VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rondo Violoncello Cello-Ensemble, Peter Buck [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] An ensemble of fifteen identical instruments, it could be done only with violoncellos: the combination of superb technical virtuosity, discipline and an acute sense of modulating sonorities results in a magnificent -and unprecedented- range of timbre |
BYRD
Music for a Hidden Chapel: 2 masses (Missa in temporae paschali & Missa in assumptione) Chanticleer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Aug/2004 ] "Superbly true, ethereal performances" (The New York Times) |
RAMEAU
Les Grands Motets La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] Music from the age of Enlightenment |
RAMEAU
Les Indes Galantes (orchestral suites) Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] The delightful orchestral music of Rameau |
VIVALDI
Sonate a tre 'La Follia' / Sonate a due violini Veronique Mejean, Kathi Gohl & Jesper Christensen / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Born in Lugano (Switzerland), Chiara Banchini is one of the most renowned "baroque" violinists on the international musical scene. |
TRADITIONAL
Chants De La Liturgie Slavonne Choeur Des Moines De Chevetogne / Dom Gregoire Bainbridge [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Oct/1988 ] Only the Orthodox Church has preserved to the present day this 'original' concept of Christian music according to which only the human voice but no instruments are permitted to take part in the worship of God. The Slav liturgy is no exception. |
TRADITIONAL
Chants De La Liturgie Slavonne Choeur Des Moines De Chevetogne / Dom Gregoire Bainbridge [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Only the Orthodox Church has preserved to the present day this 'original' concept of Christian music according to which only the human voice but no instruments are permitted to take part in the worship of God. The Slav liturgy is no exception: taken... |
DURUFLE / TAVENER / ELGAR
Remembrance Choir of Clare College, Cambridge [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Graham Ross directs the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in a wide-ranging and moving sequence of music for Remembrance, including John Tavener's "Song for Athene", settings of the text "When David heard" by two of England's foremost 16th-century... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O lux beata Trinitas - Music for Trinity Choir of Clare College Cambridge / Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] "This really is exceptional singing - immaculately balanced and blended, with text always at its heart. Ross and his young singers have given us quite the gift in this series. I can't wait to hear what they do next." Gramophone |
ARVO PÄRT / PETERIS VASKS / JAMES McMILLAN
Pärt: Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Da Pacem Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Encompassing works by Arvo Pärt (Estonia), PÄ“teris Vasks (Latvia), and James MacMillan (a native of Scotland), this album charts the evolution of choral music in three regions of Northern Europe that saw the rise of a startling new language beginning... |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Reformation 1517-2017 Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] "A luxurious lineup of soloists - Neal Davies, Mary Bevan, Robin Blaze and Nicholas Mulroy - and top instrumentalists (led by violinist Margaret Faultless) ensure highest quality." The Observer, 20th August 2017 **** |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ice Land, The Eternal Music Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross (conductor), The Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson (soprano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Icelandic music of the last half century is the focus of this recording by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, led by its conductor, Graham Ross. Born from his close collaboration with the native composers of the "Land of Fire and Ice," this... |
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross, feat. Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Rolling River: American Choral [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] Choral singing enjoys astonishing vitality in the United States of America. Alongside Bernstein's prodigious Chichester Psalms, Barber's Two Choruses, and Erb's much-loved arrangement of Shenandoah, Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College,... |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ / etc
Pange Lingua - Music for Corpus Christi Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross, Michael Papadopoulos (organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "It is a rapturous example of the wonders of the period, especially when performed with such zeal and love as the Clare chorister do here." AudAud.com |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Haec dies: Music for Easter The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and director Graham Ross continue their series of music for the church year with a sequence for Easter Day that spans five centuries and explores the rich tapestry of repertoire from across the European... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Dec/2013 ] "Tavener's flair for drama is here; so are the influence of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and his gift for writing melodies and harmonies that are hard to shake off." (Times) |
Choir Of Magdalen College
B Ives: Listen Sweet Dove [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] |
Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxf
Durufle: Requiem Op 9 [ Harmonia Mundi / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
PALESTRINA / BYRD / STAINER / BRITTEN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Carols by Candlelight The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bill Ives (with Martin Ford, organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "This choir is always a pleasure to hear, and in repertoire such as this you won't find more musically assured or more tonally concordant interpreters." (10/10 ClassicsToday Nov 2009) |
NICHOLAS LUDFORD
Missa Benedicta Choir Of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (direction) [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/May/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Early music - "New College, Oxford are in a class of their own." International Record Review |