FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' (with Beethoven - Symphony No 4) [recorded 1953-54] Jacqueline Delman, Norma Procter, George Maran / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Hampstead Parish Church Boys' Choir, Josef Krips [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "The excellence of the performance is matched by that of the recording; it manages to be very clean and forward. An unreservedly good recording of this piece" (Gramophone on the Schubert) |
Centenary Methodist Church Choir
Enchanting Fiji (LP) [ Salem / Viking Seven Seas LP / LP - released 22/Nov/2016 ] |
Various Composers
Charlotte Church Charlotte Church [ Sony Classics / CD - released 21/Nov/1999 ] Includes "Just Wave Hello" - the Ford Millennium Anthem |
Charlotte Church
Enchantment [ Columbia / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |
Charlotte Church
Voice Of An Angel [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
CHESNOKOV
Chesnokov: Liturgy of St.John Chrysostom Op.42 Choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Arkadi Leontiev (tenor) / Nikolai Georgievsky (cond) [ Alto / CD ] "Chesnokov represents a late flowering of Russian Orthodox traditions in the years before the Revolution … composers sought to renew the style by returning it to its roots in Medieval Slavic chant. Chesnokov excelled in this style, and in his many... |
TRADITIONAL
Evensong From Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington, with Clive Driskill-Smith (organ) [ Alto / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Nothing is overstated or outlandish, and the singing has a very pleasing polished and bright sound. Highly recommended" (Music Web International) |
WILLIAM BYRD
The Three Masses for three, four & five voices Christ Church Cathedral Choir / Stephen Darlington [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'The performances are in the traditional English cathedral manner but are of high quality, the music's flowing lines bringing poise and serenity' (Penguin Guide) |
The Church
Under The Milky Way: The Best of The Church [ Buddha Records / CD - released 20/Sep/1999 ] Available as an import from America, this excellent digitally re-mastered compilation brings together all of the finest songs by the great Australian band, The Church. |
TARQUINIO MERULA
Complete Organ Music Enrico Viccardi (organ of the Mezzana Casati church of San Pietro Apostolo) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Recorded earlier this year, here's a small but distinguished volume in the growing Brilliant Classics organ library. The songs and chamber music of Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) now place him in estimation as one of the most vital and original figures... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach in Los Angeles (Incls Toccata & Fugue in D minor) Michael Murray at the organ of the First Congregational Church [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "[Michael Murray's] brilliant playing is captured in lifelike sound by the Telarc engineers, making this a blockbuster demonstration disc." - Palladium-Times |
The Church
El Momento Descuidado [ Liberation Blue Acoustic / CD - released 6/Jul/2006 ] Featuring classic hits in the guise of "The Unguarded Moment", "Almost With You", "Metropolis" and "Under The Milky Way", plus some lesser known but no less excellent songs, and 5 brand new tracks. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 'Organ' / Encores a la Francaise Michael Murray at the organ at St Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia / Philadelphia Symphony / Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." -Digital Audio |
Eric Church
Sinners Like Me [ Capitol / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] |
HOLST / WALTON
Make We Joy: Christmas Music Christ Church Cathedral Choir [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "'Musts' for Yuletide music in the air ..." San Fransisco Chronicle |
TRADITIONAL
Hymns for all seasons Magdala / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The Choir of All Saints Church, Margaret Street / The Choir of Truro Cathedral / The Victorian Singers [ England...This England / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A selection of hymns for the church's year, from Advent to Trinity, recorded in the churches and chapels of Oxford. A glorious celebration of an English tradition, with reminders of old favourites from times past, and some familiar and heart-warming... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Organ Works Konstantin Volostnov (on the Röver organ (1898) of the Moscow Central Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] In contrast to the grand scale and public profile of his orchestral and choral works, Johannes Brahms saw the organ as an instrument 'for home use', and one in which he confided his most intimate feelings. |
Charlotte Church
Prelude: the Very Best Of [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Stabat Mater Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford / Francis Grier (organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'I feel no hesitation in awarding this performance, and recording, full marks' - Hi Fi News |