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​​A recording of all the 6 Psalm-Preludes (Sets 1 & 2) together with the psalms on which the pieces are based. The chants are all by Howells, including 7 recently sent for publication by OUP by the Society (written for Dr John Birch and Lionel Dakers). Recorded in Durham Cathedral with the psalms directed by Daniel Cook and the psalm preludes performed by David Hill. There is a “bonus” performance of the Tallis Testament. REGENT:  REGCD 586

​Howells double CD - KGS0032
​Paean; Master Tallis’s Testament; Rhapsody No. 3 in C # minor
Organ: Sir Stephen Cleobury
Recorded 2019

Howells from Salisbury                                                                                       
Regent REGCD 407 DDD
Flourish for a bidding; St Louis come to Clifton; Intrata No.2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1,2,& 3. Rhapsody No. 4; Sonata No.2
David Newsholme (organ) in Salisbury Cathedral.  Recorded 2012

Sounds Atmospheric                                                                                  Lammas Records LAMM 192DPsalm Prelude Set 1 Nos. 1 & 2; Rhapsody No. 3 in C# minor; Psalm Prelude Set 2 No. 1; Saraband for the morning of Easter; Master Tallis’ Testament;  Saraband In Modo Elegiaco; Partita.
Christopher Stokes (organ) in Manchester Cathedral.  Recorded 2005

The Organ Music of Herbert Howells Vol. 1                                                    Priory PRCD 480 DDDPsalm Preludes Set 1 Opus 32 (1,2 & 3); Psalm Preludes Set 2 (1,2,& 3) Rhapsodies 1 – 4
Stephen Cleobury (organ) in King’s College Cambridge Chapel.  Recorded 1993

The Organ Music of Herbert Howells Vol. 2                                                    Priory PRCD 524 DDDSonata for Organ (1933); Six Pieces for Organ (1940-45 : Preludio “Sine Nomine”; Sarabande (for the morning of Easter); Master Tallis’s Testament; Fugue, Chorale & Epilogue; Paean.
Graham Barber (organ) in Hereford Cathedral.   Recorded 1995

The Organ Music of Herbert Howells Vol. 3                                                    Priory PRCD 547 DDDPartita; Prelude “De Profundis”;Dalby’s fancy; Dalby’s Toccata; Intrada; Flourish for a Bidding; St Louis come to Clifton; Two Slow Airs; Epilogue (from the Hovingham Sketches)
Adrian Partington (organ) in Winchester Cathedral. Recorded 1998

Herbert Howells :Psalm-Preludes and Rhapsodies                   Hyperion CDA 66394 DDDThree Psalm-Preludes Set 1 Nos. 1-3; Three Rhapsodies (Nos. 1,2 and 3); Three Psalm- Preludes Set 2 Nos. 1,2 & 3
Christopher Dearnley (organ) recorded in St Paul’s Cathedral 1989

Parry & Howells Organ Music                                                               Herald HAVPCD 116  DDDSonata in C minor
Graham Matthews (organ) in Sheffield Cathedral.  Recorded 1988

Herbert Howells Organ Music         `                                                     Herald HAVPCD 115Intrata, Flourish for a Bidding and St Louis come to Clifton, Two Slow Airs, Six Short Pieces for Organ
Philip Kenyon (organ).   Recorded 1988 in Charterhouse Chapel.