Voices From the Holy Land

~ Release by BBC Welsh Chorus, Aled Jones, John Hugh Thomas (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Let Us Break Bread Together
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
[traditional]1:29
2Ave Maria
organ:
Robert Court
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert4:02
3My Lord, What a Mornin'
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
solo vocals:
Don Smith (tenor)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
[traditional]2:15
4Deep River
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
[traditional]3:50
5The Holy City
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
recording of:
The Holy City
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
Stephen Adams (English composer)
Stephen Adams5:50
6There Is a Green Hill Far Away
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
William Horsley2:44
7How Beautiful Are the Feet
organ:
Robert Court
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
George Frideric Handel2:40
8Ave Verum Corpus
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:15
9Easter Hymn
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina2:25
10Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach2:54
11The Little Road to Bethlehem
organ:
Robert Court
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
recording of:
The Little Road to Bethlehem
lyricist:
Margaret Rose (lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Michael Head (British composer) (in 1945)
Michael Head3:02
12The Shepherd's Farewell
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
Hector Berlioz4:38
13Ave Maria
organ:
Robert Court
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach - Charles-François Gounod2:45
14O for a Closer Walk With God
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
[traditional]2:38
15O for the Wings of a Dove
organ:
Huw Tregelles Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
George Frideric Handel5:22
16Tua Bethlem Dref
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
Edward Arthur2:01
17O Holy Night
organ:
Robert Court
treble vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
Adolphe Adam3:32
18De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
choir vocals:
BBC Welsh Chorus (BBC National Chorus of Wales)
conductor:
John Hugh Thomas
[traditional]2:21