I think mine might possibly be Handel's Dettingen. Or the Walton Coronation.
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Difficult.
Coll Reg? Stanford Bb? There was I think a Wood one we used to do that had an ending I loved: I can't recall the key after 25 years!
Then, thanks to the old boards, I came across Sullivan's a few years ago. Wow!
That's the problem with favourites - there are so many, so good, that it's almost impossible.Comment
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Bruckner definitely - thanks for the prompt. I shall now play it before I go to bedComment
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Nice question!Originally posted by AscribeUntoTheLad View Post
Mine would be:
Bruckner Te Deum
Kodály Budavari Te Deum
Walton Coronation Te Deum
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Dvorak Te DeumComment
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The Verdi is rather good too (and I'm not a great Verdi fan); and Purcell and Elgar. But Berlioz is still top of the list for me.
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Clearly I'm alone here at the moment as an ex English cathedral chorister!
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It depends on whether you're talking about pieces that can be performed liturgically or not. If yes, then Byrd Great, closely followed by Howells Coll. Reg. If not, then the Berlioz is good fun. Or maybe the Walton. The Purcell is very good too.My boxes are positively disintegrating under the sheer weight of ticks. Ed ReardonComment
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I'd forgotten about the Berlioz, of which I'm very fond.
Feel free to toss anything out there, MC (as it were), liturgical or not.Comment
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I'd happily toss the Elgar out - can't abide the thing.
Tomkins' Third Service is rather fine and includes a verse section for four altos, as well as some nice harmony with extra sharps (funnily enough) at 'When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death'.My boxes are positively disintegrating under the sheer weight of ticks. Ed ReardonComment
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Not at all. I'd go for liturgical too: Britten in C by a nose ahead of Britten in E.Originally posted by Simon View PostClearly I'm alone here at the moment as an ex English cathedral chorister!Comment
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How on earth did I forget Verdi?! Possibly the most wonderful of the lot as far as I'm concerned (I find the Berlioz tends to go on and on - my loss I'm sure).Originally posted by Roslynmuse View PostThe Verdi is rather good too (and I'm not a great Verdi fan); and Purcell and Elgar. But Berlioz is still top of the list for me.Comment
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Originally posted by makropulos View Post
No, there is only one winner for me.
Howells Coll. Reg. by a country mile."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Haydn in C - I prefer it to most of those late masses.Comment
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier, H146
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William Croft in DLast edited by vinteuil; 14-09-11, 08:22.Comment
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