No Tears in Glory

Track Listings

1. No Tears in Glory

2. Till I Die

3. Remember Me

4. For Your Tears I Died

5. Have Thine Own Way

6. I Love You for Being So Good

7. God Will Carry You Through

8. Bright Side Somewhere

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Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
All Glory, Laud and Honour - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Day of Resurrection - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
O God, Our Help in Ages Past - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Praise to the Holiest in the Height - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Praise to the Lord - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Church's One Foundation - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Crown Him With Many Crowns - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Now Thank We All Our God - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Abide with Me - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
O Praise Ye the Lord - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
Glory Be to Jesus - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
There Is a Green Hill Far Away - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
According to Thy Gracious Word - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
Glory to Thee, My God, This Night - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks

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Onward, Christian Soldiers - Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris
Lord's My Shepherd - Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah - Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris
All People That on Earth Do Dwell - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
Forty Days and Forty Nights - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
Head That Once Was Crown'd With Thorns - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
Rock of Ages - Choir of King's College, Maurice Vinden
Eternal Father, Strong to Save - Choir of King's College, Maurice Vinden
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
Be Thou My Vision - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
Be Still, My Soul - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
King of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
For All the Saints - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
O Worship the King - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus - Choir of King's College, George Guest
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Choir of King's College, George Guest
Spirit of Mercy, Truth, And Love - Choir of King's College, George Guest
Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us - Choir of King's College, George Guest
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise - Choir of King's College, George Guest
Jesu, Lover of My Soul - Choir of King's College, George Guest
Jerusalem - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of King's College, ,

Album Details

Compiled Here Are Fifty of the Most Beloved Hymns Performed by Three of England's Most Distinguished Choirs. Every Selection Here is Sung in an Appropriately Dignified Manner and If You're Up for Over Two Hours of Consistently Well-rendered Quintessentially English Treatments of These Vernacular Favorites it Simply Doesn't Get Any Better Than This.

Customer Reviews:

Inspirational!.......2004-10-08

Majestic hymns sung with British accents. A great combination! I haven't noticed any objectionable sounds on my copy.

hymns we sang in church.......2003-02-16

i grew up in a traditional presbyterian church that had a pipe organ. i wanted a cd of many of the hymns that we sang in church sung by a choir and accompanied by a pipe organ. this cd fulfilled my wishes perfectly. the hymns are performed in a very straight-forward fashion with no show-boating or excess flourishes which is exactly what i wanted. this is not gospel music but what i refer to as liturgical music to indicate that it is religious music but not gospel music. i would give it 5 stars but there is a slight hiss. other than that the recording quality is very good.

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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
a voice teacher and early music fan

George Frideric Handel: Esther

Manufacturer: CORO
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001B0A94
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Overture Andante - Larghetito - Allegro
Recitative Habdonah/Haman: " 'Tis greater far to spare"
Aria Haman: " Pluck root and branch from out the land"
Recitative Persian Officer: "Our souls with ardour glow"
Chorus: "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
Recitative First Israelite: " Now persecution shall lay by her iron rod"
Aria: " Tune your harps to cheerfull strains"
Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
Aria Israelite Woman: " Praise the Lord with cheerful noise"
Recitative Israelite Woman: " 0 God, who from the suckling's mouth"
Aria Second Israelite: " Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee"
Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
Recitative Priest of the Israelites: " How have our sins provoked the Lord!"
Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
Aria Priest ofc The Israelites: "0 Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
Andante
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

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Recitative Esther/Mordecai: " Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?"
Aria Mordecai: " Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger"
Recitative Esther: "I go before the King to stand"
Aria Esther: " Tears assist me, pity moving"
Chorus: " Save us, O Lord"
Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: "Who dares intrude into our presence"
Duet Esther/Ahasuerus: " Who calls my parting soul from death?"
Aria Ahasuerus: "0 beauteous Queen, unclose those eyes!"
Recitative Esther: " If I find favour in thy sight"
Aria Ahasuerus: " How can I stay when love invites?"
Recitative Third Israelite/Fourth Israelite: " With inward joy his visage glows"
Chorus: " Virtue, truth and innocence"
Arioso Priest of the Israelites: " Jehovah, Crown'd with glory bright"
Chorus: " He comes, he comes to end our woes"
Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: " Now, a Queen, thy suit declare"
Arioso Haman: " Turn not, a Queen, thy face away"
Aria Esther: " Flatt' ring tongue, no more I hear thee!"
Recitative Ahasuerus: "Guards, seize the traitor, bear him hence!"
Aria Haman: " How art thou fall'n from thy height!"
Chorus: "The Lord Our enemy has slain"

Album Description

Handel's oratorios vary greatly in their presentation. In many ways, Esther is a rarity;it is by far the most intimate, not surprisingly as it was composed for the Duke of Chandos. The Duke's Palladian palace near the village ofEdgware had not been completed in time for the first performance so this may have taken place (as did Acis and Galatea) in the intimate surroundings of a small church, St Lawrence, Whitchurch.

