The Complete Argo Recordings

Tracklist

Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music

1-1. The First Song Of Moses - 1:15

1-2. Second Pieces And Proper Psalm For Whitsunday (Psalm 145:1–14) - 5:49

1-3. Voluntary I - 1:48

1-4. Te Deum - 11:57

1-5. Voluntary II - 0:53

1-6. Jubilate - 5:28

1-7. This Is The Record Of John (Verse Anthem, John 1:19-23) - 4:43

1-8. See, The Word Is Incarnate (Verse Anthem) - 7:09

1-9. Glorious And Powerful God (Verse Anthem) - 6:04

A Festival Of Lessons And Carols As Sung In King's College Chapel Upon Christmas Eve 1958

2-1. Once In Royal David's City - 5:08

2-2. The Bidding Prayer - 1:12

2-3. And There Were Shepherds In The Same Country, Abiding In The Field - 3:16

2-4. First Lesson - Genesis 3 - 1:44

2-5. Adam Lay Ybounden - 1:23

2-6. Second Lesson - Isaiah 9 - 1:15

2-7. I Saw Three Ships - 1:59

2-8. Third Lesson - Luke 1 - 2:44

2-9. Gabriel's Message - 2:44

2-10. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - 3:23

2-11. Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night") - 1:53

2-12. Fourth Lesson Matthew 1 - 1:39

2-13. In Dulci Jubilo - 3:34

2-14. Fifth Lesson Luke 2: The Shepherds Go To The Manger - 1:48

2-15. Away In A Manger - 2:20

2-16. While Shepherds Watched - 3:03

2-17. Sixth Lesson - Matthew 2 - 2:09

2-18. O Come, All Ye Faithful - 4:05

2-19. Seventh Lesson - John 1 - 1:53

2-20. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - 3:37

2-21. Rejoice And Be Merry - 1:49

Bonus

2-22. Away In A Manger - 2:22

2-23. While Shepherds Watched - 3:07

2-24. Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night") - 1:57

2-25. Rocking Carol ("Little Jesu Sweetly Sleep") - 1:42

2-26. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - 3:25

Mass For Five Voices

Great Service

3-8. Ave Verum Corpus - 4:27

Motet "'Jesu, Priceless Treasure" = "Jesu, Meine Freude" BWV, 227

From The Musicalisches Gesangs-Buch... (Leipzig 1736)

Hymns And Sacred Songs

4-19. There Is A Green Hill Far Away - 2:38

4-20. According To Thy Gracious Word - 3:40

4-21. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - 1:34

4-22. When I Survey The Wondrous Cross - 3:50

4-23. Glory be to Jesus - 1:57

4-24. Abide With Me - 4:55

4-25. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - 2:01

4-26. Glory To Thee, My God, This Night - 2:50

4-27. The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended - 3:30

A Procession With Carols

5-1. Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen (From Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122) - 2:56

5-2. Matin Responsory: I Look From Afar = Aspiciens A Longe (Based On A Nunc Dimittis{) - 2:44

5-3. Veni, Redemptor Gentium - 3:10

5-4. First Lesson Isaiah 6 - 2:27

5-5. 'Twas In The Year That King Uzziah Died - 1:54

5-6. Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding = "Vox Clara Ecce Intonat" - 2:58

5-7. Second Lesson Isaiah 40 - 1:51

5-8. A Spotless Rose - 3:08

5-9. Third Lesson Zechariah 2 - 0:51

5-10. I Sing Of A Maiden - 3:09

5-11. Remember, O Thou Man - 2:17

5-12. On Jordan's Bank The Baptist's Cry = "Jordanis Oras Praebia..." - 3:14

5-13. Gospel Of The Salutation Luke 1 - 1:41

5-14. The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came - 2:56

5-15. Wachet Auf! = Up! Awake! From Highest Steeple - 2:52

5-16. Gospel Of The Advent Matthew 1 - 1:36

5-17. King Jesus Hath A Garden - 3:50

5-18. The Blessed Son Of God (from Hodie) - 2:26

5-19. Vesper Responsory – Collect – The Blessing - 3:01

5-20. O Come, O Come Emmanuel! = "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" - 4:24

