1. Martin Luther: Chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [0:50]
2-9. J.S. Bach, arranged by W.F. Bach: Cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 [24:37]
[3: Neal Davies (Bass), Frances Norbury (Oboe); 4: Neal Davies (Bass); 5: Mary Bevan (Soprano); 7: Nicholas Mulroy (Tenor); 8: Robin Blaze (Counter-tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (Tenor), Rachel Chaplin (Oboe da caccia), Margaret Fautless (Violin)]
10. Johann Crüger: Chorale Nun danket alle Gott [0:37]
11-16. J.S. Bach: Cantata Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 [13:11]
[12: Robin Blaze (Counter-tenor), Frances Norbury (Oboe); 14: Neal Davies (Bass); 15: Mary Bevan (Soprano), Neal Davies (Bass)]
17. Georg Neumark: Chorale Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten [0:49]
18-21: F. Mendelssohn: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, MVW A 7 [11:48]
[20: Mary Bevan (Soprano)]
22. Martin Luther: Chorale Mit Freud und Freud ich fahr dahin [0:45]
23-26. J. Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben?, Op.74, No.1 [10:31]
27. William Croft: Chorale O God, our help in ages past [0:31]
28. R. Vaughan Williams: Lord, thou hast been our refuge Holly Holt [8:04]
[Holly Holt (Soprano); Catherine Clark (Mezzo-soprano); Jackson Riley (Tenor); Christopher Holliday (Bass); Paul Sharp (Trumpet); Nicholas Morris (Organ)] |
Soloists: Soprano: Mary Bevan; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Nicholas Mulroy; Bass: Neal Davies
CCCC: Sopranos: Eleanor Carter, Lydia Allain Chapman, Ruth Keogh Connelly, Rachel Haworth, Holly Holt, Jessica Kinney, Matilda Mills, Eleanor Smith, Anna Tindall; Altos: Harriet Caisley, Catherine Clark, Rhea Gupta, Joseph Payne, Rosie Taylor, Mark Williams [excluding Mendelssohn]; Tenors: Laurence Booth-Clibborn [excluding Bach], Harry Castle, Joshua Cleary, Nils Greenhow [Bach only], Jonathan Nicolaides, Alexander Porteous, Jackson Riley; Basses: Thomas Ashton, Leopold Benedict, Toby Hession, Christopher Holliday, Harry Hudson,Toby Matimong; Organ Nicholas Morris [28]
Clare Baroque: Margaret Fautless [Leader & Violin]; Violins 1: Margaret Faultless [8], Rachel Stroud, Anna Curzon, Alison Bury*, Jamie Campbell*, Florence Cooke*; Violins 2: Jane Gordon, Claudia Norz, Davina Clarke*, Carol Hawkey*; Violas: Nicholas Logie, Marina Ascherson*, Martin Kelly*; Cellos: Andrew Skidmore, Catherine Rimer*; Double-bass: Carina Corsgrave; Oboes: Frances Norbury [3, 12], Katharina Spreckelsen, Rachel Chaplin [8]; Bassoon: Zoe Shevlin; Horns: Ursula Paludan Monberg, Nicholas Benz; Trumpets: Paul Sharp [28], John Hutchins, Stephen Cutting; Bass Trombone: Adrian France; Timpani: Jude Carlton; Organ: Stephen Farr [12: harpsichord]; Harpsichord: James Johnstone
*Mendelssohn only
[3, 8, 12, 28] instrumental soloist
Chamber organ by Robin Jennings 2005 [8’ stopped diapason, 4’ principal, 4’ stopped flute, fifteenth]; Harpsichord by Malcolm Greenhalgh 2005, Franco/Flemish |
Recorded at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London, England.
Sessions Producer, Recording Engineer & Editor: John Rutter; Publishers: Graham Ross [1, 10, 17, 22], Carus [2-9, 11-16, 18-21], Edition Peters [23-26], Canterbury Press Norwich [27], J. Curwen & Sons Ltd [28].
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