Tallis
Loquebantur variis linguis, Tallis
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, Tallis
O nata lux de lumine, Tallis
Dum transisset Sabbatum, Taverner
When David heard, Tomkins
O how amiable, Vaughan Williams
O taste and see, Vaughan Williams
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, Walton
Blessed be the God and Father, Wesley
Praise the Lord, O my soul, Wesley
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Wesley
Wash me throughly, Wesley
O thou the central orb, Wood