100 Best Hymns (6 CDs): Bennard, Dykes, Filitz, Irvine, Harwood, Luther, Miller, Kocher, Parry, Perronet, Reinagle, Rowlands, Scholefield, Sullivan, Taylor, etc. (Temple Church, York Minster, King’s College, Liverpool Cathedral Choir, etc.) (2011) FLAC

CD 1 – (01:03:58)

01. John Goss
01. Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven – [02:55]
02. Traditional Gaelic
02. Morning has broken (Bunessan) – [01:50]
03. Ralph Vaughan Williams
03. Come Down, O Love Divine – [03:44]
04. Martin Luther
04. A mighty fortress is our God (Ein’ feste Burg) – [05:14]
05. William Harris
05. O what their joy and their glory must be (Regnator Orbis) – [07:55]
06. Edward Miller
06. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross [arr. Rutter & Webbe] – [03:33]
07. Hubert Parry
07. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind – [03:59]
08. Traditional Irish
08. Be thou my vision (Slane) – [04:35]
09. Clement Scholefield
09. The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended [arr. Rutter] – [03:24]
10. Stephen Jackson
10. Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Picardy) – [04:09]
11. Stralsund Gesangbuch
11. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation (Hast du denn, Jesu) – [03:14]
12. John Ireland
12. My song is love unknown (Love Unknown) – [03:27]
13. James Leith Macbeth Bain
13. The Lord’s my shepherd (Brother James’ Air) – [02:45]
14. George Frideric Handel
14. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Chorus. “Thine be the glory” – [03:02]
15. Orlando Gibbons
15. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears – [01:21]
16. Cyril Taylor
16. Glorious things of thee are spoken (Abbot’s Leigh) – [03:54]
17. Louis Bourgeois
17. All People That on Earth Do Dwell – [04:57]

CD 2 – (00:50:00)

01. Hubert Parry
01. Jerusalem – [03:01]
02. William Henry Monk
02. Abide with Me [arr. Cleobury] – [04:53]
03. Gustav Holst
03. I Vow to Thee, My Country – [02:33]
04. R. H. Prichard
04. Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol) [last verse omitted] – [03:40]
05. St Fulbert of Chartres
05. Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert) (1994 Remastered Version) – [02:24]
06. Jeremiah Clarke
06. The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus) – [02:44]
07. John Bacchus Dykes, Reginald Heber
07. Holy, holy, holy (Nicaea) [v.2 arr. Willcocks] – [02:44]
08. John Henry Newman, Thomas Haweis
08. Praise to the Holiest (Richmond) – [02:53]
09. Philipp Nicolai
09. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sung in English, Based on Harmonisation of J. Bach’s Chorale “Gloria sei dir gesungen – [03:40]
10. Anonymous: Musikalisches Hand-Buch (Hamburg, 1690)
10. On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry (from “Musikalisches Hand-Buch, 1690”, Arr. Philip Ledger) – [02:41]
11. Lassus: William Horsley
11. Tristis est anima mea, a 5 – [02:23]
12. Hans Leo Hassler
12. O sacred head, sore wounded (‘Passion Chorale’: English Hymnal No. 102; O Haupt voll Blud und Wunden from the St Matthew Passion B – [02:44]
13. 18th-century English
13. Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) – [03:06]
14. Richard Redhead
14. Bright the vision that delighted (Redhead No.46) – [02:48]
15. plainchant
15. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Veni Creator) – [02:14]
16. Henry Balfour Gardiner
16. Evening Hymn, “Te lucis ante terminum” – [05:32]

CD 3 – (00:55:11)

01. Traditional Swedish
01. How great thou art (Sanningsvittnet) – [03:46]
02. Basil Harwood
02. Let all the world in every corner sing (Luckington) – [01:38]
03. anon. 19th-century American
03. Amazing Grace – [04:01]
04. Ralph Vaughan Williams
04. For All the Saints “Sine nomine” – [05:07]
05. A. R. Reinagle
05. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (St Peter) – [02:52]
06. George Frideric Handel
06. Rejoice, the Lord Is King, HWV 286 – [02:41]
07. William Maher
07. Soul of my saviour (Anima Christi) – [02:56]
08. Psalmodia evangelica (1790)
08. Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (Truro) – [01:48]
09. William Croft
09. O worship the king (Hanover) – [03:47]
10. 17th-century German
10. All creatures of our God and king (Lasst uns erfreuen) – [04:36]
11. Traditional
11. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord (Battle Hymn) – [02:53]
12. Friedrich Filitz
12. Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us (Mannheim) – [01:59]
13. George Bennard
13. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross (The Old Rugged Cross) – [04:13]
14. Herbert Howells
14. All my hope on God is founded (Michael) – [03:01]
15. J. B. Dykes
15. O come and mourn with me awhile (St Cross) – [03:01]
16. William P. Rowlands
16. Love divine, all loves excelling (Blaenwern) – [02:50]
17. Arthur Sullivan
17. Onward, Christian soldiers! (St Gertrude) (brass & perc. arr. Tracey) – [04:02]

