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Church Music Books and sheet music If you are singing or playing church music we have a books and sheet music section, with everything from free downloadable sheet music to online shopping for hymn books and anthems. There's also a small section of books about church music. Also, for instant download, we have our own guide to choosing church music for your wedding - click here for details.
CDs In our CD section we have church music CDs by composer and choir and also CDs of music for special occasions, such as weddings. Hymn Accompaniment CDs We have an excellent value range of CDs to help if you can't get an organist. Music is an essential for everything from ordinary church services to weddings - but organists and keyboard players are hard to come buy. These CDs provide the music for hymns to sing along to, plus a range of organ voluntaries and music for special occasions like national anthems. Click here for more details of all CDs. At the heart of our range is the six CD hymn accompaniment set - 138 hymn accompaniments on organ for just £37.99 including p&p, plus a range of extra CDs for special occasions - two Christmas CDs, the weddings 2 CD set, Wedding Pieces for Organ, the remembrance CD, and More Popular Hymns which contains 49 additional hymn accompaniments. You can also buy any of tracks individually, emailed as MP3s (just 99p per track and less in bulk), or on CDs. Click here for more details of all CDs. CD of the month    Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Vol. 4 - Portsmouth Cathedral Choir     You could be forgiven for not realising the naval town of Portsmouth has a cathedral. In fact it didn't until 1927, but the old parish church was suitably enlarged and now it's a lovely place to sing in, as the choir demonstrates admirably, if perhaps slightly lower in oomph than some. They also give excellent value for money, cramming over 78 minutes onto the CD. As usual with this series there's an excellent mix. Andrewes is a lovely discovery - slap bang between Stanford (opens rather like the Bluebird) and Howells. The big H himself is represented by the excellent E major and the subtly dark B minor. Lassus and Victoria give us a rare chance to hear magnificent renaissance Latin constructs on plainsong, while Weelkes' treble service (which has men's voices too) is interesting, if one of the weaker performances. Shephard's modern setting is suitably haunting. And if Darke in F only means a eucharist setting to you, the canticles are robust and occasionally surprising. The reliable old warhorse here is Stanford's C, which is sympathetically treated, if a bit slow for our liking. A few samples on the Amazon.co.uk site.   Brewer in E flat Andrewes in G Howells in E Lassus Magnificat (Tone IV) Victoria Nunc (Tone III) Stanford in C Weelkes (service for trebles) Darke in F Shephard (Salisbury Service) Howells in B minor Bairstow in D
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Don't know where to start? If you aren't sure what the fuss is about, try out a couple of samples: Real Audio From the excellent Atlanta Sacred Chorale - a snippet of Tallis' If ye love me From the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir - Howell's A Spotless rose MP3 From the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway College - a small part of Byrd's Sing Joyfully
What's New Methodist Accompaniment CDs Junior Worship Songs Accompaniments US Anglican Hymn Supplement - 4 CDs from the Episcopal Hymnal (1940) More Carols! - we've added to our Carol Books and Carol Sheet Music sections Alternative Hymn Tunes volumes 2-4: three CDs of tracks from the Baptist Hymnal Catholic Organ Hymn Accompaniments - 25 popular Catholic hymns Alternative Hymn Tunes (US) - 27 tracks from the Baptist Hymnal Wedding Pieces for Organ Worship song accompaniments - 35 piano tracks More Christmas carol accompaniments Bach Miniatures - 26 superb short organ tracks Complete New English Hymnal CDs More Popular Hymns 2 CD accompaniment set 'Robot organist' in our no organist section Remembrance Hymns CD Baptism music page Wedding 2 CD set of hymns and voluntaries Buy individual hymn tracks Wedding church music planner Church music humour books Superb value CD-based hymn accompaniments Christmas carol accompaniment CD Directory of Organ Composers No Organist? How to manage hymns Christmas Carol sheet music Christmas CDs Funeral music page
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