Archive of Recorded Church Music - Invidious

Archive of Recorded Church Music

A treasure-trove of over 12,000 recordings and broadcasts, the Archive of Recorded Church Music spans almost 125 years of history. Representing over 1,000 choirs in the all-male English Cathedral tradition, they are celebrated and cherished, from the first gramophone record in 1902 to the present day. In conjunction with the extensive photographic and library collection, the Archive is unrivalled in historical, social and cultural significance.

We are proud to share on our YouTube channel some of the rare and historic recordings in the collection and to find out more about the Archive, please browse our website.

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BBC Choral Evensong: St Anne's Belfast 1970 (Grindle)

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'Some Enchanted Evening' Winchester Cathedral 2000 (Hill)

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'Beloved now are we' Sterndale-Bennett: York Minster (Jackson)

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First Ever recording of Walmisley in D minor, 1926

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The Great Lent Quiz

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Mendelssohn's 'Hear My Prayer' Southwell Minster 2005 (Hale)

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The First Ever recording of the Abbey Special Choir & Never Weather Beaten Sail, 1926

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Mendelssohn's Orchestral version of 'Hear my Prayer' Winchester Cathedral 1982 (Neary)

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Meet the Quiristers. Julian Smith & Harry Secombe. 1987

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The First Ever recording of 'Hear My Prayer' and its not what you think!

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The First Ever recording by an American chorister : 1907

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St Thomas Fifth Avenue in Concert, 2016 (Sheen & Buzard)

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First Ever recording using a microphone : 1926

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The First Ever recording of Stanford in G : 1927

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The First Ever recording of this Attwood anthem : 1973

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BBC Choral Evensong. St Paul's Cathedral, 1980 (Rose)

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The First Ever recording of Psalms : 1908

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RIP William Kendall, Lay Clerk at Winchester Cathedral.

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The First Ever recording of "Adeste fideles" : 1908

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'Little road to Bethlehem" Wells Choristers, 2000 (Archer)

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"Ceremony of Carols" Christ Church Cathedral Choir School, 1969

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"O come O come Emmanuel" Worcester Cathedral 1992 (Hunt)

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"Quem pastores" Canterbury Cathedral Choristers, c1999 (Flood)

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"On Christmas Night" Tewkesbury The Abbey Choir" 1993 (Belcher)

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Carols From Winchester, 1986 (Neary)

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Silent night from St John Divine, New York, 1948

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Carols Hampstead Parish Church 1954 (Sidwell)

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Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral wish you a 'Merry Christmas' from 1952

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How to keep track of 12,000 recordings.....and counting!

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Notre Dame Cathedral Boys' Choir : 1931

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An Appeal from the Founder

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'Up good Christen folk' St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin, 1988 (Dexter)

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Mozart's Apollo et Hyacinthus: Tölzer Knabenchor, 1983

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BBC Choral Evensong: St Anne's Belfast, 1977 (Gregory)

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'For the Fallen' Westminster Abbey (O'Donnell)

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Handel 'O Lord whose mercies' Frederick Firth - test pressing 1928

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Evening Canticles, Andrews in D. Lichfield Cathedral. Treble soloist, Daniel Norman. 1983

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'Nation shall speak peace' St Paul's Cathedral 1982 (Rose)

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BBC Choral Evensong: RSCM Hereford Cathedral Course 1990 (How)

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BBC Choral Evensong 1971. Guildford Cathedral (Rose)

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Festal Evensong at St John Ranmoor, 1995 (Barnes)

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Johnson's "Deus misereatur" Edinburgh RC Cathedral, 1958 (Oldham)

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Mendelssohn's "Hear my prayer": St Paul's Cathedral 1976 (Rose)

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Barry Rose 90th Birthday Tribute

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Valediction of Choristers, Hereford Cathedral 1982 (Massey)

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BBC Choral Evensong: Lichfield 2001 (Lumsden)

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"BBC Daily Service" Lichfield Cathedral Choristers, 1998 (Lumsden)

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Evensong from Cape Town, Worcester Cathedral 1993 (Hunt)

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"Music for Holy Week" King's College Cambridge (Ledger)

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"Hymns for Passiontide" King's College Choir, 1962 (Willcocks)

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"Places Where They Sing" St Michael's Tenbury, 1961 (L Nethsingha)

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'Music for Passiontide' Guildford Cathedral LP 1967 (Rose)

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Stainer 'The Crucifixion' Ripon Cathedral 1987 (Perrin)

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Duet from St Margaret's Westminster, 1968 (Neary)

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BBC Choral Evensong: RSCM at St Paul's, 1953 (Wright)

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"In Quires and Places" 1973 LP: St John's Cambridge (Guest)

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Boyce, Arne & Greene, St Paul's Cathedral 1979 (Rose)

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"Choral Matins" Peterborough 1960 (Vann)

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The world's biggest Christmas Card. Worcester Cathedral 1989

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"Good King Wenceslas" Guildford Cathedral, 1964 (Rose)

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