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O God, Our Help in Ages Past

William Croft (ST ANNE)

Recording

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Huw Williams (organ), John Scott

Album
Remembrance
Year
2003
Length
Period
Hymn

Painting

Thomas Cole

View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838

Cleveland Museum of Art


Periods

From chant to the present

Library

73 recordings, newest first

  1. Today

    O God, Our Help in Ages Past

    William Croft (ST ANNE).

    St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Huw Williams (organ), John Scott

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  2. Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber

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  3. Os justi, WAB 30

    Anton Bruckner.

    Tenebrae, Nigel Short

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  4. Nuper rosarum flores

    Guillaume Du Fay.

    Pomerium, Alexander Blachly

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  5. They are at rest

    Edward Elgar.

    Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell

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  6. Stephan Genz (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)

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  7. Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1 (British Isles): The Salley Gardens

    Traditional (Irish), arr. Benjamin Britten.

    Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)

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  8. Messiah, HWV 56: He shall feed his flock

    George Frideric Handel.

    Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Clare Wilkinson (contralto)

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  9. In stiller Nacht (14 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 34: No. 8)

    Traditional (German), arr. Johannes Brahms.

    RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed

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  10. Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”

    Ralph Vaughan Williams.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

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  11. The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

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  12. For All the Saints

    Ralph Vaughan Williams (SINE NOMINE).

    Wells Cathedral Choir, Rupert Gough (organ), Malcolm Archer

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  13. Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

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  14. The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton

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  15. Collegium Vocale Gent, La Chapelle Royale, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe

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  16. Mihi autem nimis

    Thomas Tallis.

    The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

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  17. Pange lingua gloriosi

    Gregorian chant.

    Chœur grégorien de Paris, Xavier Chancerelle

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  18. A Hymn to the Virgin

    Benjamin Britten.

    Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer

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  19. Gothic Voices, Christopher Page

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  20. Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

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  21. Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson

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  22. O Waly, Waly

    Traditional (English), arr. Benjamin Britten.

    Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)

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  23. Te Deum laudamus

    Gregorian chant.

    Schola Hungarica, László Dobszay, Janka Szendrei

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  24. Mass in C minor, K. 427: Kyrie

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, Carolyn Sampson (soprano)

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  25. O sacrum convivium

    Olivier Messiaen.

    Choir of Clare College, Graham Ross

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  26. Magnificat

    Arvo Pärt.

    Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier

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  27. Veni sponsa Christi

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, George Guest

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  28. The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood

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  29. We Gather Together

    Trad. Dutch melody (KREMSER), arr. Stephen Paulus.

    Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland

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  30. London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

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  31. An Acre of Land

    Traditional (English), arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.

    Holst Singers, Stephen Layton

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  32. Lazar Berman

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  33. Awake, my soul, and with the sun

    François-Hippolyte Barthélémon (MORNING HYMN).

    Choir of Norwich Cathedral, Katherine Dienes-Williams (organ), David Dunnett

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  34. This is the record of John

    Orlando Gibbons.

    Charles Daniels (tenor), Fretwork, Magdalena Consort, Peter Harvey

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  35. Chor der Benediktinerinnen, Abtei Unserer Lieben Frau, Varensell

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  36. The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen

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  37. Chants d'Auvergne: Baïlèro

    Traditional (Auvergne), arr. Joseph Canteloube.

    Véronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus

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  38. The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park

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  39. Quatuor Mosaïques

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  40. Ave maris stella

    Gregorian chant.

    Chœur des moines de l'Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, Dom Richard Gagné

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  41. Ca' the yowes

    Traditional (Scottish), arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.

    Holst Singers, Stephen Layton, Ian Bostridge (tenor)

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  42. The Seasons, Op. 37a: October (Autumn Song)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

    Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

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  43. O viridissima virga

    Hildegard of Bingen.

    Gothic Voices, Christopher Page

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  44. Eternal Father, Strong to Save

    John Bacchus Dykes (MELITA).

    Choir of Llandaff Cathedral, Richard Moorhouse

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  45. Factum est silentium

    Richard Dering.

    Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (organ)

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  46. Peter Donohoe (piano), Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths

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  47. Locus iste, WAB 23

    Anton Bruckner.

    Polyphony, Stephen Layton

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  48. Officium defunctorum: Versa est in luctum

    Tomás Luis de Victoria.

    Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill

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  49. Takács Quartet, Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)

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  50. Like as the Hart

    Herbert Howells.

    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Iain Farrington (organ), Christopher Robinson

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  51. Corydon Singers, Matthew Best

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  52. Sicut cervus

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

    The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

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  53. New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

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  54. Spiegel im Spiegel

    Arvo Pärt.

    Benjamin Hudson, Jürgen Kruse

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  55. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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  56. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

    Trad. French melody (PICARDY).

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

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  57. Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

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  58. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

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  59. Yo-Yo Ma

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  60. Ave verum corpus, K. 618

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Vivian, Stephen Cleobury

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  61. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

    Martin Luther (EIN FESTE BURG), arr. John Rutter.

    The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia Brass, John Scott (organ), John Rutter

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  62. Greensleeves

    Traditional (English).

    The King's Singers

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  63. If ye love me

    Thomas Tallis.

    The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

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  64. Heather Harper, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks

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  65. Sviatoslav Richter

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  66. Salve Regina

    Gregorian chant.

    Coro de Monjes del Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos, Francisco Lara

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  67. Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

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  68. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, BWV 147

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks

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  69. Shenandoah

    Traditional (American), arr. Bob Chilcott.

    The King's Singers

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  70. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Glenn Gould

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  71. Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

    The Tallis Scholars & Peter Phillips

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  72. Be Thou My Vision

    Trad. Irish melody (SLANE).

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Sioned Williams

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  73. The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

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