Brings back many memories of past Good Fridays when our choir sang this Cantata. During Holy Week we sang it 4 times at various churches But on Good Friday always at Christ Church. Most of my fellow choir members have gone on. I'm now 92
@London_miss2347 ай бұрын
God bless.
@murdomacleod51526 ай бұрын
Still the best recording. Sang all the way through as if sometimes do to remind me of my choir boy days in the mid 1950s it brings back so many wonderful; music memories , thanks for posting as i have lost my lp.
@angelah20837 ай бұрын
I’m keeping up the tradition of having a Good Friday sing through today (2024) - thank you for making this available.
@simonbrazendale81192 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best version of John Stainers masterpiece. I've listened to this on and off over the years and will continue to do so.
@philipbaker8707 Жыл бұрын
I sang all this as a choir boy at Brimscombe C of E Church, Holy Trinity Easter 1966 aged 11 with my 2 brothers 12 and 10 along with a gathering of other local parish quires ..... Never to be forgot, surrounded by the most beautiful voices ... From "Fling Wide The Gates" to "God so Loved the World" .... I felt like I was inside the music with the rest of the quire .... Now some 57 years later its still an event I can tearfully remember .....
@HighwayBrickery Жыл бұрын
Every Good Friday, for the last 35 or so years, I arise and in the early morning darkness (late autumn where I am) , play this entire record. musical perfection.
@robertschennaifurniture97957 ай бұрын
Sing this cantata at Immanuel baptist church in yangon under George Poba's leadership. This was six decades ago. Still remember the words. Brings back such wonderful memories.
@TheasChristmasVillages2 жыл бұрын
This marvellous rendition moved me to tears. Thank you Lord Jesus for your sacrifice.
@jokedessing7276 Жыл бұрын
🍷 ja allemaal voor zover ik weet!!
@debbiebrett66893 жыл бұрын
Guildford was my 'local' cathedral in those days. Strange to think that the choir boys in this performance are around the same age as me (63!). Wonderful to hear this 53-year-old performance.
@margaretbarclay70792 жыл бұрын
This is so dear to me' brings back memories of hearing it every Easter sung in our Church. My Father sang the tenor line.
@debbiebrett66893 жыл бұрын
Just finished listening to this. What a GORGEOUS performance! Thank you! Memories of my father singing the bass solos in the 60's at St.Paul's church, East Molesey.
@vivienneedwards4029 Жыл бұрын
Thank you - a friend mentioned to me yesterday - I had not listened to it before. Absolutely gripping. Thank you yet again
@philippajones46934 жыл бұрын
So loved hearing this work at Easter 2020. Way back in the 1970s I was in the BBC Club Choir and we sang it ...also at my church St John’s Woking.
@davidnash413 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for posting this recording. I bought this LP around 1970 and lost it. What a joy to find it here. A life without Christ has no meaning.
@Mattmanutube2 жыл бұрын
I have this recording ….. one of my favorites 👍
@gillianfisher67577 жыл бұрын
This recording was my Good Friday tradition when my parents had it on LP, it brings back so many family memories, I am so glad to have found it again this Good Friday
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Delighted to hear it. That's partly what this channel is for.
@MrEverin17 жыл бұрын
Movements: 0:00 And They Came to a Place Named Gethsemane (tenor recitative) 1:23 The Agony (tenor and bass solo and chorus) 7:36 Processional to Calvary (organ solo) and "Fling Wide the Gates" (chorus and tenor solo) 14:37 And When They Were Come (bass recitative) 15:21 The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (hymn) 16:57 He Made Himself of No Reputation (bass recitative) 18:09 The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation tenor solo 22:13 And As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent (bass recitative) 23:25 God So Loved the World (chorus or quartet a cappella) 27:02 Litany of the Passion (hymn) 30:07 Jesus Said, 'Father, Forgive Them' (tenor and male chorus recitative) 30:55 So Thou Liftest Thy Divine Petition (tenor and bass solo duet) 35:00 The Mystery of the Intercession (hymn) 39:42 And One of the Malefactors (bass solo and male chorus) (not in this recording:) The Adoration of the Crucified (hymn) 42:00 When Jesus Therefore Saw His Mother (tenor solo and male chorus) 44:41 Is It Nothing to You? (bass solo) 45:34 The Appeal of the Crucified (chorus) 51:58 After This, Jesus Knowing That All Things Were Now Accomplished (tenor and male chorus recitative) 54:00 For the Love of Jesus (hymn)
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the trouble to provide this information.
@willschannel25344 жыл бұрын
Appreciate very much for the tracks listing and many thanks to ArchivesofSound for sharing the album. A balm to the ear especially “GOD So Loved the World” during these trying times. Best wishes from Malaysia.
@margaretbarclay70792 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@vivienneedwards4029 Жыл бұрын
Thank you - really helpful info
@ringerpaul3118 Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, what a sound!
@chriscook69613 жыл бұрын
Listening to this Good Friday morning 12th April 2021 and bringing back wonderful memories of being a soprano 57 years ago at St. Helen’s Church, Trowell, Notts. with the wonderful organist Jack Corns.
@munchguyz25212 жыл бұрын
Similar here. Sung this as a treble in Worfield Shropshire c1980. Hated every bar then but tastes change!
