Being a church-choir singer, I've always been interested in liturgical music recordings. In fact, of the 4773 tracks in my music library, 2206 are classified as sacred music, and the vast majority of those are choral pieces in the classical tradition (the rest being worship songs and organ pieces for church use). Recently, I've been collecting albums from the cathedrals of England - whenever I visit a cathedral, I will buy a new CD from that cathedral's choir.
Here are the dioceses of the Church of England. Below is a list of CDs I own that are solely (or substantially) by one cathedral choir, grouped by Archdiocese and Diocese. Cathedrals I have visited are in italics while cathedrals I've sung at in a professional capacity are in bold, as are CDs I've bought from the Cathedral shops.
- Province of Canterbury
- Bath and Wells (Wells Cathedral)
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Canterbury
- Chelmsford
- Chichester
- Coventry
- Coventry Praise (St Michael's Singers - based at Coventry Cathedral)
- Derby
- Ely
- Exeter
- Dancing Day
- Evensong for St Peter's Day
- Evensong from Exeter Cathedral
- Music for the Eucharist
- Sing to the Lord
- Gloucester
- The Music of Gloucester Cathedral
- Guildford
- Carols at Christmas
- I Saw Three Ships
- Listen Sweet Dove
- Now May We Mirthës Make
- Olivet to Calvary
- Songs and Praises
- Hereford
- Choral Evensong from Hereford Cathedral
- The Music of Hereford Cathedral
- Leicester
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- The Music of Lincoln Cathedral
- London (St Paul's Cathedral)
- Advent at St Paul's
- My Spirit Hath Rejoiced
- The St Paul's Service and Other Music by Herbert Howells
- Norwich
- The Music of Norwich Cathedral
- Oxford (Christ Church Cathedral)
- Purcell Choral Works
- Peterborough
- Choral Music from Peterborough Cathedral
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
- Portsmouth
- Rochester
- Saint Albans
- Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich (St Edmundsbury Cathedral)
- Salisbury
- Southwark
- Great Cathedral Anthems - III
- Truro
- The Music of Truro Cathedral
- Winchester
- Anthems by Orlando Gibbons
- Stanford Sacred Choral Music - Volume 1
- Stanford Sacred Choral Music - Volume 3
- Worcester
- The Music of Worcester Cathedral
- Province of York
- Blackburn
- Bradford
- Carlisle
- Chester
- Durham
- Blessed City
- Tidings of Joy
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Ripon and Leeds (Ripon Cathedral)
- Sheffield
- Tu Es Petrus
- Sodor and Man (Peel Cathedral)
- Southwell and Nottingham (Southwell Minster)
- Wakefield
- York
- Best-Loved Hymns from York Minster
- The Choral Music of Sir Edward Bairstow
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis