Music and the Choir

  • Tye: Missa Euge bone & Western Wynde Mass

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This latest release from The Choir of Westminster Abbey on Hyperion brings together a well-judged selection of sacred music by sixteenth-century English composer Christopher Tye, including his masterpiece the Missa Euge bone.

  • Music from the reign of King James 1

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This fascinating disc from The Choir of Westminster Abbey presents a selection of works from the first quarter of the seventeenth century, when the most distinguished musicians in the land produced a rich variety of music for the court of King James I.

  • The Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle at Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This highly acclaimed recording from the Abbey Choir on Hyperion is the latest in the successful series of discs of music for the great feast days of the Church. It includes Walton’s choral masterpiece The Twelve and other works which might be heard in the Abbey on its patronal feast, that of St Peter the Apostle

  • ‘O praise the Lord’ Restoration Music from Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This 2009 recording from The Choir of Westminster Abbey presents some of the most glorious music of the Restoration period, including works by Henry Purcell and John Blow

  • Mary and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey ‘Sisters in hope of the Resurrection’

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This fascinating recording from The Choir of Westminster Abbey explores the immense variety of sacred music composed and performed during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I.

  • A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This seasonal offering from The Choir of Westminster Abbey on Hyperion Records presents a delightful and unusual selection of music for Christmas, including works by Leighton, Poulenc, Rutter and Walton, together with traditional carols in attractive arrangements.

  • The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This critically acclaimed recording from The Choir of Westminster Abbey on Hyperion explores the rich repertoire of music associated with the Feast of the Ascension.

  • Elgar: Great is the Lord

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    A varied selection of choral works by Sir Edward Elgar released to mark the composer's 150th anniversary in 2007.

  • The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey and James O’Donnell continue their exploration of the rich repertoire of music for the great feast days of the church year with this recording of works for the Feast of St Michael and All Angels (29 September). The texts for Michaelmas are uniquely dramatic and visionary, describing the angelic host and the war in heaven, and have inspired composers throughout the centuries to create settings of thrilling immediacy. This fascinating disc presents the best of these works from a range of composers.

  • The Feast of St Edward, King and Confessor, at Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    This recording from Westminster Abbey presents Matins, Eucharist and Evensong as they might be heard on the Feast of St Edward (13 October). The saint, whose death in 1066 sparked the Norman Conquest, remains buried in the Abbey to this day and his shrine is a place of global pilgrimage.

  • William Byrd: The Great Service

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    A collection of music by one of the greatest English composers, William Byrd, including six of his finest anthems, two organ voluntaries and the complete 'Great' Service

  • Trinity Sunday at Westminster Abbey

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey
    Robert Quinney organ
    James O'Donnell conductor

    A varied collection of choral and organ music for the three principal services of the day - Matins, Eucharist and Evensong - including Walton's Jubilate, Stainer's I saw the Lord, Francis Grier's Missa Trinitatis Sanctae and Howells' 'Westminster Service'

  • Favourite Hymns From Westminster Abbey

    Westminster Abbey Choir
    Martin Baker organ
    Martin Neary conductor

    20 tracks. Popular hymns inc Abide with Me, I vow to Thee my Country, Dear Lord & Father, Christ is made the sure foundation, Love Divine, O Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms Volume 2

    Westmister Abbey Choir

    Martin Neary Music Director

    Andrew Lumdsden Organist

    Psalms 84, 85, 90, 91, 96, 104, 111, 114, 115, 118, 121, 122, 123, 130, 137, 139, 147, 148, 149, 150

    Virgin VC5450362 (CD)

    ".. a release to make glad the heart" The American Organist

  • Psalms Volume 1

    Martin Neary Musical Director

    Andrew Lumsden Organist
    Psalms 8,15,19,22,23,24,27,29,39,42/3,
    46,47,51,61,67,69,71,73,74.

    Cantoris CRCD23 61 (CD), CR23 61 (cassette)

  • Music from the Coronation of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Westminster Abbey Choir, London Brass, English Chamber Orchestra

    "The organ is heard in all its magnificence"Gramophone

  • Christmas Carols from Westminster Abbey

    Westminster Abbey Choir

    Martin Baker organ

    Cantoris CRCD 4000 (CD), CRMC 4000 (cassette)

  • Adeste Fideles

    Christmas Collection with Emma Kirkby

    Sony / Arc of Light SK62688

  • Miserere

    A sequence for Holy Week, including two settings of the Miserere by Gregorio Allegri and Tommaso Bai

    Sony / Arc of Light SK666IS

  • John Tavener - Innocence

    Patricia Rozario soprano
    Leigh Nixon tenor
    Graham Titus tenor
    Alice Neary cello
    Charles Fullbrook bells
    Martin Baker organ

  • John Tavener - Akathist of Thanksgiving

    James Bowman, Timothy Wilson, Westminster Abbey Choir, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra

    "The performances of the soloists and Choir are immaculate and beautifully balanced"Gramophone

  • A Millennium of Music from Westminster Abbey

    11th century plainchant, Gibbons, Purcell, Blow, Handel, Howells and Grier's Mlssa Trinitatis Sanctae

    "An interesting and rewarding disc" Gramophone

  • Purcell - Music for Queen Mary

    Including the Funeral Music

    Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Michael Chance, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Simon Birchall
    Westminster Abbey Choir, New London Consort

    "The best Purcell yet" Classic CD

  • Benjamin Britten

    Including Rejoice in the Lamb, A Ceremony of Carols, Abraham and Isaac.

    Richard Farnsworth, Timothy Dickinson, trebles
    Michael Chance, Ian Bostridge, Simon Birchall
    Martin Baker, organ
    Aline Brewer, harp
    Martin Neary, conductor

  • Christmas Carols

    Westminster Abbey Choir
    Christopher Herrick, organ
    Simon Preston, conductor

    Deutsche Grammophon 445 572-2

  • Music from the Royal Golden Wedding

    A celebration in music of the Golden Wedding of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

    15 tracks consisting of music from the original Service and also the 25th anniversary Service including Jesu joy of mans desiring, Bridal March, The Lords my Shepherd, Te Deum in C

    Westminster Abbey Choir
    Martin Baker organ
    Martin Neary conductor