There are two CD's available of the music recorded at the Grosvenor Chapel:

'The Spirit of Christmas' – a CD by the Choir of the Grosvenor Chapel

'The Glory of Grosvenor' - The Organ of Grosvenor Chapel, played by Richard Hobson

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

The Spirit of Christmas is performed by the Choir of the Grosvenor Chapel under Director of Music Richard Hobson, and features some of the best-loved music from the Chapel’s acclaimed Christmas concerts in a sequence following the Christmas story from Advent to Epiphany. There are well-known carols; music celebrating the Chapel itself (for example Maurice Greene’s anthem ‘Behold, I bring you glad tidings’, which is contemporary with the founding of the Chapel in 1730); and such sublime works as Herbert Howells’ ‘A spotless rose’ and Elizabeth Poston’s ‘Jesus Christ the apple tree’. The singing ranges from the unaccompanied voice beginning ‘Once in royal David’s city’, by way of delicate choral textures and polyphony, to great climaxes accompanied on the Chapel’s renowned organ, and a thrilling set of variations for the organ on the theme ‘In dulci jubilo’.
The Spirit of Christmas is on the Opera Omnia label.

This CD can be purchased from the Chapel Office at a price of £10.00 (plus £2 postage & packing). Please send you order together with a cheque for the correct amount made payable to ‘Grosvenor Chapel Foundation’ to:

CD Sales
Grosvenor Chapel
24 South Audley Street
London W1K 2PA

Proceeds from the sales of The Spirit of Christmas will support the restoration of the Chapel through the 'Grosvenor Chapel'. We hope very much that you will help us in this work – and celebrate Christmas with us!

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

1. HYMN: O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL

2. ANTHEM: THIS IS THE RECORD OF JOHN  Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

3. CAROL: RIU, RIU, CHIU Mateo Flecha the elder ? (1481-1553)

4. HYMN: HARK! HOW ALL THE WELKIN RINGS  arr. Thomas Betts (mid 18th century)

5. CAROL: AN EARTHLY TREE  William Byrd (?1543-1623)

6. CHORALE FANTASIA: WIE SCHON LEUCHTET DER MORGENSTERN

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) (Richard Hobson – organ)

7. CAROL: JESUS CHRIST THE APPLE TREE  Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

8. ANTHEM: BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GLAD TIDINGS  Maurice Greene (1695-1755)

9. CAROL-ANTHEM: A SPOTLESS ROSE  Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

10. HYMN: WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT  Thomas Clarke (1775-1859)

11. CAROL: THE THREE KINGS  Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)

12. CAROL: GOOD KING WENCESLAS  arr. Reginald Jacques

13. CAROL: IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER Harold Darke (1888-1976)

14. VARIATIONS ON IN DULCI JUBILO  Denis Bedard (b.1950)

Richard Hobson - organ

15. CAROL: THERE IS NO ROSE OF SUCH VIRTUE  John Joubert (b. 1927)

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16. CAROL: A MAIDEN MOST GENTLE  French tune arr. Andrew Carter

17. HYMN: ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY  Henry Gauntlett (1805-1876)
arr. David Willcocks

THE GLORY OF GROSVENOR

A CD of 18th c. English organ music played by Richard Hobson on the renowned instrument built in 1991 by William Drake. The organ, in a broadly 18th c. style, is housed in the Abraham Jordan organ case of 1732.   Thomas Gladwin was one of the early organists of the Chapel.

John Bennett Voluntary in F
Thomas Gladwin Sonata no.6 in E minor
William Walond Voluntary in D minor & major & Voluntary in D minor
Thomas Attwood Dirge for 9th January 1806
William Russell Voluntary in G minor set 1 no.10
Voluntary in C major set 1 no.1
John Keeble Voluntary in G major & Voluntary in F

This CD can also be purchased from the Chapel Office at a price of £10.00 (plus £2 postage & packing). Please send you order together with a cheque for the correct amount made payable to ‘Grosvenor Chapel’ to:

CD Sales
Grosvenor Chapel
24 South Audley Street
London W1K 2PA