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  Alastair Roberts Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Alastair Roberts Alastair was a chorister at St John's College Cambridge.He is the father of Jonathan Roberts.
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Alastair Roberts - Hear My Prayer
Hear My Prayer (London 433 685-2, CD) 1992
Featuring Alastair Roberts   Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge  
Reissue of Argo ZRG 5152, LP (1959). Alastair sings two pieces on this CD, accounting for about half the playing time.
  1.   Hear My Prayer (   Soloist: Alastair Roberts
  2.   A Tender Shoot  
  3.   Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147  
  4.   Ave verum Corpus, K. 618  
  5.   I Saw the Lord  
  6.   Ein deutsches Requiem (German Requiem), Op. 45   Soloist: Alastair Roberts
  7.   Sonata for keyboard ("On the First Tone")  
  8.   Crucifixus, for chorus & organ  
  9.   Jehova, quam multi sunt, sacred, Z. 135  
10.   Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace for chorus & organ  
11.   Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11  
Alastair Roberts - Hear My Prayer
Hear My Prayer (Argo RG 152 / ZRG 515, LP)
Featuring Alastair Roberts   Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge  
7 track EP.
  1.   Carol: A Tender Shoot  
  2.   Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn)  
  3.   Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)  
  4.   Ave Verum (Mozart)  
  5.   I Saw the Lord (Stainer)  
  6.   Ye now are sorrowful (Brahms)  
  7.   Sonata de 1e Tono (Lidon)  
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Alastair Roberts - Hear My Prayer
Hear My Prayer (Argo Records EAF 56, 45rpm Single) 1963
Featuring Alastair Roberts   Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge  
Mono. Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, directed by George Guest.
  1.   Hear my Prayer  
  2.   O for the Wings of a Dove  
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Alastair Roberts - The World of St John's
The World of St John's (Decca  443 390, CD) 1994
Featuring Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge   Alastair Roberts  
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, 1958-1977. Alastair Roberts (Tr), April Cantelo (S), Helen Watts (A), Robert Tear (T), Barry McDaniel (Bar), Christopher Keyte (B)
  1.   Jesu, joy of man's desiring (JS Bach)  
  2.   Exsultate Deo (Palestrina)  
  3.   Crucifixus (Lotti)  
  4.   Omnes gentes (Banchieri)  
  5.   Ave verum corpus (Mozart)  
  6.   Hear my Prayer (Mendelssohn)   Soloist: Alastair Roberts
  7.   Kyrie [Paukenmesse] (Haydn)  
  8.   In exitu Israel (S.S. Wesley)  
  9.   Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei (Purcell)  
10.   Hosanna to the Son of David (Weelkes)  
11.   Ecce sacerdos magnus (Bruckner)  
12.   O sacrum convivium! (Messiaen)  
13.   Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré)  
14.   A hymn to the Virgin (Britten)  
15.   O clap your hands (Vaughan Williams)  
Alastair Roberts - Ave Maria
Ave Maria (Decca  2894210292, CD) 1990
Featuring George Banks-Martin   Alastair Roberts  
George sings on one of two treble solo tracks.
  6.   Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn)   Soloist: Alastair Roberts (Treble) Peter White (Organ)
10.   Pie Jesu [Requiem Op. 48] (Fauré)   Soloist: George Banks-Martin (Treble) Simon Preston (Organ)
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