5-21. The Holly And The Ivy - 3:23

5-22. The Cherry Tree Carol ("Joseph Was An Old Man") - 1:53

5-23. Unto Us Is Born A Son - 1:54

5-24. The First Nowell - 4:48

5-25. Past Three O'Clock - 2:38

Tudor Church Music

6-1. Kyrie "Leroy" - 3:35

Mass "The Western Wind"

6-7. Dum Transisset Sabbatum - 7:43

6-8. Christe Jesu, Pastor Bone - 7:26

6-9. Mater Christi - 7:26

6-10. Burial Service - 14:45

St John Passion, BWV 248

Missa In Angustis, Hob.XXII:II "Nelson Mass"

On Christmas Night

10-1. O Come, All Ye Faithful - 4:03

10-2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - 4:05

10-3. Blessed Be That Maid Mary - 2:39

10-4. Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sang") - 2:01

10-5. Ding Dong! Merrily On High Arr. Wood - 2:02

10-6. Myn Lyking - 2:58

10-7. Personent Hodie - 2:36

10-8. See Amid The Winter's Snow - 3:51

10-9. In The Bleak Midwinter - 4:52

10-10. Coventry Carol - 2:14

10-11. Shepherds In The Field Abiding - 3:05

10-12. Torches - 1:33

10-13. Fantasia On Christmas Carols - 11:32

10-14. The Infant King - 3:22

10-15. Balulalow - 2:18

10-16. Legenda (The Crown Of Roses), Op.54 No.5 - 2:18

10-17. King Jesus Hath A Garden - 3:55

10-18. Christ Was Born On Christmas Day - 2:24

Mass For Three Voices

Mass For Four Voices

Evensong For Ash Wednesday

12-1. Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us, O Lord - 1:43

12-2. Sentences - 0:16

12-3. Preces And Responses Byrd - 1:12

12-4. Hear My Prayer, O Lord - 3:36

12-5. Out Of The Deep Have I Called Unto Thee - 2:12

12-6. First Lesson Isaiah 57:13-21 - 2:02

12-7. Lent Prose: Hear Us, O Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us - 2:29

12-8. Magnificat - 4:26

12-9. Second Lesson Luke 15:10-32 - 3:55

12-10. Nunc Dimittis - 2:40

12-11. The Apostles' Creed - 1:11

12-12. The Lesser Litany - 0:37

12-13. The Lord's Prayer - 0:39

12-14. Versicles And Responses Byrd - 1:36

12-15. Collects - 2:07

12-16. Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z15 - 2:28

12-17. Prayers - 0:51

12-18. Miserere Mei - 11:15

The Anthems For The Coronation Of King George Il And Queen Caroline, HWV 258-261

13-1. I Zadok The Priest - 5:51

II My Heart Is Inditing

III Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

IV The King Shall Rejoice

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14-1. Stabat Mater 8vv - 12:50

14-2. Hodie Beata Virgo 4vv - 4:19

14-3. Senex Puerum Portabat 5vv - 4:57

14-4. Magnificat Primi Toni 8vv - 6:10

14-5. Litaniae De Beata Virgine Maria 8vv

A Festival Of Lessons And Carols As Sung In King's College Chapel Upon Christmas Eve 1964

15-1. Once In Royal David's City - 5:31

15-2. The Bidding Prayer - 3:00

15-3. Corde Natus Ex Parentis - 4:59

15-4. First Lesson - Genesis 3 - 2:00

15-5. Wassail Carol - 2:01

15-6. Second Lesson - Isaiah 9 - 1:09

15-7. Alleluya, A New Work Is Come On Hand - 2:22

15-8. Third Lesson- Luke 1 - 1:45

15-9. There Is No Rose Of Such Virtu - 4:27

15-10. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - 3:01

15-11. Fourth Lesson - Luke 2: Luke Tells Of The Birth Of Jesus - 1:18

15-12. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - 1:43

15-13. Lullay My Liking - 3:09

15-14. Fifth Lesson - Luke 2: The Shephers Go To The Manger - 1:41

15-15. A Babe Is Born - 1:52

15-16. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - 3:31

15-17. Sixth Lesson - John 4 - 0:56

15-18. O Babe Divine - 2:42

15-19. Prayer - 0:32

15-20. The Blessing - 0:28

15-21. O Come, All Ye Faithful - 4:22

Bonus

15-22. The Three Kings - 2:45

15-23. As With Gladness Men Of Old - 3:23

15-24. In Dulci Jubilo - 3:51

15-25. A Great And Mighty Wonder - 3:13

Thomas Tallis - Tudor Church Music (I)

