Lord Build This House

Track Listings

1. Yes the Lord Is Good

2. Take up Your Cross

3. Never Alone

4. I Am Thine

5. God Is Great

6. Jahweh Is God/Give Thanks

7. Lord Build This House

8. Power in His Blood

9. Savior of My Soul

10. New Wine

11. Only You

12. Victory

13. Instrumental Medley Reprise

Lord Build This House, Music, Voices Of Joy, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel, Gospel/Christian Music

Psalms of David Complete
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Psalms of David Complete
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Binding: Audio CD

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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

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Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

A- for effort.......2006-02-23

This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

What can you say?.......2003-01-03

I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

Tracks:

Yes the Lord Is Good
Take up Your Cross
Never Alone
I Am Thine
God Is Great
Jahweh Is God/Give Thanks
Lord Build This House
Power in His Blood
Savior of My Soul
New Wine
Only You
Victory
Instrumental Medley Reprise

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Manufacturer: Priory Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1993-10-11

Tracks:

Psalm 27: The Lord Is My Light And My Salvation
Psalm 28: Unto Thee Will I Cry
Psalm 8: O Lord Our Governor
Psalm 33: Rejoice In The Lord O Ye Righteous
Psalm 34: I Will Alway Give Thanks Unto The Lord
Psalm 63: O God Thou Art My God
Psalm 48: Great Is The Lord And Highly To Be Praised
Psalm 49: O Hear Ye This All Ye People
Psalm 59: Deliver Me From Mine Enemies O God
Psalm 82: God Standeth In The Congregation Of Princes
Psalm 83: Hold Not Thy Tongue, O God
Psalm 85: Lord Thou Art Become Gracious Unto Thy Land
Psalm 93: The Lord Is King And Hath Put On Glorious Apparel
Psalm 99: The Lord Is King Be The People Never So Impatient
Psalm 100: O Be Joyful In The Lord All Ye Lands
Psalm 109: Hold Not Thy Tongue O God Of My Praise
Psalm 127: Except The Lord Build The House
Psalm 116: I Am Well Pleased
Psalm 147: O Praise The Lord For It Is A Good Thing

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1. Yes the Lord Is Good
2. Take up Your Cross
3. Never Alone
4. I Am Thine
5. God Is Great
6. Jahweh Is God/Give Thanks
7. Lord Build This House
8. Power in His Blood
9. Savior of My Soul
10. New Wine
11. Only You
12. Victory
13. Instrumental Medley Reprise