Creed
My Own Prison (25th Anniversary LP) [ Concord / LP - released 16/Dec/2022 ] Available for the first time on vinyl in celebration of its 25th anniversary, My Own Prison is the debut album from hard rock titans Creed. First released in 1997, it's the album that began the band's rapid ascent to becoming one of the... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle Krassimira Stoyanova, Birgit Remmert, Steve Davislim, Hanno MAller-Brachmann / RIAS-Kammerchor, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD/Book - released 10/Aug/2018 ] "The soloists are as compelling-bright, fresh voices appealing in timbre and aware of the implications of the texts they're singing. Minor reservations aside, Rossinians won't want to miss this one." (ClassicsToday.com) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Nachtgesang RIAS Kammerchor, Martin Creed, with Birgit Remmert & Werner Gura [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Whether it be cheerful, melancholy, amorous or piously contemplative, the night - a favorite source of romantic inspiration if ever there was one - is the unbroken thread running throughout this recording on which we will find monumental pieces like... |
SIBELIUS / SAARIAHO / TALVITIE / RAUTAVAARA etc
Finland: Choral Works Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed [ SWR Classic / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] The latest instalment in Vokalensemble Stuttgart's series dedicated to choral works from different countries. The Vokalensemble Stuttgart is among the world's best choirs and is especially noted for its performances of 20th-century music. |
ROBERT WHITE / ROBERT PARSONS / ORLANDO GIBBONS / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / etc
Music and Musicians at Westminster Abbey Stile Antico / Marcus Creed And Rias Kammerchor / Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Mark Padmore / Fretwork / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Resonances / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] Famous places and monuments all have a musical history whose richness and variety we do not always realise. For centuries their beauties have nourished the imagination of composers and performers who, in return, have often dedicated to them some of... |
Creed
With Arms Wide Open - A Retrospective (3CD) [ 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2015 ] The all-new Creed compilation entitled With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective is now available. The three-CD 40-song heritage set features the radio singles from all four of Creed's studio albums and collects for the first time all the band's... |
Creed
Greatest Hits [ Universal Music / CD - released 23/Oct/2015 ] Greatest hits collection from Creed - Reissue of 2004 album. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Sacred & Profane (with works by Elgar, Stanford & Vaughan Williams) RIAS-Kammerchor, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] From Elgar's 'Partsongs' (1904) to one of Britten's very last works, 'Sacred and Profane' (1975), here are some of the most beautiful pieces in the English a capella repertoire, many of them rarely recorded. All the composers here show the... |
POULENC
Poulenc: Figure Humaine/Motets RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / WOLF
The Art of Lied (2 CDs for the price of 1) Werner Gura (tenor) / Christoph Berner (piano) / Philip Mayers (piano) / RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed / Jan Schultsz [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2011 ] In this double album of cycles and single songs chosen from the most famous works of Schubert, Schumann and Wolf, the German tenor explores the masterpieces of the repertoire with three outstanding accompanists playing both modern and period pianos. |
J. S. BACH
Motets, BWV225-230 Richard Myron (violin), Jan Freiheit (cello) & Tobias Schade (organ) / Vocalconsort Berlin, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The present recording makes a first-rate impression in every category, from the thoughtful programming to the exemplary performances to the vibrant, clear, naturally balanced sound." (10/10 ClassicsToday March 2011) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Secular Choral Songs RIAS-Kammerchor / Marcus Creed (director) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "These are wonderful performances--well-blended, secure in intonation, full of light and shade." - American Record Guide |
Creed Taylor Orchestra
Shock And Panic [ Righteous / CD - released 13/Apr/2010 ] |
Creed
Greatest Hits (Special Edition) [ Wind-Up Records / CD/DVD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] Featuring 13 Creed classics, 'Greatest Hits' also includes a bonus DVD containing all nine of the band's music videos plus three additional and previously unreleased live performances - "Higher", "Torn" and "Weathered". |
Creed
Full Circle [ EMI Music / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] This is Creed's first album of new material since the release of 'Weathered' in November 2001 - featuring "Overcome", the pounding "Rain" and heartfelt ballad, "Away in Silence". |
Creed
Human Clay [ Wind-Up Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2009 ] Originally released in 1999, 'Human Clay' is the excellent second album from American rock band, Creed - featuring great songs such as "With Arms Wide Open", "Are You Ready" and "Higher". |
HANDEL
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Dixit Dominus Helene Guilmette (sop) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Malcolm E.Bennet (ten) Andreas Wolf (bass) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The choral work is excellent, stylistically apropos, and executed with requisite flair and energy. With these two pieces such an interesting coupling...the clear and spacious sound is only an added incentive." ***** Five stars AudAud.com (Oct 2009) |
CHARLES IVES
Psalms (complete) Kay Johannsen (organ) / SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart / Marcus Creed [ Hanssler / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] This fine collection is a revelation in performances like these from the outstanding Stuttgart choir under its British conductor." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice March 2009 |
BRAHMS
Sacred Choral Music: Geistliche Chormusik RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The RIAS Chamber Choir produce a fine quality of homogenous tone and, under Marcus Creed, show themselves fully responsive to both words and music.The RIAS disc remains a strong recommendation, especially for its inclusion of the surviving Missa... |
MISSA
Les plus belles messes de l'histoire musicale: the finest masses in musical history Soloists / Choeur et Orchestre du Collegium Vocale Gent / La Chapelle Royale / RIAS-Kammerchor / Philippe Herrewege / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] From the contrapuntal summits of the Renaissance to the great solemn Masses of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, from Romantic renewal to contemporary disillusion: Harmonia mundi invite you to discover generous excerpts from the Masses that have made history! |