An Advent Procession: Based on the Great "O" Antiphons
The Choirs of St. Mark's Cathedral - Seattle, Washington ~ $18.00

This Advent liturgy created by Peter Hallock combines readings, hymns, chant and anthems all organized around his setting of the seven great "O" Antiphons that form the basis of the hymn O Come, O Come Emmanuel. The Compline Choir sings in dialog with the mixed choir of the Cathedral (directed by J. MelvinButler). The Cathedral's four manual Flentrop organ is played by J. Melvin Butler and Roger Sherman in this unique liturgy.

Track List:
Let My Prayer Come Up Processional / Bidding Prayer / Ecclesiasticus 24:1-8 (Reading) / O Sapientia (Motet) / Collect / O Adonai (Antiphon) / Isaiah 43:1-7 (Reading) / O Day of God Draw Nigh (Hymn) / Collect / O Radix Jesse (Antiphon) / Isaiah 11:1-6 (Reading) / Collect / Isaiah 22:20-24 (Reading) / Hark! The Glad Sound! / Collect / O Oriens (Antiphon) / Isaiah 41:25-27, 42:1, 5-7 (Reading) / Collect / O Rex Gentium (Antiphon) / Isaiah 45:8-13 (Reading) / Hosanna to the Son of David (Motet) / O Emmanuel (Antiphon) / Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending / Luke 1:26-38 (Reading) / Collect
Time ~ 66:07

Cathedral Anthems / Peter Hallock Anthems
Choral Arts Northwest/ Richard Sparks ~ $17.98

Peter Hallock, organist/choirmaster at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle for forty years, composed an impressive array of original choral works in the Anglican tradition. This CD includes both large and small-scale works for choir, with and without instruments, most recorded here for the first time. Performed by Choral Arts Northwest, under the direction of Richard Sparks.

Track List:
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem; Show Us Your Mercy, O Lord; Dominus Regnavit; There is a Stream; The Song of Moses; Exsultate Deo; Phoenix; Gloria; Commit Your Way to the Lord; Behold, the Eye of the Lord; Whom Should We Love Like Thee

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French on the Flentrop
J. Melvin Butler, organist ~ ONLY $15.98

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Great Music of Holy Week and Easter
Choirs of St Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington
J. Melvin Butler, Organist and Choirmaster ~ $18.00

This recording of old and new hymns from The Hymnal 1982 treats the listener to a musical journey from Palm Sunday through the Triduum into Easter and its season of fifty days. It features six of the choral ensembles of the Cathedral which engage children, youth, adults, amateur and professional musicians, as well as the renowned Compline Choir, and a variety of instruments and arrangements. The world famous Flentrop organ is also featured.

Track List:
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! / When I Survey the Wondrous Cross / The Royal Banners Forward Go / All Glory, Laud, and Honor / Sing, My Tongue, The Glorious Battle / Sunset to Sunrise Changes Now / O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded / Were You There? / Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain / Love's Redeeming Work is Done / Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing! / The Day of Resurrection! / The is the Feast of Glory / Alleluia! Alleluia! Give Thanks / Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary / Come Away to the Skies / Now the Green Blade Riseth / The Whole Bright World Rejoices Now / At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing / Christ is Alive! / Look There! the Christ, Our Brother, Comes / This Joyful Eastertide / Jesus Christ is Risen Today

How Brightly Shines the Morning Star: Music for Epiphany
Saint Mark's Cathedral Choir ~ J. Melvin Butler, director
Also featuring Brian Fairbanks, flute / Joyce Ramée, viola / Thomas Joyce, J. Melvin Butler, Roger Sherman, organ ~ $16.98

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Out of This World: Heroic Music for Brass and Organ
J. Melvin Butler, Organist along with the Boston Brass ~ $16.98

The Boston Brass is paired with Mel Butler on the landmark Flentrop organ of St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle for this sonic spectacular! "Blast Off" with the world premiere recordings of Bruce Edward Miller's Pluto: The Last Planet; land in stormy Seattle with "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy van Heusen). Also included: Solemn Entry by Strauss, Poeme Heroique by Dupre and Grand Choeur Dialogue by Gigout.

Track List:
Miller: Pluto: The Last Planet / Gabrieli: Canzona Septimi Toni No. 2 / Brahms: Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee / Dupré: Poème Héroïque / Pearsall: Sir Patrick Spens / Gigout: Grand Choeur Dialogue / Bach: My Spirit Be Joyful / Dinda: Nocturne / Strauss: Solemn Entry / Handel: Aria from Xerxes / Campra: Rigaudon / Van Heusen: Here’s That Rainy Day
Time ~ 60:34

Thomsen Chapel Inaugural Recitals
St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle
J. Melvin Butler and Roger W. Sherman, organists, Marion Camp Oliver Organ ~ $16.98

This recording documents the inaugural recitals given on the new Paul Fritts organ of Thomsen Chapel at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle in 2003. With singing principals, piquant reeds, luscious flutes and a set of strings, this beautiful organ possesses a wide range of sonic possibilities not usually expected in a small, Baroque-style instrument. The program contains repertoire well-suited to a chapel organ, and includes the first recording of Toon Hagen’s partita on “Vater Unser im Himmelreich".

Track List:
John Stanley: Voluntary XIII (Prelude - Fugue); Voluntary VI (Diapasons – Corno or Diapasons) / Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark’s March / Buxtehude: “Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott”; Praeludium in D Major, BuxWV 139 / J. S. Bach: Chorale Preludes from Orgelbüchlein / Brahms: O Welt, ich muß dich lassen / Toon Hagen: Vater unser im Himmelreich (chorale and 4 variations) / Vierne: “Adagio” from Symphony III; “Impromptu” from Pièces de Fantasie / Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547.
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