The Complete Recordings On Argo and L'Oiseau-Lyre Recordings

Collected here in one edition are the complete Argo and L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings of Simon Preston conducting the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Highlights from the 19 CD's include acclaimed accounts of composers from Haydn back to Handel and Purcell, and beyond to Lassus and Palestrina. The recordings are accompanied by a 32 page book with new notes by conductor, choirmaster and composer Ronald Corp, who was a chorister under Preston.

Disc 1
1: Kyrie
2: Gloria
3: Credo
4: Sanctus
5: Benedictus
6: Agnus Dei
7: Kyrie
8: Gloria
9: Credo
10: Sanctus
11: Benedictus
12: Agnus Dei

Disc 2
1: Omnes de Saba venient
2: Salve Regina
3: Alma Redemptoris Mater
4: Nos. 1-12
5: Nos. 13-31
6: Tui sunt coeli

Disc 3
1: 1. Kyrie
2: 2. Gloria
3: 3. Credo
4: 4. Sanctus
5: 5. Benedictus
6: 6. Agnus Dei
7: Nos.1-8
8: Nos.9-16

Disc 4
1: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major- Largo - Allegro
2: 1. "Now there arose a new King" 2. "And the children of Israel"
3: 3. "Then sent He Moses" 4. "They loathed to drink"
4: 5. "Their land brought forth frogs"
5: 6. "He spake the word"
6: 7. "He gave them hailstones"
7: 8. "He sent a thick darkness"
8: 9. "He smote all the first-born"
9: 10. "But as for his people"
10: 11. "Egypt was glad when they departed"
11: 12. "He rebuked the Red Sea"
12: 13. "He led them through the deep"
13: 14. "But the waters overwhelmed their enemies"
14: 15. "And Israel saw" 16. "And believed the Lord"

Disc 5
1: 17. "Moses and the children of Israel" 18. "I will sing unto the Lord"
2: 19. "The Lord is my strength"
3: 20. "He is my God"
4: 21. "The Lord is a man of war"
5: 22. "The depths have covered them"
6: 23. "Thy right hand, O Lord"
7: 24. "Thou sentest forth thy Wrath"
8: 25. "And with the blast of thy nostrils"
9: 26. "The enemy said: I will pursue"
10: 27. "Thou didst blow with the wind"
11: 28. "Who is like unto thee"
12: 29. "Thou in thy mercy"
13: 30. "The people shall hear and be afraid"
14: 31. "Thou shalt bring them in"
15: 32. "The Lord shall reign" 33. "For the horse of Pharoah" 34. "The Lord shall reign"
16: 35. "And Miriam, the Prophetess" 36. "Sing ye to the Lord"

Disc 6
1: 1. Kyrie
2: 2. Gloria
3: 3. Credo
4: 4. Sanctus
5: 5. Benedictus
6: 6. Agnus Dei

Disc 7
1: 1. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
2: 2. Expectans expectavi Dominum
3: 3. Alleluia, laudate Dominum
4: Dedicatio
5: 1. Euntes in mundum
6: 2. Surge, aquilo
7: 3. Ad Tres Virtutes Hortationes
8: 4. Brevis Motus Cantilenae
9: 5. Illi autem profecti

Disc 8
1: 1. Kyrie
2: 2. Gloria
3: 3. Credo
4: 4. Sanctus
5: 5. Agnus Dei
6: Timor et tremor
7: Vinea mea electa
8: Tenebrae factae sunt
9: Tristis est anima mea
10: O magnum mysterium
11: Quem vidistis pastores
12: Videntes stellam
13: Hodie Christus natus est

Disc 9
1: Jubilate Deo
2: Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart
3: Where Does The Unuttered Music Go?
4: 1. Kyrie
5: 2. Sanctus & Benedictus
6: 3. Agnus Dei
7: 4. Gloria
8: 1. Without Arms Or Charm Of Culture
9: 2. O Lord, my God
10: 3. Children Play About the Ancestral Graves
11: A Litany ("Drop, Drop Slow Tears")
12: All This Time (Carol, Early English)
13: Make We Joy In This Fest (Trad. Carol)
14: What Cheer?

