Haydn: Nelson Mass; Croft: Burial Service; Bach: St John Passion (excerpts) - Choir of King’s College Cambridge, David Willcocks, Simon Preston

Haydn: Nelson Mass/ Croft: Burial Service / Bach: St. John Passion excerpts

Choir of King’s College Cambridge
David Willcocks
(Bach with Simon Preston, organ)

(Haydn) “resonant King’s acoustic…the effect is admirably full-blooded and vivid” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) (Croft) “Another unforgettable experience is the singing of Croft’s Burial Service, recorded in procession with the voices gradually drawing nearer.” (Haydn) “a fine and vital performance under David Willcocks, with a first-rate quartet of soloists (Gramophone)

THE ‘NELSON’ MASS (Missa in augustiis / Mass in Troubled Times)
1. Kyrie 5:02
2. Gloria 10:43
3. Credo 9:51
4. Sanctus 2:22
5. Benedictus 5:57
6. Agnus Dei 6:14
Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause
with the London Symphony Orchestra

7. William Croft: The Burial Service (Recorded in procession) 14:38
8. Thomas Tallis (ed. Ken): Glory to Thee, My God, this Night 2:53
9. Orlando Gibbons: Drop, Drop Slow Tears 1:33

J S Bach: St. John Passion – Excerpts
10. Chorale: O Lord who dares smite Thee 2:05
11. Chorale: O Mighty King. Eternal is Thy Glory 2:03
12. Chorus: Rest calm…Lord Jesu, Thy dear Angel send 10:58