We decided, therefore, that we should attempt to convey that intimacy of performance on disc; so we performed in the round with microphones in the middle, the orchestra in front of me, the choir behind and the soloists alongside. The result is everything that chamber music should be where players and singers can enjoy every aspect of Handel's masterpiece.

"The 'sound' of Esther, superbly communicated in the recorded performance here, is pure enchantment... The choral singing has an exceptional grandure, and the instrumental playing a shimmering beauty. Among the soloists, none of whom is less than accomplished, Nancy Argenta and Michael Chance dominate... Both singers affirm a new golden age of Handel interpretation".

Customer Reviews:

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.......2007-01-26

Esther is the first of Handel's oratorios by a good many years, written when he was 33 and enjoying the patronage of the Duke of Chandos. When he later became his own impresario and was running into trouble as a composer and producer of Italian operas he turned to oratorio as a strategic alternative, but at this early date his concern was to deliver staged entertainments for the Duke, and Esther, contemporary with the work that later gained the title Acis and Galatea, seems to have been just an unusually serious specimen of its type.

As often with Handel, there is no fully official version of the score, and this particular score may not even be fully complete from any point of view. The libretto seems to have been the work of someone in the frivolously named association of big literary figures called the Scriblerus Club, perhaps Dr John Arbuthnot, dedicatee of Pope's great poetic Epistle, but Pope himself may have had a hand in it too. As we have it here, the work breaks into two very asymmetrical parts. Scenes 1 and 2 start with a recitative lasting only seconds from Habdonah followed by a longer one in which Haman announces his onslaught on the Israelites, and from there on feature only anonymous participants. Esther herself and the other named characters make their appearance first in scene 4, but the change of tone occurs in scene 3. At this point the music gains gravity first in the chorus Ye sons of Israel with its extraordinary modulations and then in the striking aria O Jordan, Jordan. I myself feel that this weightier tone is maintained to the end, whether or not the writer of the liner note is correct in saying that the long final chorus with solos is out of proportion to its context.

Throughout - in the first part as well as in scenes 3-6 - the instrumental writing is vivid and varied, with an extraordinary pizzicato accompaniment to Tune your harps and then an even more extraordinary obbligato from the harp itself at Praise the Lord. The harpist is no less than Jan Walters, but sometime I would like to see the score and check out what seem some odd rhythmic interactions here between her and the soloist Nancy Argenta. There are no fewer than ten vocal soloists in a work lasting a little over an hour and a quarter, and a very distinguished bunch they are. I was particularly pleased to find Michael Chance in the countertenor role of the Priest of the Israelites as I admire the strength of his tone, but there is no real weakness among them, unless Lynda Russell as Esther has a couple of very slightly awkward high notes in Flatt'ring tongue, which must be a little nerve-wracking to sing as she has to find her note for herself unaccompanied at the start and later at the reprise. You will see some big names among the instrumentalists too, with Crispian Steele-Perkins on the trumpet making a predictably fine contribution towards the end, and of course with Jan Walters in that marvellous harp part early on. The chorus gets some wonderful work to do, and rises to it fully. I really am unable to worry about the proportionateness of the final chorus when I hear that incomparable Handelian build of tone, sung by 18 singers and sounding as if there were 100.

There is a good liner note by Graydon Beeks Jr, not perhaps the last word in lucidity (neither is the plot of the libretto come to that) but worth re-reading. Harry Christophers himself contributes a short foreword largely concerned with the recording process and highlighting the contributions of Mark Brown and Mike Hatch, his long-time technical collaborators. I was interested to see also the name of Geoff Miles in a role described as `editor'. What responsibilities this involved is not stated and perhaps I ought to know without being told, but I know the work of Geoff Miles as recording engineer from elsewhere and it gave me confidence just to see that he is involved in the proceedings, and the technical work is predictably excellent.

