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King s College Choir are the most famous choir in the world. This set of the complete Argo recordings celebrates David Willcocks tenure from 1957-1973 and includes some of the most beautiful choral music sung with the choir s trademark richness and purity of sound.

Included are many of the choral greats Bach s St John Passion, Tallis Spem in Alium, Haydn s Nelson Mass, and Roy Goodman in t... More

King s College Choir are the most famous choir in the world. This set of the complete Argo recordings celebrates David Willcocks tenure from 1957-1973 and includes some of the most beautiful choral music sung with the choir s trademark richness and purity of sound.

Included are many of the choral greats Bach s St John Passion, Tallis Spem in Alium, Haydn s Nelson Mass, and Roy Goodman in the most famous recording of Allegri s Miserere - all in the glorious acoustics of King s College Chapel.

Six of these albums are released on CD for the first time David Willcocks 1964 Festival of Lessons & Carols and Tye Masses and four albums from Boris Ord, David Willcocks predecessor. Willcocks St John Passion is also released on CD internationally for the first time (was previously released in the UK only).

Notes are by John Rutter (fellow arranger of Christmas Carols with Willcocks), Roy Goodman (treble in Allegri s Miserere), Francis Warner (choral scholar under Boris Ord), Simon Eadon (Decca Engineer) and Ronald Corp (composer, conductor and choral specialist).

PACKAGING
29CD Lift-off lid box
Tracklisting
Extensive booklet notes in English.
Original Jackets

CDs Included:
1. GIBBONS: Verse Anthems
2. A Festival of Lessons & Carols (1958)
3. BYRD: Mass in 5 Parts; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis; Ave Verum Corpus
4. J.S. BACH: Jesu, Priceless Treasure, BWV 227
5. Procession with Carols
6. TAVERNER: Western Wind Mass & other works CROFT: The Burial Service
7-8. J.S. BACH: St. John Passion**
9. HAYDN: Nelson Mass
10. On Christmas Night
11. BYRD: Mass in 3 parts; Mass in 4 parts
12. Evensong for Ash Wednesday (1963)
13. HANDEL: Coronation Anthems
14. PALESTRINA: Stabat Mater
15. Festival of Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve 1964
16. TALLIS: Spem in alium
17. TALLIS: Lamentations of Jeremiah
18. HANDEL: Chandos Anthems
19. VIVALDI: Gloria; PERGOLESI: Magnificat
20. HOWELLS & VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
21. HANDEL: Chandos Anthems The Lord is My Light; As Pants the Hart
22. HANDEL: Ode for St. Cecilia s Day
23. TYE: Masses
24. HANDEL: Chandos Anthems I Will Magnify Thee, O God; In the Lord I Put My Trust
25. BLOW: Coronation Anthems
26. A Festival of Lessons & Carols (Ord) (1954)
27. GIBBONS: Anthems & Voluntaries
28. Evensong (1957)
29. An Easter Mattins

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