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Russian Singing - Voices of Earth and Heaven

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by: Various Composers

Release Date October 01, 1999

CD-Charts Position 2

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The Bells of Christmas

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by: Gloriæ Dei Ringers

Release Date October 10, 1995

CD-Charts Position 3

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Chants of Christmas/Bells of C

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by: Gloriae Dei Cantores

Release Date July 09, 1998

CD-Charts Position 4

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Hear Them Ring: Bells of Christmas [CASSETTE]

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by: Ringers, Pugsley

Release Date October 10, 1995

CD-Charts Position 5

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Hear Them Ring: Bells of Christmas

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by: Ringers, Pugsley

Release Date October 10, 1995

CD-Charts Position 6

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Christmas Bells

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by: Westminster Concert Bell Choir

Release Date January 17, 1995

CD-Charts Position 7

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Winter Words: Poetry & Personal Writings

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by: Hardy, Alexander, Maw

Release Date April 11, 2000

CD-Charts Position 8
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Finzi: The Collection

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by: Various Artists

Release Date June 14, 2004

Although Finzi had parents of German (Mother) and Italian (Father) origin, he was born in London and his music is typically English. Many of his compositions are sombre works, music set to the poetry of Thomas Hardy, Thomas Traherne and William Wordsworth. His childhood experiences no doubt influenced his tendency to write in such melancholy style, for his father died when he was seven and his early music teacher died during World War I. Three of his brothers also died during this period.

Nevertheless Finzi continued to study music and rubbed shoulders with some of the English greats like Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He took a dislike to the City life so moved to Wiltshire with his wife, then eventually settled ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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Gerald Finzi

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by: Various Artists

Release Date May 14, 2001
Gerald Finzi lived from 1901 - 1956. Surely no other composer sounds so British. He distilled the influences of Elgar and Vaughan Williams into an instantly recognisable style. His music sounds even more traditionally British because of the nostalgia that brims over from it. It is the music of the end of things, of autumn, of the evening of the day, and the evening of life. Death had been a frequent visitor to Finzi's early life. He lost his father and then his three brothers in quick succession. The shadow of death returned to him in his 50th year in the form of Hodgkin's Disease, which he died from five years later. However, this is the music of fond farewells. Finzi is no Dylan Thomas raging against the dying of the light.

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