My collection of Handel oratorios is now almost complete, and what a wonderful musical experience they are. Each is unique in its own way, but Esther is unique in some very special ways, and I suggest that you do not wait until you are my age to get to know it.

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-04-04

Handel began composing the oratorio 'Esther' in 1718. There is some confusion as to who actually worte the libretto for it, but the story follows very closely the biblical story of Esther in the Book of Esther in the old testament. The story tells of a plot of Haman, the Agagite (Michael George-bass) jealous and powerful vizier of King Xerses (Ahasuerus-Tom Randle-tenor) of Persia(485-464), to destroy in a single day all the Jews living in the Roman Empire. He is moved to this out of hatred for the Jewish servant Mordecai (Mark Padmore-tenor),who for religious motives refuses to render him homage. The day of the proposed massacre is determined by lot. Meanwhile, Esther,niece and adopted daughter of Mordecai, is chosen Queen by King Xerses. She averts the pogrom planned against her people and has the royal decree of extermination reversed against Haman and the enemies of the Jews. Mordecai replaces Haman, and together with Esther, works for the welfare of their people. As you can see this makes for an interesting Oratorio, which it truly is!
This is a "small" contribution compared to many of Handel's other works. However, it is not "small" in a musical sense. There is much creativity on the part of Handel as to orchestral scoring; he exploits his small orchestra and chorus in surprising ways, introducing new vocal and instrumental colours throughout the score, adding and subtracting instruments and voices in many and varied ways. This is a listening surprise as it moves along. And what a great performance on the part of the Christophers as well as some outstanding vocal soloists. Mark Padmore's (Mordecai) aria "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains" was superb as was the Duet between Lynda Russell (Esther) and Tom Randle (Ahasuerus).But the aria that really drew me into the entire drama was sung by Michael Chance (Priest) "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred Tide." It was perfection itself!!!!The Chorus was extremely good and dictionally perfect. It is a great listening experience.

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No Tears in Glory
Reverend F.C. Barnes
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No Tears in Glory
Till I Die
Remember Me
For Your Tears I Died
Have Thine Own Way
I Love You for Being So Good
God Will Carry You Through
Bright Side Somewhere

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The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 2

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Indoubliable Alfred Deller: A Portrait

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ASIN: B00000074Z
Release Date: 1996-02-12

Tracks:

The Plaint - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie/Roderick Skeaping
If Music Be The Food Of Love - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
I Attempt From Love's Sickness - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Fairest Isle - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Sweeter Than Roses - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Not All My Torments - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Thrice Happy Lovers - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
An Evening Hymn - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
From Rosy Bow'rs - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Retired From Any Mortal's Sight - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Music For A While - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
Since From My Dear Astrea's Sight - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie
O Solitude - Alfred Deller/Wieland Kuijken/William Christie/Robert Elliott/Jane Ryan

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Miserere My Maker - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Shall I Sue - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
I Care Not For These Ladies - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Come Heavy Sleep - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Of All The Birds - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
I Saw My Lady Weep - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Wilt Thou Unkind - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
The Cypress Curtain - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
What Then Is Love - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Rest Sweet Nymphs - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
The Fair Lover And His Black Mistress - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
The Self-Banished - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
The Glory Of The Arcadian Groves - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Oh! The Mighty Pow'r Of Love - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
In Her Brave Offspring - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
My Time, O Ye Muses - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
O Ravishing Delight - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
A Hymne To God The Father - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
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Fine Knacks For Ladies - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott
Flow My Tears - Alfred Deller/David Munrow//Richard Lee/Desmond Dupre/Robert Elliott

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Flow, My Tears - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
The Lady Laiton's Almain - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Fortune My Foe - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
The Frog Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Me, Me, And None But Me - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
What If I Never Speed? - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Lasso, Vita Mia - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Toy: The Shoemaker's Wife - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Galliard: Can She Excuse - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Mistress White's Thing - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
The Round Battle Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Come Away, Come, Sweet Love - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Sorrow, Stay - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
If That A Sinner's Sights - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Midnight - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Say, Love, If Ever You Didst Find? - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Lachrimae Pavan - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
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If My Complaints Could Passions Move - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six
Katherine Darcy's Galliard - Alfred Deller/Robert Spencer/The Consort Of Six

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1. No Tears in Glory
2. Till I Die
3. Remember Me
4. For Your Tears I Died
5. Have Thine Own Way
6. I Love You for Being So Good
7. God Will Carry You Through
8. Bright Side Somewhere