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English Choral Classics

English Choral Classics

Artist Vernon Handley
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Song List

Song Artist Album Lyrics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Thus spake Isaiah Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): If I forget thee, O Jerusalem Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): By the waters of Babylon Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Babylon was a great city Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Praise ye the God of Gold Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): Thus in Babylon the mighty city Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): And in that same hour, as they feasted Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Belshazzar's Feast (1995 Digital Remaster): The trumpeters and pipers are silent Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: Prelude Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: So pray for me...Kyrie eleison...Holy Mary, pray for him (Gerontius, semi-chorus, chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius, chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: Sanctus fortis, Santus Deus (Gerontius) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: I can no more (Gerontius, chorus, semi-chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part I: Proficiscere, anima Christiana (Priest, chorus, semi-chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Introduction Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: I went to sleep (Soul of Gerontius) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Another marvel...My work is done (Soul, Angel) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: It is a member of that family (Soul, Angel) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: But hark!...Low-born clods of brute earth (Soul, Angel, chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Dispossessed, aside thrust (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: I see not those false spirits (Soul, Angel) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: There was a mortal...Praise to the Holiest (Angel, semi-chorus, chorus, Soul) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: But hark! a grand mysterious harmony (Soul, Angel, chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Praise to the Holiest (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Thy judgement now is near (Angel, Soul) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Jesu! by that shuddering dread (Angel of the Agony, Soul, semi-chorus, chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Praise to his name!...Take me away (Angel, Soul, chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38, Part II: Softly and gently (Angel, chorus, semi-chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 1. Overture (Grave - Allegro moderato) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 2. Comfort ye, my people (tenor recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 3. Every valley shall be exalted (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 4. And the glory of the Lord (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 5. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (bass recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 6. But who may abide (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 7. And he shall purify (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 9. O thou that tellest (alto) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 11. The people that walked in darkness (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 12. For unto us a child is born (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 13. Pastoral Symphony (Larghetto e mezzo piano) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 14. There were shepherds abiding in the field...And lo, the angel of the Lord (soprano Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 15. And the angel said unto them (soprano recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 16. And suddenly there was with the angel (soprano recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 17. Glory to God (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 20. He shall feed his flock (alto)...Come unto him (soprano) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part I: 21. His yoke is easy (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 22. Behold the lamb of God (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 23. He was despised (alto) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 24. Surely he hath borne our griefs (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 25. And with his stripes we are healed (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 26. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 27. All they that see him (tenor recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 28. He trusted in God (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 30. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 31. He was cut off out of the land of the living (tenor recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 37. The Lord gave the word (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 38. How beautiful are the feet (soprano) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 39. Their sound is gone out into all lands (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 41. Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 42. He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 43. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part II: 44. Hallelujah (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part III: 45. I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part III: 46. Since by man came death (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part III: 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass recit.) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part III: 48. The trumpet shall sound (bass) (Alan Stringer, trumpet) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part III: 53. Worthy is the lamb (chorus) - Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Messiah (1990 Digital Remaster), Part III: Amen (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 1. Recit.: And they came to a place named Gethsemane (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 2. The Agony (Could ye not watch with me one brief hour?) (bass, choir, tenor) (Terence Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 3. Processional to Calvary [introduction omitted] (Fling wide the gates!) (organ, choir Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 4. Recit.: And when they were come (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 5. The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow) (choir & con Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 6. Recit.: He made himself of no reputation (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 7. The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation (King ever glorious!) (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 8. Recit.: And as Moses lifted up the serpent (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 9. Chorus (unacc.): God so loved the world Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 10. Litany of the Passion (Holy Jesu, by thy passion) (choir & congregation) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 11. Recit.: Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them' (tenor, choir) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 12. Duet: So thou liftest thy divine petition (bass, tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 13. The Mystery of the Intercession (Jesus, the crucified, pleads for me) (choir & cong Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 14. Recit.: And one of the malefactors (bass, voices in choir, choir) (Philip Mindenha Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 16. Recit.: When Jesus therefore saw his mother (tenor, choir, bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 17. Recit.: Is it nothing to you (bass) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 18. The Appeal of the Crucified (From the throne of his cross) (choir) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 19. Recit. and chorus: After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
The Crucifixion (1990 Digital Remaster): 20. For the Love of Jesus (All for Jesus - all for Jesus) (choir & congregation) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 1. On the Way to Jerusalem: When o'er the steep of Olivet (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 2. Before Jerusalem: Recit.: Like a fair vision in the morning light (tenor, Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 2. Before Jerusalem: O Jerusalem! (baritone) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 3. In the Temple: Recit.: And Jesus entered into the temple of God (tenor, ba Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 3. In the Temple: Bow down thine ear, O Lord (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: Not of this world the kingdom of our Lord (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: 'Twas night o'er lonely Olivet (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: He was despised and rejected of men (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: Come unto him, all ye that labour (chorus, baritone) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part I, 4. The Mount of Olives: Hymn: Just as I am, without one plea (chorus, bariton Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 5. A New Commandment: Recit.: And Jesus, knowing that his hour was come (bar Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 5. A New Commandment: Arietta: A new commandment give I unto you (baritone) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 5. A New Commandment: O thou whose sweet compassion (semi-chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 6. Gethsemane: Recit.: And when they had sung a hymn (baritone) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 6. Gethsemane: Hymn: Thy will be done, the saviour said (chorus, treble) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 7. Betrayed and Forsaken: And while he yet spake (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 7. Betrayed and Forsaken: Recit.: O was there ever loneliness like his! (ten Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 7. Betrayed and Forsaken: Air: Ye who sin, and ye who sorrow (tenor) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 8. Before Pilate: Then came Jesus forth from the judgement hall (chorus, bar Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 9. The March to Calvary: The saviour king goes forth to die! (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 10. Calvary: Recit.: And when they came to the place (baritone) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 10. Calvary: Droop, sacred head (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics
Olivet to Calvary (1993 Digital Remaster), Part II, 10. Calvary: Hymn: Rock of ages, cleft for me (chorus) Vernon Handley English Choral Classics