SKU: A0.1310128

Dutch Christmas carol sung in an English translation by the dwsChorale
(Also known as King Jesus hath a garden)

It is a version for mezzo, alto and bass.

Lord Jesus hath a garden full of flowers gay,
Where you and I can gather nosegays all the day:

Refrain:
There angels sing in jubilant ring,
With dulcimers and lutes,
And harps and cymbals, trumpets, pipes,
And gentle, soothing flutes.
And harps and cymbals, trumpets, pipes,
And gentle flutes.


There bloometh white the lily, flower of Purity;
The fragrant violet hides there, sweet Humility:
(Refrain)

And one thing fairest is in all that lovely maze,
The gard'ner, Jesus Christ, whom all the flowers praise:
(Refain)

O Jesus all my good and all my bliss! Ah me!
Thy garden make my heart, which ready is for thee!
(Refrain).

SKU: A0.1266592

Heraclitus by Charles Villiers Stanford

Performed by David Warin Solomons as the one-man choir dwsChorale.

Callimachus of Cyrene (c. 310 BC – c. 240 BC) was a Greek poet, critic and bibliographer, of Libyan birth. 
He is considered the most influential figure of the Alexandrian school. 
He wrote this poem in memory of his friend Heraclitus. 


Εἰπέ τις, Ἡ�άκλειτε, τεὸν μό�ον �ς δέ με δάκ�υ
    ἤγαγεν �μνήσθην δ᾿ �σσάκις ἀμφότε�οι
ἠέλιον λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν. ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν που,
    ξεῖν᾿ Ἁλικα�νησεῦ, τετ�άπαλαι σποδιή,
αἱ δὲ τεαὶ ζώουσιν ἀηδόνες, ᾗσιν � πάντων
    ��πακτὴς Ἀίδης ο�κ �πὶ χεῖ�α βαλεῖ.

2 millennia later, William Johnson Cory, 1823-92 wrote this version of the poem:

They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead;
They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed;
I wept, as I remembered, how often you and I
Had tired the sun with talking, and sent him down the sky.

And now that thou art lying, my dear old Carian guest,
A handful of grey ashes, long, long ago at rest,
Still are thy pleasant voices, thy nightingales, awake;
For Death, he taketh all away, but them he cannot take.

... and this was set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford.

SKU: A0.1103557

The whole of Vivaldi's Gloria performed by the dwsChorale (one-man choir) with alto solo David W Solomons Lyrics (English translation can be found below) Coro [Allegro] Gloria in excelsis Deo Coro [Andante] et in terra pax hominibus Aria [Allegro] - Due soprani Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te. Coro [Adagio] Gratias agimus tibi Coro [Allegro] propter magnam gloriam tuam. Aria [Largo] - Soprani Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens, Coro [Allegro] Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe, Aria [Adagio] - Contralto e Coro Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis Coro [Adagio] Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Aria [Allegro] - Contralto Qui sedes ad dexteram patris, miserere nobis. Coro [Allegro] Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus altissimus Jesu Christe. Coro [Allegro] cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, Amen. (English translation) Chorus (Allegro): Glory to God in the highest Chorus (Andante): And on earth peace to men. Air (Allegro) - Two sopranos: We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you. Chorus (Adagio): We thank you Chorus (Allegro): for your immense glory. Air (Largo) – Two sopranos: Lord God, king of heaven, God the Father almighty, Chorus (Allegro): God the only begotten Son Jesus Christ, Air (Adagio) - Alto and Chorus: Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Chorus (Adagio): You who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, accept our prayers. Air (Allegro) – Alto: You who sit on the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us, Chorus (Allegro): because you only are holy, you only the Lord, you only the most high Jesus Christ Chorus (Allegro): with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

SKU: A0.1059419

Anonymous catch in 4 equal voices based on peals of bells from The Catch Club or Merry Companions, published in 1731, sung by the multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale (duplicating some voices down the octave for a fuller sound)
Well rung, Tom boy, Well rung Tom.
Ding dong Cuckoo well rung Tom.
The Owl and the Cuckoo the Fool and the Song.
Well sung, Cuckoo, well rung Tom.
(Bong!!! -er yes, alright, I added the Bong....).