Michael Wise: Sacred Choral Music
Catalogue no: DCD 34041
Price: £13.00 (including postage and packaging)
This recording of music by Wise is the first devoted exclusively to his music (with the addition of some contemporary organ music). The well-known anthems and services such as Prepare ye the way of the Lord, The ways of Sion do mourn and the Evening Canticles in E flat, still regularly performed today, can thus be heard for the first time alongside a selection of the rest of his output.
1. | Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord |
2. | Verse For Single Organ |
3. | How Are The Mighty Fallen |
4. | A Verse For The Organ |
5. | The Lord Is My Shepherd |
6. | (Verse) For The Organ |
7. | Te Deum (Serive In D Minor) |
8. | Jubilate Deo (Sevice In D Minor) |
9. | (Verse) In D Major |
10. | O Praise God In His Holiness |
11. | Blessed Is He That Considereth The Poor And Needy |
12. | Magnificat (Service In E Flat) |
13. | Nunc Dimittis (Service In E Flat) |
14. | The Ways Of Sion Do Mourn |
15. | Awake, Put On Thy Strength O Sion |
16. | (Verse) In A Minor |
17. | Have Pity Upon Me, O Ye Friends |
18. | (Double Voluntary) In D Minor |
19. | Open Me The Gates Of Righteousness |
The performances are stylish, and even the soprano soloists sound like boy trebles.
Early Music Review