Disc 10
1: Give unto the Lord, Op.74
2: Hymn of the Cherubim
3: Ave Maria (Motet)
4: Locus Iste (Motet)
5: Virga Jesse (Motet)
6: Pater Noster
7: Ave Maria, per soprano ed archi (Brani giovanili)
8: Ave Verum, Op.65, No.1
9: I will love thee
10: Geistliches Lied, Op.30 (Lass dich nur nichts)

Disc 11
1: 1. Magnificat anima mea
2: 2. Et exultavit spiritus meus
3: 3. Vom Himmel hoch
4: 4. Quia respexit humilitatem
5: 5. Omnes genarationes
6: 6. Quia fecit mihi magna
7: 7. Freut euch und jubiliert
8: 8. Et misericordia
9: 9. Fecit potentiam
10: 10. Gloria in excelsis Deo
11: 11. Deposuit potentes
12: 12. Esurientes implevit bonis
13: 13. Virga jesse
14: 14. Suscepit Israel
15: 15. Sicut locutus est
16: 16. Gloria Patri
17: Der Gerechte Kommt um, BWV deest

Disc 12
1: Eternal source of light
2: Let all the winged race with joy
3: Let flocks and herds their fear forgot
4: Let rolling streams their gladness show
5: Kind health descends on downy wings
6: Let Envy then conceal her head
7: United nations shall combine
8: Blessed are they that considereth the poor and needy
9: Blessed are they... They deliver the poor that crieth
10: O God, who from the suckling's mouth
11: The Charitable shall be had in everlasting remembrance
12: Comfort them O Lord, when they are sick
13: The people will tell of their wisdom
14: Hallelujah!

Disc 13
1: 1. We praise thee, O God
2: 2. To thee all Angels cry aloud
3: 3. The glorious company of the Apostles
4: 4. When thou took'st upon thee
5: 5. We believe that thou shalt come
6: 6. Day by day we magnify thee
7: 7. Vouchsafe, O Lord
8: 8. O Lord, in thee have I trusted
9: 1. O be joyful in the Lord
10: 2. Serve the Lord with gladness
11: 3. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God
12: 4. O go your way into his gates
13: 5. For the Lord is gracious
14: 6. Glory be to the Father

Disc 14
1: Symphony
2: "Comfort Ye, My People - Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"
3: "And The Glory Of The Lord"
4: "Thus Saith The Lord...But Who May Abide"
5: "And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi"
6: "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive...O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"
7: " For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth...The People That Walked In Darkness"
8: "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
9: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
10: "There Were Shepherds...Glory To God In The Highest"
11: "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion"
12: "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind ... He Shall Feed His Flock"
13: "His Yoke Is Easy"
14: "Behold The Lamb Of God"
15: "He Was Despised"

Disc 15
1: "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs... And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
2: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
3: "All They That See Him...He Trusted In God"
4: "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart...Behold The Lamb Of God....He Was Cut Off"
5: "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell"
6: "Lift Up Your Heads"
7: "Unto Which Of The Angels...Let All The Angels"
8: "Thou Art Gone Up On High"
9: "The Lord Gave The Word"
10: "How Beautiful Are The Feet"
11: "Their Sound Is Gone Out"
12: "Why Do The Nations...Let Us Break Asunder"
13: "He That Dwelleth In Heaven...Thou Shalt Break Them"
14: Hallelujah
15: "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
16: "Since By Man Came Death"
17: "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery...The Trumpet Shall Sound"
18: "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
19: "But Thanks Be To God"
20: "If God Be For Us"
21: "Worthy Is The Lamb...Blessing And Honour"
22: Amen

Disc 16
1: Gloria in excelsis
2: 2. Et in terra pax
3: 3. Laudamus te
4: 4. Gratias agimus tibi
5: 5. Propter magnum gloriam
6: 6. Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis
7: 7. Domini fili unigenite
8: 8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
9: 9. Qui tollis peccata mundi
10: 10. Qui sedes ad dexteram patris
11: 11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
12: 12. Cum Sancto Spiritu
13: 1. Nulla in mundo pax
14: 2. Blande colore...3. Spirat anguis inter flores
15: 4. Alleluia (Allegro)

Disc 17
1: 1a. Kyrie eleison
2: 1b. Christe eleison
3: 1c. Kyrie eleison
4: 2a. Gloria in excelsis Deo
5: 2b. Laudamus te
6: 2c. Gratias
7: 2d. Domine Deus
8: 2e. Qui tollis
9: 2f. Quoniam
10: 2g. Cum Sancto Spiritu
11: 3a. Credo in unum Deum
12: 3b. Et incarnatus est
13: 3c. Crucifixus
14: 3d. Et resurrexit
15: 4. Sanctus
16: 5. Benedictus
17: 5a. Agnus Dei
18: 5b. Dona nobis pacem
19: Missa rorate coeli desuper, Hob.XXII:3

Disc 18
1: 1. Kyrie
2: 2. Gloria
3: 3. Credo
4: 4. Sanctus
5: 5. Benedictus
6: 6. Agnus Dei

Disc 19
1: 1. Kyrie
2: 2. Gloria
3: 3. Credo
4: 4. Sanctus
5: 5. Benedictus
6: 6. Agnus Dei
7: Kyrie
8: Gloria
9: Credo
10: Sanctus
11: Benedictus
12: Agnus Dei

Conductor: Simon Preston

Number of Discs: 19

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