What's your favourite Te Deum?

[MickyD]

Croft Burial Service and Te Deum, St Pauls, John Scott, Parley of Instruments, Mmmmm. Hyperion, I think.

Yes, that's the one, ardcarp, a beautiful disc. My one regret is that a suite of Croft's theatre music "The Funerals" , featured in an LP made for the National Trust by a baroque orchestra directed by John Holloway , has never made it to CD. Actually, I think there is another CD version, but this recording was particularly special for me.

[ardcarp]

Ah. I have an LP called Music for Croft, dir by by John Holloway and also made for the National Front (sorry) Trust...or is this the same one? It does have The Comedy Call'd the Funeral on it...but also some anthems. It has Kevin Smith, Rogers Covey Crump, Michael George and Stephen Varcoe as soloists, plus my old friend Andrew Giles (of long Wabbey tenure) in the chorus. NT005

[MickyD]

Ah. I have an LP called Music for Croft, dir by by John Holloway and also made for the National Front (sorry) Trust...or is this the same one? It does have The Comedy Call'd the Funeral on it...but also some anthems. It has Kevin Smith, Rogers Covey Crump, Michael George and Stephen Varcoe as soloists, plus my old friend Andrew Giles (of long Wabbey tenure) in the chorus. NT005

That's it, ardcarp! There were also other LPs in the same series, Music for Knole, Petworth....the latter featuring some charming early romantic chamber music/songs with Christopher Hogwood at the fortepiano. I'd love to see these recordings re-released, they featured such interesting repertoire and the recordings were good.

[muticus]

Howells - Coll Reg - by a very long mile....

[Y Mab Afradlon]

Orlando Gibbons Te Deum from the Second Service

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7P8di1KUck

[Miles Coverdale]

This one is rather fun, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDqL6pjpjY

[Chris Watson]

Does anyone know the Tallis Te Deum for Means? I did it for the first time recently. It's wonderful - it has similarities with the Byrd Great Service.

[gainasbass]

Re #55, do you mean this one, Chris? http://www.youtube.com/watch?2VILF4K

Hope that this link makes sense. If not a visit to youtube and search "Thomas Tallis Te Deum" should help..

[scchoir]

For those who mentioned the Berlioz, you might be interested to know there are 2 opportunities to hear it in the South West this coming March: 24 March 2012 at Gloucester Cathedral, 31 March 2012 at Colston Hall, Bristol.

Both concerts have the same line-up (a co-production brought to you by two of Adrian Partington's choirs, and featuring the choristers of the Cathedrals of both cities), and both will also include a performance of the Fauré Requiem:

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Bristol Choral Society
Gloucester Choral Society
Choristers of Bristol Cathedral
Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral
Hannah Atherton - Soprano
Paul Charles Clarke - Tenor
Richard Walshe - Bass
Ashley Grote - Organ
Adrian Partington - Conductor

Details of the 24 March Gloucester performance here: http://www.gloucesterchoral.com/prog...?concert_id=42

Details of the 31 March Bristol performance here: http://www.bristolchoral.co.uk