Richard L. Hess - St. Thomas Church New York City Discography - Albums Released in 1998 and Later

All of this information comes from recordings in my posession unless noted otherwise.

Searching on "Hancock" as conductor or artist will find at least some of these recordings in the online record stores. Five or six showed up in CDNow in May, 1998.

A Cappella From Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue - 1998 - Koch International 3-7351-2H1 - Available from the Church as of 1998 Available from Gothic Records

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; Dr. Gerre Hancock, Organist and Master of Choristers (recorded May, 1995)

Charles E. Wood (1866-1926)
- Hail, gladdening light
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
- Sicut cervus
- Exultate Deo
Robert Parsons (c. 1530-1570)
- Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
- Ave Maria
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- Ave Maria
William Byrd ( c. 1542-1623)
- Haec Dies
Adrian Batten (1594-1637)
- When the Lord turned again
John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
- Dum transisset sabbatum
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
- Laudate Dominum
- Organ Improvisation by Dr. Gerre Hancock
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- Hear my prayer, O Lord
- Organ Improvisation by Dr. Gerre Hancock
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
- Motet: Take him, earth, for cherishing
Bruce Saylor (b. 1946)
- Go, tell it on the mountain
- Organ Improvisation by Dr. Gerre Hancock

Evensong for Advent - 1998 - Koch International 3-7393-2H1 - Available from the Church as of 2000 Available from Gothic Records

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; Dr. Gerre Hancock, Master of Choristers (recorded May, 1996)

Advent Prayers (Gerre Hancock) Sung with the Rector
Improvisation
Introit "Twas in the year that King Uzziah died" (Anonymous)
Versicles (Bernard Rose) Lauda, Anima Mea, Sung with the Rector
Psalm 146 "Laudate Dominum" (C. Villiers Stanford)
The First Lesson (Isaiah 40:1-5) Read by the Rector
Hymn "Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding" (Merton)
Magnificat in A (Edward Woodall Naylor)
The Second Lesson (Luke 1:57-67) Read by the Rector
Nunc dimittis in A (Edward Woodall Naylor)
The Apostles Creed
Responses (Bernard Rose)
The Collects
Anthem "The Lord will surely come" (Gerre Hancock)
Hymn, "O come, O come, Emmanuel"
Motet, "Ave Mariea" (Franz Biebl)
Anthem, "This is the record of John" (Orlando Gibbons)
Voluntary - Three Choral Preludes on "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Masses From Saint Thomas - 1999 - Koch International 3-7418-2H1 - Available from the Church as of 2000 Available from Gothic Records

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; Dr. Gerre Hancock, Organist and Master of Choristers (recorded May, 1997)

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Missa Brevis (1944)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Mass in G Minor (1920-1)

Christmas Improvisations - 1999 - Gothic Records G49109 - Available from the Church as of 2000 Available from Gothic Records

Dr. Gerre Hancock, Organist

Taylor & Boody (Gallery Organ)
- Personet hodie
- The snow lay on the ground
- Puer nobis nascitur
- Angels we have heard on high
- Infant lowly, infant holy
- I saw three ships
- What child is this?
- Go, tell it on the mountain
Aeolian-Skinner (Chancel Organ)
- A Christmas Symphony
  - Christe, Redemptor omnium (Plainsong)
  - Es ist ein' Ros entsprungen (German folk tune)
  - In dulci jubilo (German folk tune)
  - Puer natus in Bethlehem (Plainsong)
  - Divinum mysterium (plainsong)

Antiphons, Op. 18 by Marcel Dupré Sunday Music by Petr Eben - 1999 - Gothic Records G49110 - Available from the Church as of 2000 Available from Gothic Records

Judith Hancock, Organist

Fifteen Pieces Founded on Antiphons, Op. 18 by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Vèpres du Commun de la Sainte-Vierge
Sunday Music by Petr Eben (b. 1929)
Nêdelní Hudba

Great Cathedral Anthems - 2000 - Priory PRCD 629 - Available from the Church as of 2000

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; Dr. Gerre Hancock, Master of Choristers; Judith Hancock (organ) (recorded May, 1999)

The Lord is King Lee Hoiby
I was glad Leo Sowerby
Exultate te, Domine Ned Rorem
Happy are all they that fear the Lord Bruce Neswick
Now sinks the sun Horatio W. Parker
Earthquake, Wind and Fire Gerre Hancock
Let this mind be in you Mrs. H. H. A. Beach
Open our eyes Will C. Macfarlane
Draw us in the Spirit's tether Harold W. Friedell
Arise, shine Richard Dirksen

Popular Organ Music Volume Five - 2000 - Priory PRCD 599 - Available from the Church as of 2000

Judith Hancock (organ) (recorded 18 and 19 October 1996)

Partita divers sopra "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" BWV 768 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" BWV 706 Johann Sebastian Bach (two tracks)
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König Op. 65 No. 58 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Chorale Prelude "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" Op. 65 No. 57 Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Adagio, Allegro, Adagio K 594 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Prelude on "Malabar" Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)""
Toccata, Villancico y Fuga Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983

Christ the Fair Glory - 2001 - Koch 3-7441-2HI - Available from the Church as of 2003

Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Gerre Hancock, Organist and Master of Choristers, a 2-CD set

Please follow the links for the following two reissues from 2002
The Saint Thomas Tradition
Silent Night at Saint Thomas

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