Since you are interested in Hear My Prayer-Hymns and Anthems, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 4 / Serenade for Strings Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Freshly spontaneous throughout", said the Gramophone of the Enigma, "undoubtably good value", added the Penguin Guide. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Piano Quintets Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "Two magical, enchanting chamber works in alluring performances by the Fine Arts Quartet and Cristina Ortiz...magical." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Orchestral Music (Incls 'Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112') RTE Sinfonietta / John Georgiadis (with Lynda Russell, soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] "Eminently persuasive performances in every way...polished and cultured playing...an ideal collection of his orchestral music" - Penguin Guide |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Four Hand Piano Music Pierre-Alain Volondat, Patrick de Hooge (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Faure's musical language bridged a gap between the romanticism of the nineteenth century and the world of music that had appeared with the new century, developing and evolving, but retaining its own fundamental characteristics. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cherished Hymns: Symphonic Hymns of the Forefathers / Hymns of the Forefathers 11 / Lead Kindly Light Prague Symphony Orchestra and various vocal ensembles [ ABC Classics / 3 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] This 3CD box set of wonderful hymns from the great tradition of cathedral music features three best-selling titles from ABC Classics at more than 70% off the combined price of the three individual discs. |
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Overtures Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Anthony Bramall [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, son of the banker Abraham Mendelssohn and grandson of the great Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, the model for Lessing's Nathan the Wise, the epitome of tolerance in a generally intolerant world. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Choral Music St Albans Abbey Girl's Choir, Lay Clerks of St Albams Cathedral Choir [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] "Best of all is the wonderful sonority of the eight-voice a cappella bookends, the Six Anthems and the setting of Psalm 43, Richte mich, Gott. And Winpenny's organ solo is of a comparable splendour." (Gramophone) |