@belfastladdie7 жыл бұрын
my parents had this particular recording when I was a child and it has remained running through my musical memories ever since
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Amazing to think it's still in the CD catalogue, all these years later.
@dawnmilner15474 жыл бұрын
A very moving and expressive rendition. Joy and comfort at this time of the Covid 19 pandemic. Surely this performance cannot be bettered? Soloists, choir and organ.....all magnificent!
@bobareebop4 жыл бұрын
Dawn - it is an excellent performance and I am enjoying listening to it. Do have a listen to the 1961 version by the Leeds Philharmonic Choir (also on You Tube). The primary difference with Leeds is they utilize a much larger choir, and the bass soloist has a much darker vocal quality.
@QHarefield3 жыл бұрын
@@bobareebop Thank you for the recommendation.
@roselee6094 Жыл бұрын
My wife and I were so fortunate and privileged to have sung this exquisite piece of music on a couple of occasions at Easter time a few years ago and this experience then launched us into a forty year plus career of singing Oratorios with Two different Choral Societies: how we relish Thursday night rehearsals with fellow chorister singers
@roberthoward65906 ай бұрын
I love to start this recording at about the 20 minute mark. There is nothing like hearing God So Love the World in its intended context. This especially in light of the incomparably performance of this iconic anthem.
@kerbal29anen7 жыл бұрын
I love this piece and this recording. When I was a treble in the early 60s, the only "posh" Easter music in my local parish church was Victorian and. particularly, Stainer. It's Holy Week as I write this. I suspect I am no longer the Christian I might once have been. But I can't get Stainer's composition out of my mind.
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
It sort of does that to you, doesn't it?
@QHarefield3 жыл бұрын
I also love this piece and this particular recording, and cannot get it out of my mind (nor would want to!). With respect, especially as you did not invite my opinion, none of us is the Christian he/she might once have been. However, if you are still following Jesus after all these years, that, alone, should encourage you.
@munchguyz25212 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and powerful. Listening Good Friday 2022.
@onwudebevincent68282 жыл бұрын
Thank You dear Lord for Your unfailing love to me
@jonathananderson2816 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Music for Good Friday. Apart from Bach St. Matthew (or John) Passion. ☦️
@QHarefield3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this sublime recording of this wonderful piece. I know that it (the original oratorio) is looked down-on in certain circles by the cognoscenti and the purists, but it has a power that shakes and moves me like no other.
@debbiebrett66893 жыл бұрын
I agree with you wholeheartedly!!
@malthuswasright10 ай бұрын
Not sure about looked down on, but let's face it - it's no Elgar. But that's not the point. It's a perfectly decent oratorio (and I've both sung and conducted it).
@cjmclr22 жыл бұрын
My first time hearing this (except I knew “God so loved the world”)Awesome! So grateful I could access this!
@teinyeboyle2 жыл бұрын
I did perform a portion of this work while studying in Ghana - with the Vocal Essence Chorale, i however wish to perform-in-full this oratorio. By far the work that carries best the eastertide melancholy. What perhaps, Handel's 'MESSIAH' part 3 should have been.
@nikkerwin4607 жыл бұрын
It is still on sale today as it is the finest recording available. Excellent singing and organ accompaniment. Great to see it on you tube (although I have the recording )
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliments! For clarity's sake, this upload is under the terms of WMG's arrangement with KZbin.
@debbiebrett66893 жыл бұрын
'Jesus the Crucified' must surely be one of the most beautiful hymns ever written.....I've loved it ever since I was a small child.
@richtrophicherbs2 жыл бұрын
Nice enough choir. Sempre molto wobblato soloists
@NinjaPiss2 жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant recording, some choirs take the whole too quickly especially the walk to the crucifixion
@timjmyall7 жыл бұрын
I love this recording - listened to it so many times over the years - sends me into a reverie - beautiful singing and hymns. I had to work this Good Friday - still, finding this coincidentally tonight has cheered me up a bit! Happy Easter Egg Day everyone!
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@martinlocke27897 жыл бұрын
A lovely clear recording with superb organ support, dynamics and registrations, from Gavin Williams.
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Very glad you enjoyed it.
@benjamin-hughmackay20947 жыл бұрын
As in The Gavin Williams from Rochester Cathedral ?
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
Rochester Grammar School, yes. Not the cathedral in fact.
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
And sadly no longer with us, as you probably know.
@benjamin-hughmackay20947 жыл бұрын
Yes, RIP. He was a Fine musician.
@pattidwell71472 жыл бұрын
One of the outstanding composers of church music of our day
@michaelowens53942 жыл бұрын
Our day? John Stainer died 121 years ago.
@Pinchton2 жыл бұрын
I have been lucky enough to be involved in the performance of this. First time as sweet innocent alto school boy. The second with local choir as a not so innocent tenor.
@cymbaliv55867 жыл бұрын
To my mind the best performance of this piece ever, which is hardly surprising, given the conductor. (I always aim to imitate Gavin Williams' organ accompaniment...) Does anyone know why one hymn was omitted? Was it a glitch in the recording?
@ArchivesofSound7 жыл бұрын
As far as we can remember (and it was nearly 50 years ago!) the omission was because the piece would otherwise have been too long for two sides of an LP.