CD 4 – (00:42:00)

01. Jessie Seymour Irvine
01. The Lord’s my shepherd (Crimond) (1996 Remastered Version) – [03:09]
02. Charles Wesley
02. Love Divine, all loves excelling (Love Divine) – [02:54]
03. Frederick Myers, R. R. Terry
03. Hark, what a sound (Highwood) – [03:04]
04. Henry Baker, J. B. Dykes
04. The King of love my shepherd is (Dominus regit me) [1995 Digital Remaster] – [02:55]
05. Charles Wesley, W. H. Monk
05. Soldiers of Christ, arise (St Ethelwald) – [02:12]
06. Thomas J. Williams
06. Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Ebenezer) – [01:57]
07. Johann Sebastian Bach, Tobias Clausnitzer
07. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 [arr. Winkworth] – [01:44]
08. Jane Leeson
08. Loving shepherd of thy sheep (Buckland) – [02:14]
09. Issac Smith
09. Be thou my guardian (Abridge) – [02:10]
10. Myles B Foster
10. Lift up your heads – [02:03]
11. 18th-century English
11. Spirit of mercy, truth and love (Melcombe) – [01:29]
12. Traditional
12. Thou, whose almighty word (Moscow) – [02:24]
13. Charles Wesley, Orlando Gibbons
13. Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go (Angel’s Song) – [02:52]
14. Hubert Parry
14. O praise ye the Lord (Laudate Dominum) – [02:44]
15. Friedrich Filitz
15. Jesus, blessed saviour (Eudoxia/Caswall) – [02:28]
16. Edward Perronet
16. All hail the power of Jesu’s name (Ladywell) – [02:38]
17. Felix Mendelssohn
17. Now thank we all our God (Nun danket) [1995 – Remaster] – [03:03]

CD 5 – (00:46:54)

01. John Hughes, Peter Williams, William Williams
01. Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah – [03:36]
02. Anonymous, W C Smith
02. Immortal Invisible God Only Wise – [02:39]
03. Charles Wesley, Joseph Parry
03. Jesu Lover of My Soul – [03:54]
04. John Byrom, John Wainwright
04. Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn – [02:08]
05. John Bacchus Dykes, William Whiting
05. Eternal Father, Strong to Save – [02:46]
06. George Job Elvey, Godfrey Thring, Matthew Bridges
06. Crown Him with Many Crowns – [03:04]
07. W. H. Monk
07. Abide with me (arr. G. Langford) (1971 Remastered Version) – [02:56]
08. William Croft
08. O God, our help in ages past (‘St. Anne’) (arr. Jaeger) (1966 Remastered Version) – [02:37]
09. John Stainer – The Crucifixion:
09. 5. The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow) (choir & congregation) – [03:12]
10. 10. Litany of the Passion (Holy Jesu, by thy passion) (choir & congregation) – [02:41]
11. 13. The Mystery of the Intercession (Jesus, the crucified, pleads for me) (choir) – [03:27]
12. 15. The Adoration of the Crucified (I adore thee, I adore thee!) (choir & congregation) – [01:56]
13. 20. For the Love of Jesus (All for Jesus – all for Jesus) (choir & congregation) – [02:49]
14. St Ambrose Of Milan/Plainchant
14. Christe, Qui Lux Es Et Dies – [03:26]
15. 17th -Century German, Traditional German Hymn, Traditional Silesian Folksong
15. Fairest Lord Jesus – [03:14]
16. Jeremiah E. Rankin, Vaughan Williams
16. God Be With You Till We Meet Again (Randolph) – [02:29]

CD 6 – (01:01:38)

01. Henry John Gauntlett
01. Arr. Mann & Willcocks: Once in Royal David’s City – [05:15]
02. Traditional
02. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks [arr. Willcocks] – [02:51]
03. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen [arr. Willcocks] – [03:35]
04. O Little Town of Bethlehem [arr. Ledger] – [03:29]
05. The First Nowell [arr. Stainer & Ledger] – [04:53]
06. C. Kocher
06. As with gladness men of old (Dix) (1994 Remastered Version) – [02:04]
07. Traditional
07. “Of the father’s heart begotten” [arr. Willcocks] – [05:05]
08. “O Come, O come, Emmanuel” [arr. Willcocks] – [03:30]
09. Bethlehem of noblest cities (Stuttgart) (1994 Remastered Version) – [02:22]
10. “It came upon the midnight clear” [arr. Sullivan] – [03:32]
11. O Come, All Ye Faithful [arr. Willcocks] – [04:47]
12. Felix Mendelssohn, William Hayman Cummings
12. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn’s Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4) – [04:10]
13. Johann Sebastian Bach – Chorales & chorale preludes for Advent & Christmas (1989 – Remaster):
13. Vom Himmel hoch – [03:46]
14. Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn – [03:15]
15. Jesu, meine Freude – [04:13]
16. Puer natus in Bethlehem – [01:27]
17. In dulci jubilo – [03:24]