Since you are interested in First Great Service / Responds for the Dead, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Sacred Choral Music Jonathan Vaughn (organ) / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson, conductor [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 21/Jul/2004 ] "Consistently true to Elgar's spirit, a fine collection from a great choirmaster. Despite the fact that he was Catholic, he wrote extensively for the Anglican liturgy. This disc represents his writing for both denominations and is beautifully done by... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor and other sacred choral works The Elora Festival Singers / Thomas Fitches (organ) / Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "This is a first rate collection" - ClassicsToday |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Missa pastoralis in G / Missa Solemnis in C Mary Enid Haines, Nina Scott Stoddart / Tower Voices New Zealand / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos 18th Century Sacred Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Recorded at St John's Cathedral, Napier-July/August 2000 |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Sacred Choral Music (Incl Via Crucis, Ave Maria, etc) Choir of Radio Svizzera, Lugano. Diego Fasolis, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Sep/2002 ] "an outstanding recording" - Gramophone |
DURUFLE
Sacred Choral and Organ Works Vol 2: Messe Cum Jubilo / Organ Suite, Op. 5 Didier Henry (baritone) Eric Lebrun (organ) Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble / Michel Piquemal (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Oct/2005 ] "This pair of Naxos CDs is noteworthy, essential listening, I would venture to suggest, for anyone who, like me, professes a deep love for Durufle's music." - Gramophone |
ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketelbey: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Bells Across the Meadow' & 'In a Persian Market']) Orchestras condusted by Albert Ketelbey, Ray Noble, Charles Prentice & Henry Geehl [ Naxos British Light Music / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Eclipsed first by the Swing Era, then further distanced by World War II and rock-'n'-roll, the music of Ketèlbey has the distinctive, nostalgic ring of a bygone age. |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA SAMMARTINI
Sammartini: Sacred Cantatas Symphonica Ensemble / Daniele Ferrari (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "It was enterprising of Naxos to rescue these two extended cantatas, both structured in the same way. The influence from Italian opera means that texts are in Italian rather than Latin. The music is eloquent and very well sung by all three soloists" |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music (Vol. 2) [incls Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 600] Tracy Smith Bessette (Soprano) / Marion Newman (Contralto) / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "The period-instrument Aradia Ensemble under the expert direction of Kevin Mallon are building an excellent reputation for themselves in the early music field and I have been fortunate to have heard several of their recordings. Mallon’s Toronto-based... |