16-1. In Manus Tuas 5vv (Cantiones Quae Ab Argumento Sacrae Vocantur (London, 1575)) - 2:12

16-2. In Ieiunio Et Fletu - 5:13

16-3. Spem In Alium 40vv - 11:32

16-4. Te Lucis Ante Terminum I 5vv (Cantiones ... Sacrae (London, 1575)) - 1:35

16-5. Te Lucis Ante Terminum II 5vv (Cantiones ... Sacrae (London, 1575)) - 2:06

16-6. Ecce Tempus Idoneum - 4:08

16-7. Veni Redemptor Gentium - 2:44

16-8. O Nata Lux de Lumine 5vv (Cantiones ... Sacrae (London, 1575)) - 1:57

16-9. Salvator Mundi 5vv (Cantiones ... Sacrae (London, 1575)) - 3:00

16-10. Derelinquat Implus 5vv (Cantiones ... Sacrae (London, 1575)) - 4:27

Thomas Tallis - Tudor Church Music (II)

17-1. Lamentationes Ieremiae I 5vv - 9:32

17-2. Lamentationes Ieremiae II 5vv - 14:52

17-3. Videte Miraculum 6vv - 10:56

17-4. Lesson (For Organ) - 4:30

17-5. Sancte Deus, Sancte Fortis 4vv - 15:51

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthems (I)

O Praise The Lord With One Consent, HWV 254 (Chandos Anthem No.9) Text: A New Edition Of The Psalms (Nahum Tate And Nicholas Brady, 1696)

Let God Arise, HWV 256a (Chandos Anthem No. 11a) Text: Psalm 68:1-4, 19, Psalm 76:6, Psalm 68:35

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Gloria In D Major, RV 589

Magnificat In C Major

Te Deum And Jubilate (Collegium Regale) (1944)

20-3. Lo, The Poor Crieth Psalm-Preludes, Set 1, Op.32 (Psalm 34:6) - 5:43

Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale) (1944)

20-6. Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing (Motet On The Death Of President Kennedy, 1964) - 7:54

20-7. Here Is The Little Door (1918) - 3:07

20-8. Sing Lullaby (1920) - 3:15

Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis (St Paul's) (1951)

Three Shakespeare Songs (1951)

20-14. The Turtle Dove - 3:14

20-15. Willow Song - Three Elizabethan Songs - 1:57

20-16. O Mistress Mine - Three Elizabethan Songs - 1:05

20-17. Voices For Today, Op.75 - 9:46

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthems (II)

The Lord Is My Light, HWV 255 (Chandos Anthem No.10) Text: Psalm 27:1, 3, 4, 7, Psalm 18:31, 7, 14, Psalm 20:8, Psalm 34:3, Psalm 28:8, Psalm 29:4, 9, Psalm 30:4, Psalm 45:18)

As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b (Chandos Anthem No.6a) Text: Psalm 42:1, 3-7 After Divine Harmony (London 1712) And Book Of Common Prayer

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From Harmony, From Heavn'ly Harmony Ode For Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

Mass "Euge Bone" 6vv

Mass "Western Wind" 4vv

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthems (II)

I Will Magnify Thee, O God, HWV 250a (Chandos Anthem No.5a) Text: Psalm 145:1, 2, 4, 17, 19, 20, Psalm 144:15, Psalm 145:21

In The Lord Put I My Trust, HWV 247 (Chandos Anthem No.2) Text: New Edition Of The Psalms (Nahum Tate And Nicholas Brady, 1696) Psalm 11:1, Psalm 9:9, Psalm 11:2, Psalm 12:5, Psalm 11:7, Psalm 13:6

Coronation Anthems & Symphony Anthems

25-1. I Was Glad (Verse Anthem For The Consecration Of The Chancel Of St Paul's Cathedral, 1697; Psalm 122) - 15:55

25-2. God Spake Sometime In Visions (Anthem For The Coronation Of James Ii, 1685; Psalm 89:20-30) - 12:09

25-3. Cry Aloud, And Spare Not (Verse Anthem, 1683; Isaiah 55:1, 58:1-3) - 7:34

25-4. O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song (Verse Anthem; Psalm Text) - 11:46

