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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: The Great Service The Choir of Westminster Abbey / Robert Quinney (organ) / James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] 'The Choir of Westminster Abbey revels in the score's complexity, animating the dialogues within its ten-part texture with clarity and conviction … this disc shows us clearly why the Great Service ranks as Byrd's definitive Anglican music' - BBC... |
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GUERRERO / LOBO / de VIVANCO
Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] 'A record that should be on the shelves of every lover of Renaissance music' (The Musical Times) |
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JEAN LANGLAIS
Missa Salve regina / Messe solennelle Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] 'It was a real joy for me to hear how perfect was the sound and also the playing and singing of the interpreters' (Jean Langlais) |
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VICTORIA
O Quam Gloriosum & Ave Maris Stella Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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VICTORIA
Victoria: Requiem Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Master of the Music) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Glorious. A rich, luminous acoustic halo seems to surround the music as it soars ever upward. Under David Hill's expert direction this choir has achieved a depth and body of tone totally appropriate to this full-blooded Iberian music' - The Good CD... |
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MAURICE DURUFLE
Durufle: Requiem / Quatre Motets / Messe cum Jubilo / etc Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell (conductor) with Aaron Webber (treble) and Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] 'The Westminster Cathedral boys and men carry the lyricism and harmonic luxuriance to an ethereal plane. The choral singing is superb ... helping one to bathe in Duruflé's sumptuous ideas' (The Daily Telegraph) |
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TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Missa Dum complerentur Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE |
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FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Guerrero: Missa Sancta et immaculata The Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] RECORD OF THE MONTH, CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
From the Vaults of Westminster Cathedral Choir of Westminster Cathedral / Martin Baker (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Throughout, the choral singing under Martin Baker's direction glows resplendently, while still retaining its celebrated 'continental' edge." (Gramophone) |
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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 |
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J S BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Katherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] "The acoustic of the Trinity College Chapel has been used most sympathetically and the recording combines ambience and clarity in a most pleasing way. Nicholas Anderson's booklet essay is first rate." (Recording of the Month - MusicWeb November 2013) |
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BUXTEHUDE
Complete Organ Works-Volume 1 Christopher Herrick (at the great organ of HelsingAr Cathedral, Denmark) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] 'A magnificent sound … Herrick's razor-sharp articulation is at one with Buxtehude's fastidiously chiselled counterpoint … An auspicious beginning' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works-Volume 2 Christopher Herrick (at the organ of Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Christopher Herrick's acclaimed series of Buxtehude's complete organ works continues with a selection of his praeludia, toccatas, ostinato works, and canzonas, interspersed with chorale preludes and variations. |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works - Volume 3 Christopher Herrick (at the organ of St-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] The latest volume of Christopher Herrick's acclaimed series of Buxtehude's complete organ works comes from Paris and the admired organ of St-Louis-en-l'Île - formally opened in 2005, and based on the work of Zacharias Hildebrant (1688-1757). As with... |
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LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN
Daquin: Nouveau livre de Noels Christopher Herrick at the organ of the Church of St Remy de Dieppe, France [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] "An irresistible CD of organ music based on traditional French Christmas tunes, excellently performed and recorded. Another winning and generous reissue on the bargain Helios label" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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J.S. BACH
Bach, J.S.-The Organ Toccatas and Passacaglia Christopher Herrick at the organ of the Stadkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] 'Authoritative performances, impeccable technique, brilliant recorded sound - a winner' (Church Music Quarterly) |
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COPLAND / GUILMANT / KIEFER / FARRINGTON / GERMAN / JANeÂÂCEK / etc
Organ Fireworks XI Christopher Herrick (organ) at the Lay Family Concert Organ, Dallas [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] Hyperion's pyrotechnic world tour of organs continues apace and this time Christopher Herrick is in Dallas, Texas, unleashing the power of the Lay Family Concert Organ. One of the largest mechanical concert organs ever built, this 4,535-pipe monster... |
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DUBOIS / BRIDGE / GUILMANT / BARBER / LISZT / etc
Organ Dreams - Volume 2 Christopher Herrick (organ of Ripon Cathedral) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Another fine collection of varied organ works. Thoroughly enjoyable and strongly recommended' (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Fireworks Volume 13 Christopher Herrick, Organ of Vasteras Cathedral, Sweden [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] 'For lovers of fine organ sound and often spine-tingly virtuoso playing … this disc most certainly is not thirteenth time unlucky' (International Record Review) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Fireworks Volume XII Christopher Herrick (the great organ of Haderslev Cathedral in Denmark) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] Christopher Herrick's enduring Organ Fireworks series on Hyperion is one of the most comprehensive and popular collections of repertoire in existence. For this twelfth volume he turns to the great organ of Haderslev Cathedral in Denmark, and performs... |