A recording made for private distribution and not available for sale to the general public.
Presently the earliest known recording of any version of Allegri’s Miserere. Also the earliest recording identified of the edition for male voices published as part of the Harvard University Glee Club Collection by E. C. Schirmer Music Co in 1922.
A second album of choral music released by the University of the South Choir (the first having been released in 1951). Includes “ten religious numbers, many of them sung acapella, including the music of Bach, Jan Smit, Flors Peeters, Jacob Handl and Vittoria” (from the Sewanee Alumni News, 1955).
Fordham Glee Club on Record – For the first time in its 33-year history, the Fordham University Glee Club has made a professional recording of Fordham songs, hymns, and other selections. (The Tablet, Brooklyn, New York, 26th May 1956)
Selections presented at the 17th Annual “Home Concert” and including contributions from the combined Glee Clubs and the “Collegians” (Dance Orchestra). The Davison arrangement of Allegri’s Miserere is sensitively presented.
A limited edition presented by the Harvard Glee Club, G. Wallace Woodworth, conducting, of the Centennial Concert recorded at Sanders Theatre June 9, 1958 (from the album cover).
Very little is know about the circumstances of this recording by the Georgetown University Glee Club, and nothing can be gleaned from recordings that precede or follow it. We have assumed that the recording was made in the Gaston Hall at Georgetown University.
An excellent rendition of A. T. Davison’s arrangement of Allegri’s Miserere for male voices performed by the Caltech Glee Club, as part of their double-LP recorded in 1959. Published on distinctive translucent red vinyl, this extensive and varied collection is well performed and a delight to hear after over 60 years.
A recording believed made during the annual Choral Concert in 1967 which featured the Caltech Glee Club, the UCLA Women’s Choir, and the Caltech Chamber Singers.
Guildford Cathedral Choir toured the north-west of England during the summer of 1971, and this private recording was made at the final concert of the series on 30th July 1971 at the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The music was sung from different locations within the building. The Miserere is sung in English.
Whereas little is known of Fordham University Glee Club’s first recording of the Miserere, by contrast this recording at the Glee Club’s 50th Annual Concert in 1973 is well documented, and has been preserved and made available by the present Glee Club. The Miserere is presented in a section of sacred music alongside works by Perotin, and a rousing performance of Hassler’s ‘Cantate Domino’. Later pieces in the concert include some fine close harmony singing – especially ‘Mr Sandman’ by the “Ramblers of Rose Hill”