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TAVENER / FAYRFAX / TALLIS / SHEPPARD
Virgin and Child: Music From the Baldwin Partbooks II Contrapunctus, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "The first track here is one of the most astonishing, sustained 18 minutes of polyphony you will ever hear" The Guardian |
ETON COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR
Hear my words Eton College Chapel Choir, with David Goode-organ [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "..the chief impression one is left with after hearing this disc is the excellence and polish of the choir ... this is a fine and very enjoyable disc. The performance standard is uniformly very high" MusicWeb International |
LANGLAIS / SEVERAC / MESSIAEN / VILLETTE
Langlais - Messe Solennelle: French Sacred Music for Choir and Organ Eton College Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood [ Signum Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] Eton College Chapel Choir perform an enchanting selection of 20th Century French Choral and Organ music. As well as music by composers who were at the heart of French musical life in Paris, such as Olivier Messiaen and Francis Poulenc, this disc... |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO & OTHERS
Yanomami; music for choir and guitar Fabio Zanon (guitar) / Coro Cervantes / Carlos fernandez Aransay (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Spain, Argentina and Brazil provide the background for some of the richest folklore in the world, the source of a wealth of music and tradition that has influenced countless composers. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (1801) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Jeremy Ovenden (ten) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, National Forum of Music Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (cond [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2017 ] "McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime..for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own" Gramophone Award Nomination |
CROFT / ELGAR / PARRY / WOOD / LUTHER / HOWELLS
An English Coronation, 1902-1953: Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 9/May/2019 ] "One can imagine the virtuosity required by every contributor, at every turn, to make this a reality, let alone a dazzling triumph." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Choral |
TALLIS / BYRD / GIBBONS / CROFT / GREENE / BOYCE / STANFORD
Great Cathedral Anthems - Canterbury Cathedral The Girls & Men of Canterbury Cathedral Choir, David Newsholme [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Drawing international media attention following their founding in 2014, the Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral has quickly become a leading light in the landscape of british choral music For their first recording with Signum - led by their director... |
HOWELLS / SWAYNE / WATSON / WALTON / BERKELEY / PART / etc
Magnificat Vol. 2 Glen Dempsey (organ) Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] 'This project is shaping up to become the most significant recording project ever in the field of choir-and-organ English church music.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2021 |
ANONYMOUS / ROBIN HOLLOWAY / JONATHAN HARVEY / JUDITH WEIR / etc
All The Ends Of The Earth Gonville and Caius College Choir, Cambridge / Geoffrey Webber (director) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Mar/2006 ] In their debut disc on Signum, the Caius choir celebrates the relationship between seven British contemporary composers and their influences drawn from the Medieval period. |
GERRE HANCOCK
The Music of Gerre Hancock Jeremy Filsell (organ) The Choir of St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, Saint Thomas Brass [ Signum Classics / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] The renowned Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys record a fitting tribute to their former Choirmaster and Organist Gerre Hancock (1934-2012). In this post for over 30 years, he was a pivotal figure in the choir's rejuvenation and created a wealth of... |
CHILCOTT / LAURIDSEN / WHITACRE
High Flight The King's Singers, with the Concordia Choir, René Clausen [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] A must-have for choral-aficionados everywhere that sees perhaps the world's finest a cappella ensemble The King's Singers join forces with The Concordia Choir - one of the USA's best collegiate groups - to perform works by world-class choral... |
CARPENTER / HEAD / DEAZLEY / JOHNSTON
Only a Singing Bird Karen Cargill (mezzo) & Philip Moore (piano) / NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2016 ] A beautiful collection of songs, 'Only a Singing Bird' features Michael Head's best-known works, 'The Ships of Arcady' and 'The Little Road to Bethlehem', as well as his beautifully-imagined, nostalgic song-cycle, 'Snowbirds'. The National Youth... |
JOHN TAVENER / ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Tavener / Panufnik: 99 Words Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Charlotte Langley (soprano), Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Voce Chamber Choir's new disc is a moving tribute to Sir John Tavener, featuring a selection of works by him (many of which are previously unrecorded) and by Roxanna Panufnik. At the heart of the disc is the premiere recording of Panufnik's 99 Words... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
The Temple Church Choir with The Temple Players, James Vivian (director)
The Majesty of thy Glory [ Signum / CD - released 13/Dec/2010 ] "...absorbing and diffusing the wide dynamic range with ease. Such enterprising and polishing music-making deserves widespread currency." Gramophone |
ESENVALDS / MacMILLAN / MUSGRAVE / TIPPETT / WHITACRE
Cantos Sagrados National Youth Choir of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christopher Bell [ Signum / CD - released 8/May/2020 ] "It's a supremely effective work impeccably delivered by these young and agile singers. The choir's superb technique is even more evident in the two Eric Whitacre works." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2020 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ELIZABETH POSTON
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Poston: An English Day Book NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "The voices are rich-toned, well-balanced and powered by developing teenage musculature...The singers' Scottish brogue suits the antique poetry" ClassicFM |
RODERICK WILLIAMS
Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood, Jonathan Eyre [ Signum Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] On their premiere recording, the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, directed by celebrated choral conductor Ralph Allwood, perform the works of British Choral Award winner Roderick Williams. Based in Greenwich, East London the choir... |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ešenvalds: There Will Come Soft Rains The Pacific Lutheran Choir of the West [ Signum / CD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] "This new release can stand proudly against all rivals. Richard Nance has polished his Pacific Lutheran choristers to perfection. Balance and tuning are beyond reproach, with superb control of a full dynamic range." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
JOHN TAVENER
The Veil of the Temple Patricia Rozario (soprano) / Choir of the Temple Church, Holst Singers & Members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Layton [ Signum / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "Performance and recording are outstanding. An essential testimony to the vitality of the musical and spiritual vision of the final creative phase of one of Britain's greatest composers." Reissue of the Month Gramophone Magazine, April 2014 |
