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Music for Christian classical education

A recording each day, made for leisure.

Periods

Hymn

Congregational hymns and their tunes, sung by ordinary people for centuries. Most recordings here are by cathedral and college choirs, and many of the texts are worth learning by heart.

4 recordings

Near Newport by John Frederick Kensett

John Frederick Kensett

Near Newport, 1869

Art Institute of Chicago

Recordings

4 recordings, by composer

  1. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

    Martin Luther (EIN FESTE BURG).

    John Rutter, John Scott, City of London Sinfonia

  2. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

    Plainsong (VENI EMMANUEL).

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

  3. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

    Trad. French melody (PICARDY).

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

  4. Be Thou My Vision

    Trad. Irish melody (SLANE).

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