Peterborough Cathedral Choir

2. Psalm 51 Kit Perona-Wright

3. Psalm 52 Stanley Vann

4. Psalm 53 Stanley Vann

5. Psalm 54 Anonymous

6. Psalm 55 Stanley Vann

7. Psalm 56 Haydn Keeton

8. Psalm 57 Henry Purcell, Andrew Reid

9. Psalm 58 Thomas Tertius Noble

10. Psalm 59 George Arnold

11. Psalm 60 Andrew Reid, Haydn Keeton

12. Psalm 61 Henry Baker

13. Psalm 62 Stanley Vann

14. Psalm 63 Henry Walford Davies

15. Psalm 64 Langdons Collection

16. Psalm 65 Henry Havergal

17. Psalm 66 George Bennett

18. Psalm 67 Ronald Gates

The Psalms of David are at the very heart of the Anglican tradition and sung daily by our cathedral choirs. Indeed the very standard of a choir can be judged by its performances of the psalms. Priory is pleased to announce this fourth volume in its second series of the Complete Psalms, using chants never recorded before and choirs not used in the first series. Peterborough Cathedral Choir under the direction of Andrew Reid (now director at the Royal School of Church Music) perform Psalms 50 to 67, in chants by Stanley Vann (former organist of the cathedral ) as well as Purcell, Noble, Keeton, George Arnold, Baker, Havergal, Walford Davies, George Bennett, Ronald Gates and Andrew Reid himself.

“Reid is imaginative in his use of contrast to illuminate the texts; there are many examples of this but I was particularly struck by the good use of dynamics in Psalms 58 and 59.” MusicWeb International, 11th July 2013