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John Challenger, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha - Ascribe unto the Lord (Sacred Choral Works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley) (2013) [Hi-Res]

John Challenger, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha - Ascribe unto the Lord (Sacred Choral Works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley) (2013) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Ascribe unto the Lord (Sacred Choral Works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley)
  • Year Of Release: 2013
  • Label: Chandos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
  • Total Time: 01:17:09
  • Total Size: 306 / 756 mb
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Tracklist

01. Blessed Be the God and Father
02. Wash Me Throughly
03. Ascribe unto the Lord
04. Ascribe unto the Lord: O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
05. Ascribe unto the Lord: As for the Gods of the Heathen
06. Ascribe unto the Lord: They That Make Them Are Like Unto Them
07. Ascribe unto the Lord: The Lord Hath Been Mindful of Us
08. Psalm 42, "Like As the Hart Desireth the Water Brooks" - Psalm 43, "Give Sentence With Me, O God"
09. Morning and Evening Service in E Major: Magnificat
10. Morning and Evening Service in E Major: Nunc dimittis
11. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place
12. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place: Say to Them of a Fearful Heart
13. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place: Then Shall the Lame Man
14. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place: And the Ransomed of the Lord
15. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place: And Sorrow and Sighing
16. 3 Pieces for a Chamber Organ, Book 2: No. 2. Larghetto in F-Sharp Minor
17. O Give Thanks Unto the Lord
18. O Give Thanks Unto the Lord: Who Can Express the Noble Acts of the Lord
19. O Give Thanks Unto the Lord: Blessed Are They That Alway Keep Judgment
20. O Thou Who Camest from Above
21. Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace

John Challenger, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha - Ascribe unto the Lord (Sacred Choral Works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley) (2013) [Hi-Res]


The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge has selected some of the best-known choral works of Samuel Sebastian Wesley for inclusion on this disc, interspersing them with one of his organ works as well as a psalm chant by his father, Samuel Wesley.

Samuel Sebastian Wesley was one of the most controversial characters in nineteenth-century English music, earning a reputation for inherent stubbornness, a highly critical mindset (particularly in relation to the church), and a unique pioneering spirit. All of which were character traits which became instrumental in the creation of the wholly new styles of church music, and the renewal of church practices, for which he became known.

‘The Wilderness and the Solitary Place’ (c. 1832) is one such work, described by the conservative critic R.J.S. Stevens as ‘a clever thing. But it is not cathedral music’. This early work comes across as a compressed oratorio, or an operatic scena, with the overt emotions and huge range of textures on display unlike anything that had ever been heard in English church music before. In contrast, the mature ‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace’ (c. 1850) shows the distance that Wesley had travelled since his earlier works on this disc. It is a model of simplicity and restraint, with a devotional close very much in the manner of Orlando Gibbons or William Byrd.

The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, known and loved by millions for its recordings, broadcasts, and concert tours. For several decades it has performed around the world, including the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and of course Europe. It is also the only British choir to webcast services weekly throughout the year.


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