60 Years of Song

~ Release by Morriston Orpheus Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

discogs have the cassette version

Annotation last modified on 2018-04-20 04:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Rhyfelgyrch gwyr Harlech (March of the Men of Harlech)
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
arranger:
Mansel Thomas
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Chandos Music Ltd.
1:28
2The Way You Look Tonight
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
3:53
3Morte Criste (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross)
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Morte Criste)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
composer:
Emrys Jones
4:34
4Memory (from Cats)
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Memory (Cats)
lyricist:
T. S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn
additional writer:
Trevor Nunn
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Bike Music, Downtown DMP Songs, Faber Music, Faber Music Ltd., The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
4:28
5How Great Thou Art
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
How Great Thou Art (Hine’s version)
additional lyricist:
Stuart K. Hine (from 1931 until 1949)
lyricist:
Carl Gustav Boberg
composer:
Stuart K. Hine (from 1931 until 1949)
translator:
Stuart K. Hine (from 1931 until 1949, in 1949)
publisher:
Thankyou Music Ltd.
translated version of:
O store Gud
3:44
6Bugeillo’r gwenith gwyn
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
arranger:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Cornerways Music Ltd.
3:03
7And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (Jerusalem)
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
2:26
8Speed Your Journey (Va pensiero from “Nabucco”)
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia
4:31
9The Old Rugged Cross
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
arranger:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Old Rugged Cross
lyricist and composer:
George Bennard (in 1912)
additional composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
Patterdale Music Ltd.
premiered at:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon (AKA the Old Rugged Cross Church) in Michigan, United States (on 1913-06-07)
written at:
Friends Community Church (Historic church located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States (from 1912-12-29 until 1913-01-12)
4:30
10In My Father’s House
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
arranger:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
In My Father’s House
lyricist:
Aileene Hanks
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:57
11The Drinking Song (from the Student Prince)2:03
12You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), T.B. Harms Company, The Welk Music Group, Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:56
13Gwahoddiad
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
vocals arranger:
John Tudor Davies
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Gwahoddiad (“Mi Glywaf Dyner Lais”)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Hartsough
translator:
Ieuan Gwyllt (John Roberts, Welsh hymnist and preacher, 1822–1877)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
translated version of:
I Am Coming, Lord (“I hear thy welcome voice”)
3:18
14Amazing Grace
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
arranger:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94)
2:36
15Llanfair
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
arranger:
Mansel Thomas
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
3:14
16Myfanwy
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
conductor:
Alwyn Humphreys (conductor / musical director)
recorded at:
Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
recording of:
Myfanwy
lyricist:
Sir John Betjeman
composer:
Mike Read (ex Radio One DJ)
publisher:
GLS 49 Ltd.
is based on:
Myfanwy
3:20

Credits

Release

manufactured in:the UK
printed in:UK
liner notes and producer:Gordon Lorenz
engineer:Andrew Taylor (UK engineer)
Toby Wood
editor and mastering:Mike Brown (mastering engineer)
Gordon Lorenz
organ:Alun Tregelles Williams
piano:Joy Amman Davies
manufactured by:EMI Swindon
distributed by and marketed by:EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1994)
mastered at and edited at:CTS Studios in Wembley, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom