Recordings & Hymns

A journey through some of the most moving and majestic music taken from State occasions during the Queen's reign, chosen to celebrate her Jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee message previously stated "I hope we will all be reminded of the power...

A delightful collection of music from the Elizabethan era including madrigals, masques, dances and songs from court entertainment as well as uplifting and beautiful sacred music – all by Queen Elizabeth’s favoured composers.Featuring fine performances by...

Enjoy music from each genre of Purcell’s prolific work during the English Baroque period. There are songs, overtures, anthems, odes, arias and instrumental pieces to give a full representation of this favourite English composer. Featuring fine...

This CD presents a sequence of music such as might be heard in the Abbey on Trinity Sunday. Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost.Opening with the Abbey bells summoning the faithful, we travel through the three principal services of the day...

Three composers whose contributions to the Anglican choral tradition are rich in historical significance: much of this music is inseparably bound up with the national celebrations or commemorations appropriate to war, coronation and royal marriage. Sung...

This latest album from Westminster Abbey is a programme of memorial music composed in England and France in the shadow of two World Wars.The main feature is Duruflé’s Requiem, given an astoundingly beautiful performance here, enhanced by distinguished...

The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla: The Official Album CD Track Listing: Disc 1 1.Fanfare for the Arrival of Their Majesties Various Performers 2.I Was Glad Various Performers 3.Greeting the King Various...

This new recording from Westminster Abbey presents Matins, Eucharist and Evensong as they might be heard on the Feast of St Edward (13 October). The Saint, whose death in 1066 sparked the Norman Conquest, remains buried in the Abbey to this day and his...

It is not known when or for whom William Byrd wrote his monumental ‘Great Service’, but we can be sure that he would approve of this new recording from Westminster Abbey.The ‘Great’ Service is here presented in its correct liturgical order (with the...

Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Peter Holder (organ) Throughout its history the Church of England has performed the conspicuous role of musical patron, and while this role may have changed in emphasis across the generations, it has...

The Choir of Westminster Abbey and James O’Donnell bring composer John Taverner to the fore in this new release, as they present two of the undisputed choral masterpieces from sixteenth-century England: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima and Western Wynde...

James O’Donnell and Westminster Abbey Choir present Nicolas Ludford (c 1490 - 1557).Ninefold KyrieAlleluia. Ora pro nobisHacclara die turmaAve Maria, ancilla TrinitatisMissa Videte miraculum Running time 62 minutes