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WILL TODD
Lux et Veritas: Music for Peace and Reflection Tenebrae, English Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Short [ Signum Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "Tenebrae is a professional chamber choir and this shows in every cooling bar they sing here … don't miss this movingly accessible and genuinely sensitive choral collection." (MusicWeb) |
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TRADITIONAL
The Dream of Herold Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] Tenebrae, Nigel Short |
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BRUCKNER / BRAHMS
Bruckner / Brahms: Motets Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2016 - Choral |
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ALEXANDER L'ESTRANGE
L'Estrange: On Eagles' Wings Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 22/May/2016 ] Nigel Short leads Tenebrae in a new album of sacred and jazz inspired choral works by Alexander L'Estrange, one of Britain's most popular living choral composers. |
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OWAIN PARK / JOBY TALBOT
Owain Park: Footsteps / Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Tenebrae mark their 15th anniversary season with a celebratory re-release of Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles, as well as the premiere recording of a new work by Owain Park. Inspired by the Camino Frances pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela... |
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JOBY TALBOT
Path of Miracles Tenebrae / Nigel Short [ Signum SACD / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Joby Talbot has been making quite a name for himself recently. Path of miracles can only add to that reputation: it's a real achievement" International Record Review |
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LUIS DE VICTORIA
Tenebrae Responsories Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] "a recording that strips all excess musical flesh aside, exposing the chilly bones of these penitential masterpieces" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 |
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BRIDGE / ELGAR / STANFORD / etc
Music of the Spheres: Part Songs of the British Isles Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jan/2017 ] Internationally-renowned chamber choir Tenebrae return with a new collection of British part songs and choral works. As well as being a celebration of compositions by British composers, the disc also marks Shakespeare's anniversary year with a... |
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J.S. BACH / SIR JAMES MACMILLAN
Bach & MacMillan: Motets & Sacred Songs Tenebrae / Nigel Short (director) [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Tenebrae bring their trademark passion and precision to this live performance of music by J. S. Bach and Sir James MacMillan, to be recorded live at Snape Maltings in May 2023. Renowned for their technical difficulty, Bach's motets are pillars of the... |
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ALLEGRI / TAVENER / IRELAND / RACHMANINOV / BRITTEN / etc
Miserere: Choral works Tenebrae / Nigel Short (director) [ Signum / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] "The disc ends with that locus classicus of English choral singing, Faire is the Heaven, in which one would be forgiven for thinking Spenser's final words,'such endlesse perfectnesse' refer to the choir themselves rather than the state of Heaven"... |
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PARRY / and others
Songs of Farewell Tenebrae / Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 8/Sep/2011 ] "Of this programme's type, I can't envisage hearing anything better." (BBC Music) |
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JOHN RUTTER / MOZART / WESLEY / SCHUMANN / PARRY / BURGON / etc
Light of the World Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir / Benjamin Nicholas (director) with Andrew Swait (treble) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Mar/2006 ] Andrew Swait was only ten years old when this disc was made - his voice was the original inspiration for the disc - and it features his outstandingly colourful tone quality and musicianship. |
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THOMAS ADES
The Twenty-Fifth Hour: Chamber Music of Thomas Adès Thomas Adès (piano) / Calder Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Three classic works by Thomas Adès, performed by the composer with the Calder Quartet - Piano Quintet, The Four Quartets and Arcadiana. These three works are not only in classic genres but themselves becoming classics |
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PATRICK HAWES
Lazarus Requiem Thomas Walker (tenor), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) & Rachael Lloyd (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Patrick Hawkes [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Patrick Hawes returns to disc on Signum with the premiere recording of his 'Lazarus Requiem', for Choir, Orchestra and Soloists. Blending the liturgical text of the Requiem Mass with the story of Lazarus from the New Testament, the composer blends a... |
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Thomas/Deam/Ross
Carissimi: Cantatas & Motets [ Signum / CD - released 12/May/2003 ] |
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TOBY YOUNG
Beowulf Timothy West, Elin Manahan Thomas / Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks [ Signum Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] The story of Beowulf, although thousands of years old, is still loved by many all over the world. This recording of a new musical telling of the story, composed by Toby Young, blurs traditional sense of the genre of classical music by merging it with... |
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Tippett Quartet
Herrmann: Psycho Suite [ Signum / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] |
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Tynan/Bickley/Kennedy/Burnside
Weir: On Buying A Horse [ Signum / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] |
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UCD Choral Scholars, Desmond Earley
Invisible Stars: Choral Works of Ireland & Scotland [ Signum Classics / CD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin are Ireland's leading collegiate choral ensemble, and for their first recording on Signum they perform a blend of Irish & Scottish music themed around the themes of water and farewell |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Violin & Piano Pieces Hideko Udagawa (violin) & Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Jun/2009 ] "A pupil of Nathan Milstein, Hideko Udagawa retains the Master's nobility and warmth throughout a programme of Rachmaninov transcriptions centred on Mikhailovsky's skilful adaptation of the Cello Sonata." BBC Music |