William Mathias: Choral Music

Naxos 8.573523

Playing time: 71'44

Recorded at St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, England, from 20th to 23th July, 2015

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Ave Rex; Salvator Mundi; An Admonition to Rulers

St Albans Abbey Girls Choir / The Lay Clerks of St Albans Cathedral Choir - Tom Winpenny


1.	Lift up your heads, O ye gates, Op. 44, No. 2 (1969)	[2:27]

	Ave Rex, Op. 45 (1969)	[12:43]
2.	I. Ave Rex angelorum	[3:08]
3.	II. Alleluya, a new work is come on hand	[1:50]
4.	III. There is no rose of such virtue	[4:26]
5.	IV. Sir Christèmas (and reprise of movement I)	[3:19]

6.	Wassail Carol, Op. 26, No. 1 (1964)	[2:13]
7.	As truly as God is our Father (1987)	[6:26]

	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Op. 53 (Jesus College Service) (1971)	[7:19]
8.	Magnificat	[4:34]
9.	Nunc dimittis	[2:45]

10.	Toccata Giocosa, Op. 36, No. 2 (1967)	[3:37]
11.	All thy works shall praise thee, Op. 17b (1961)*	[3:33]
12.	The Lord’s Prayer (1992)*	[4:26]
13.	An Admonition to Rulers, Op. 43 (1969)	[12:20]

	Salvator Mundi, Op. 89 (1982)	[16:39]
14.	I. Make we merry	[1:27]
15.	II. Mirabile mysterium	[3:18]
16.	III. Be we merry in this feast	[1:57]
17.	IV. Lullay	[3:44]
18.	V. Susanni	[2:00]
19.	VI. Christe, redemptor omnium	[2:28]
20.	VII. Welcome, Yule	[1:45]

Peter Foggitt, piano primo
Michael Papadopoulos, organ and piano secondo
Orchestra Nova
St Albans Abbey Girls Choir
Lay Clerks of St Albans Cathedral Choir:
Alto: Neil Baker, Simon Barton, Derek Harrison, Roger Mullis, Tony Price
Tenor: Rory Carver, Rogers Covey-Crump, William Glendinning, David Martin-Smith, Oliver Martin-Smith (soloist 13)
Bass: Kenneth Burgess, Christopher Head, Alan Herbert, William Houghton, Geoff McMahon
Tom Winpenny, solo organ and conductor