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  James Davis Boy Soprano Soloist 
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James Davis James Davis, the soloist on this record, is thirteen. He has been a chorister in Worcester Cathedral Choir for four years, having previously been a member of the Cathedral Voluntary Choir. A Worcester boy, James attends the King's School, where the choristers are educated. He plays the piano, organ and oboe, and has begun to compose and arrange, mostly in a "popular" style. He recently became the first Elgar Scholar in the Cathedral Choir, an award made by the Elgar Foundation for "outstanding musical contribution to the life of the cathedral" in which the composer spent many happy hours.

James has been the principal treble soloist in the choir for some time, singing at recitals at home and on the continent, at broadcasts and on television, including a performance of Mendelssohn's "Hear my prayer"; he was also a soloist at the 1984 Three Choirs Festival in Worcester. He appears as soloist on other Cathedral Choir records.

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Singles Compact | Full
James Davis - James Davis
James Davis (Alpha XPS 104, 12in Single) 1984
Featuring James Davis   Worcester Cathedral Choir   Christopher Wright  
45rpm EP
  1.   Hear Ye Isreal [Elijah] (Mendelssohn)  
  2.   Agnus Dei [Coronation Mass] (Mozart)  
  3.   Lift thine eyes [Elijah] (Mendelssohn)   with Christopher Wright, treble
  4.   Pie Jesu [Requiem] (Faure)  
  5.   Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn)  
Other Recordings Compact | Full
James Davis - Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles (Griffin GCCD 4040, CD) April 2003
Featuring Robin Blaze   Jeremy Bowyer   Andrew Brough   Dara Carroll   Michael Criswell   Peter Davey   James Davis   Paul Dutton   Michael Ginn   Thomas Hunt   Daniel Ludford-Thomas   Christopher Smith   Andrew Wicks  
Compiled by Stephen Beet, Donald Hunt, Roger Fisher and Andrew Johnson for the record label Griffin. Includes a 16 page booklet with full biographical notes & pictures.

Harry Mudd, executive producer of Abbey Records and the associated Alpha Label, made an enourmous impact with his standalone recordings of choirs and boy soprano soloists in particular. This recording includes highlights from some of these soloists on CD for the first time.
  1.   Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  2.   I will give my love an apple   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  3.   Alleluya (Mozart)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  4.   O for the wings of a dove (Mendelssohn)   Soloist: Michael Ginn with the Choir of the Temple Church, London
  5.   Lark in the clear air (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
  6.    Der Musensohn (Schubert)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  7.    Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  8.   Laudamus te (Vivaldi)   Soloists: Thomas Hunt and Paul Dutton
  9.   Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Handel) (L)   Soloist: Jeremy Bowyer
10.   Shepherd's Song (Elgar)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
11.   Pie Jesu (Faure)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
12.   Skye Boat Song (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
13.   Let us wander not unseen (Purcell)   Soloists: Andrew Brough and Christopher Smith
14.   Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Quilter)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
15.   A grateful heart (Plumstead)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
16.   A song of wisdom (Stanford)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
17.   Be not afraid (Schutz)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
18.   Harke, harke, the Lark (Trad.)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
19.   Agnus Dei (Mozart)   Soloist: James Davis
20.   En Priere (Faure)   Soloist: Peter Davey
21.   Evening Hymn (Purcell)   Soloist: Peter Davey
22.   Drop, drop slow tears (Gibbons)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
23.   I got me flowers (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
24.   I know that my redeemer liveth (Handel)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
Available at   Abergavenny Music
Available at   Amazon UK
Available at   Griffin & Co Ltd
James Davis - Christmas at Worcester Cathedral
Christmas at Worcester Cathedral (Alpha ACA 511, LP) 1983
Featuring Worcester Cathedral Choir   James Davis   Julian Smith  
Directed by DONALD HUNT, Organ: ADRIAN PARTINGTON,
Soloists: James Davis, Julian Smith (trebles), Roger Hemingway, Trevor Owen, Anthony Johnson (tenors), Timothy Jones (bass), Recorded 19th and 20th January 1983

2LP set.
  1.   Bells  
  2.   Ding, dong, merrily on high  
  3.   Reading  
  4.   The truth from above  
  5.   People, look East  
  6.   Reading  
  7.   The blessed Son of God(Vaughan Williams)  
  8.   Reading  
  9.   Away in a manger   Soloist: Julian Smith
10.   I saw three ships   Soloists: James Davis, Treble; Roger Hemingway, Tenor.
11.   Reading  
12.   O little town of Bethlehem   Soloists: James Davis, Treble; Trevor Owen, Tenor.
13.   God rest you merry gentlemen  
14.   Organ:Chorale Prelude on "In dulci jubilo" (J.S.Bach)  
15.   In the bleak mid-winter(Holst)   Disc 2
16.   Reading  
17.   Quelle est cette odeur agreable   Soloist:Timothy Jones, Bass
18.   Noel nouvelet  
19.   Reading  
20.   Unto us is born a Son  
21.   Reading  
22.   The Three Kings (Cornelius)   Soloist: Timothy Jones, Bass
23.   I wonder as wander   Soloists: James Davis, Treble; Anthony Johnson, Tenor.
24.   Sing aloud on this day  
25.   Reading  
26.   Hark, the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn)  
27.   Bells  
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