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Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann, Joshua Ryan & Richard Horne – I Vow to Thee, My Country (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:16 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
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SOMM RECORDINGS announces the release of I Vow to Thee, My Country, believed to be the first recording to feature all of Gustav Holst’s sacred choral music, by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea directed by William Vann, with organist Joshua Ryan and Richard Horne on tubular and bass bells.
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Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea & William Vann – In Remembrance (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:28 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the centenary anniversary year of the end of the First World War and on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, SOMM Recordings pays tribute to those who fought and fell in battle with In Remembrance. A moving compendium of music spanning 130 years, it features the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Choir of Chelsea Pensioners, Staff and Volunteers, sopranos Katy Hill and Leah Jackson, baritone Gareth John and organists James Orford and Hugh Rowlands under the direction of William Vann. Founded in 1682 by King Charles II, the Royal Hospital is home to the world-famous Chelsea Pensioners – retired veterans of the British army – whose contributions on three tracks adds its own special poignancy to In Remembrance. Moving choral works commemorating courage and offering comfort by Hubert Parry (his anthemic Jerusalem), Gustav Holst (the stirring I Vow to Thee, My Country) and Edward Elgar (his serene partsong They are at rest) are heard alongside equally affecting pieces by their contemporaries and successors, Charles Villiers Stanford, John Ireland, Douglas Guest and Charles Harris.
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Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea – Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Christmas (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:14 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Classical
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This recording focusses on arrangements made by Vaughan Williams for The Oxford Book of Carols (1928), coupled with two later carols published by OUP. Many of the tunes are far from well-known and deserve a new audience. 10 of the 22 tracks are first recordings, but reserve the right to have overlooked one or two amidst the vast but very mixed heritage of recorded carols. The preface to The Oxford Book of Carols tells us that: “Variety in the method of singing is even more important than with hymns, and the verses should never be sung straight through all in the same way”. In this spirit the choir’s director, William Vann, has prepared the carols for recording with a mixture of accompanied, unaccompanied and solo verses. Few of these carols are likely to have been undertaken by a congregation; this recording by a choir of distinguished professional singers presents the carols at their best, supported by the Henry Willis organ of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, in half of the carols.
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Joshua Ryan, William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea – Vaughan Williams: Earth’s Wide Bounds (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:05 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
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The centerpiece here is the first complete recording of the Communion Service in G minor – the 1923 English translation and revision of the Latin Mass in G minor which had been published just a year earlier. In keeping with the 1662 Anglican communion service then in use, the Gloria comes at the end; the service begins with sung responses to the ten commandments, read for us here by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Five movements require a quartet as well as a double chorus.
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Joshua Ryan, William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea – Vaughan Williams: Earth’s Wide Bounds (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:05 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Albion
The centerpiece here is the first complete recording of the Communion Service in G minor – the 1923 English translation and revision of the Latin Mass in G minor which had been published just a year earlier. In keeping with the 1662 Anglican communion service then in use, the Gloria comes at the end; the service begins with sung responses to the ten commandments, read for us here by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Five movements require a quartet as well as a double chorus.
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Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann – The Reeds by Severn Side (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:45 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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SOMM Recordings announces the release of The Reeds by Severn Side, a ravishing collection of choral works by Edward Elgar, sung by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, led by director William Vann, accompanied by organist Joshua Ryan.
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