25-5. Blessed Is The Man That Hath Not Walked (Verse Anthem, 1680-83; Psalm 1) - 9:16

A Festival Of Lessons And Carols As Sung In King's College Chapel Upon Christmas Eve 1954

26-1. Once In Royal David's City - 5:31

26-2. The Bidding Prayer - 1:38

26-3. And There Were Shepherds In The Same Country, Abiding In The Field - 3:00

26-4. First Lesson Genesis 3:8-15 - 1:51

26-5. Ding-dong, Ding ("Up! Good Christen Folk And Listen") - 1:16

26-6. Flos De Radice Jesse - 2:25

26-7. Second Lesson Isaiah 9:1-5

26-8. God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen - 2:03

26-9. In Dulci Jubilo - 3:54

26-10. Third Lesson Luke 1:26-33 & 38 - 1:47

26-11. Blessed Virgin Mary - 2:07

26-12. Fourth Lesson Matthew 1:18-23 - 1:31

26-13. A Virgin Most Pure - 2:55

26-14. Fifth Lesson - Luke 2: The Shephers Go To The Manger - 1:47

26-15. While Shepherds Watched - 2:57

26-16. The Shepherds Cradle Song - 3:52

26-17. Sixth Lesson Matthew 2:1-5, 7-11 - 1:54

26-18. The Three Kings - 2:41

26-19. Seventh Lesson - John 1:1-14 - 1:07

26-20. The Infant King ("Sing Lullaby") - 3:53

26-21. O Come, All Ye Faithful

Tudor Church Music

27-1. Veni Creator (Song 44) - 1:19

27-2. First Preces - 1:05

27-3. I Will Extol Thee My God, O King Psalm 145 - 3:53

27-4. Voluntary I - 0:32

27-5. Magnificat Short Service (1641) - 3:25

27-6. Voluntary Il - 0:38

27-7. Nunc Dimittis Short Service (1641) - 2:14

27-8. Voluntary III (A Fancy For Double Organ) - 5:42

27-9. O God, The King Of Glory (Verse Anthem) - 4:55

27-10. Almighty And Everlasting God (1641) - 2:27

27-11. O Lord, In Thy Wrath Rebuke Me Not Psalm 38 - 3:10

27-12. Hosannah To The Son Of David (1641) - 3:23

27-13. O Lord, Increase My Faith - 1:58

O Clap Your Hands Psalm 47

Even Song

28-1. O Praise The Lord - 1:16

28-2. Sentences - 2:45

28-3. Responses - 1:05

28-4. When The Lord Turned Again The Captivity Of Sion (Psalm 126)

28-5. Except The Lord Build The House (Psalm 127) - 1:37

28-6. Blessed Are All They That Fear The Lord (Psam 128) - 1:39

28-7. Many A Time Have They Fought Against Me - 1:53

28-8. First Lesson Isaiah 61 - 2:34

28-9. Magnificat (from Morning, Communion And Evening Services, Op.81) - 4:42

28-10. Second Lesson Luke 4:16-32 - 2:46

28-11. Nunc Dimittis (from Morning, Communion And Evening Services, Op.81) - 4:23

28-12. The Creed - 1:01

28-13. Prayers - 3:10

28-14. Collects - 1:55

28-15. My Beloved Spake (Anthem) - 2:50

28-16. Prayers And Final Responses (1641) - 3:43

28-17. Toccata In B Minor - 4:26

An Easter Mattins

29-1. This Joyful Eastertide - 2:57

29-2. Sentences - 0:21

29-3. Preces - 1:05

29-4. Easter Anthems - 1:52

29-5. Proper Psalm III - 2:20

29-6. First Lesson Exodus 12:1-14 - 3:16

29-7. Te Deum (Collegium Regale) (1944) - 9:03

29-8. Second Lesson Revelation 1:1-18 - 3:45

29-9. Jubilate (Collegium Regale) (1944) - 3:23

29-10. The Creed - 1:02

29-11. Responses - 0:33

29-12. Our Father - 2:33

29-13. Collects - 2:15

29-14. Haec Dies (Motet) - 2:47

29-15. Prayers - 3:11

29-16. Jesus Lives, No Longer Now Can Thy Terrors, Death, Appall Us - 3:15