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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Priory_Records > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Priory_Records.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_Records > Source revision: 1345806259 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British record label}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox record label | name = Priory Records | founded = {{Start date and age|1980|df=yes}} | founder = {{ubl|Neil Collier|Paul Crichton}} | status = Active | distributor = Self‑distributed | genre = Church and organ / Classical | country = United Kingdom | location = Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England | url = {{URL|https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/}} }} '''Priory Records''' is a [record company](/source/record_company) in the UK founded in 1980, and devoted mostly to [church music](/source/Anglican_church_music) and [organ](/source/Organ_(music)) music.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview/pip/hdaex/ BBC Radio: An Interview with Neil Collier of Priory Records to mark the 25th Anniversary of the company]{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Britain's Premier Church Music Label|url=https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/about-us|access-date=2021-03-27|website=prioryrecords.co.uk}} Important projects have included the complete [Psalms](/source/Psalms) sung by cathedral choirs to Anglican chant, all of the [Magnificat](/source/Magnificat) and [Nunc dimittis](/source/Nunc_dimittis) settings by [Herbert Howells](/source/Herbert_Howells), the "British Church Composer Series", the "Choral and Music from English Cathedrals", the "Music for Evensong" and, more recently, all the hymns in the complete New [English Hymnal](/source/English_Hymnal) Series. There are also three discs of the Communion Service settings of [Stanford](/source/Charles_Villiers_Stanford) and four further discs featuring settings of the [Te Deum](/source/Te_Deum) and [Jubilate](/source/Psalm_100) (by various composers).[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/05/04/richard-lloyd-organist-master-choristers-director-three-choirs/] Richard Lloyd, organist, master of choristers and director of the Three Choirs Festival Priory has made over 1000 recordings over the life of the company. Around 600 of these were commercial album releases, with the remaining 400 produced as private pressings. ==Great European Organs== The collection of CDs "Great European Organs" is dedicated to the discovery of European organs, and covered hundreds of instruments across the continent.{{cite web | title = Session Report: Priory Records at Liverpool Cathedral | publisher = BBC Radio 3 | date = 24 July 2016 | access-date = 26 July 2025 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lf1sx }} Internationally recognised organists involved in the project include: [Kevin Bowyer](/source/Kevin_Bowyer), [Daniel Roth](/source/Daniel_Roth_(organist)), [Nicolas Kynaston](/source/Nicolas_Kynaston), [Graham Barber](/source/Graham_Barber_(organist)), [David Briggs](/source/David_Briggs_(English_musician)), [John Scott](/source/John_Scott_(organist)), [Gerard Brooks](/source/Gerard_Brooks), [Jane Watts](/source/Jane_Watts), [Roger Sayer](/source/Roger_Sayer), [Colin Walsh](/source/Colin_Walsh_(organist)), [Christopher Herrick](/source/Christopher_Herrick), [Stephen Farr](/source/Stephen_Farr), [John Scott Whiteley](/source/John_Scott_Whiteley), [Stephen Cleobury](/source/Stephen_Cleobury), [Stefan Engels](/source/Stefan_Engels), [Daniel Cook](/source/Daniel_Cook_(musician)), [Marco Lo Muscio](/source/Marco_Lo_Muscio), [Nicholas Jackson](/source/Sir_Nicholas_Jackson%2C_3rd_Baronet), [Naji Hakim](/source/Naji_Hakim), [Dame Gillian Weir](/source/Dame_Gillian_Weir), etc. ==Other Series== Other Organ collections include: the complete works by [Olivier Messiaen](/source/Olivier_Messiaen) performed by [Dame Gillian Weir](/source/Dame_Gillian_Weir), "Great Australasian Organs", "Victorian Organ Sonatas", "Christmas Organ Music", "Organ Master Series", "Organ Concertos", "Concert Hall Series"; the "Complete Organ Works" by: [Sigfrid Karg-Elert](/source/Sigfrid_Karg-Elert), [Herbert Sumsion](/source/Herbert_Sumsion), [Camille Saint-Saëns](/source/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns), [Eugène Gigout](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Gigout), [Hubert Parry](/source/Hubert_Parry), [Percy Whitlock](/source/Percy_Whitlock), [Frank Bridge](/source/Frank_Bridge), [Ralph Vaughan Williams](/source/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams), [Joseph Jongen](/source/Joseph_Jongen), [Kenneth Leighton](/source/Kenneth_Leighton), [Henri Mulet](/source/Henri_Mulet), [William Mathias](/source/William_Mathias), [Samuel Sebastian Wesley](/source/Samuel_Sebastian_Wesley). ==Neil Collier== {{Infobox person | name = Neil Collier | birth_name = Neil Vaughan Robert Collier | birth_date = April 1951 | occupation = Music producer; Recording engineer; Managing director | years_active = 1980–present | known_for = Co-founder and managing director of Priory Records | father = [Derrick Collier](/source/Derrick_Collier) | education = [Berkhamsted School](/source/Berkhamsted_School) | honors = Honorary Member of the [Royal School of Church Music](/source/Royal_School_of_Church_Music) (HonRSCM; awarded 2018) | birth_place = [Watford](/source/Watford), Hertfordshire, England | children = Ben Collier, Lucy Collier }} Neil Collier (born April 1951) is the managing director of Priory Records, and also serves as the label's primary producer and recording engineer. He grew up in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, and was educated at Berkhamsted School, where he was head chorister in the chapel choir. In his twenties, Collier sang with The Corporation, a vocal group that performed regularly for BBC television, notably on the music series ''Beat That Drum'', a spinoff of ''[Play Away](/source/Play_Away)''. He met Paul Crichton in musical circles, and founded the company, with Crichton (a [Central Television](/source/ITV_Central) sound producer) initially in charge of recording and editing, and Collier in charge of Sales. Collier had been working in sales since leaving school, and from this point onwards, whilst visiting customers, would also pop into record shops, to promote Priory releases. Over time, Collier learned production and editing skills, and around 1990, bought Crichton's share in the business. In recognition of his contributions to church music and recorded sacred repertoire, he was made an honorary member of the Royal School of Church Music (HonRSCM) in 2018.[https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/21-september/gazette/personals/rscm-awards-ceremony] RSCM awards ceremony ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/ Official site] {{Authority control}} Category:British record labels Category:Record labels established in 1980 Category:Classical music record labels Category:British independent record labels Category:Christian record labels Category:Companies based in Bedfordshire Category:Companies of the United Kingdom Category:Privately held companies of the United Kingdom --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Priory Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_Records) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_Records?action=history)). 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