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. |
ELLIOT CARTER
Choral Works SWR Vokalensemble / Marcus Creed [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
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. |
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
Greatest Hits [ Universal Music / CD - released 23/Oct/2015 ] Greatest hits collection from Creed - Reissue of 2004 album. |
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
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". |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Jephtha - oratorio in three acts John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano) RIA Kammerchor . Akademie fer Alte Musik Berlin. Marcus Creed [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this new recording, at super budget price, allows us to appreciate a new team of soloists. And for those who do not know this moving work, this new recording is a good place to start exploring." (MusicWeb July 2003) |
KRENEK
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae RIAS-Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] When Ernst Krenek wrote these Lamentations in 1941, his music had been banned by the Nazi regime as 'degenerate art' and he was an exile in the United States, where he earned his living as a teacher. Ingeniously combining the polyphonic tradition and... |
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! |
BRUCKNER
Mass in E Minor / Motets SWR Vokalensemble / Marcus Creed [ Hanssler SACD / SACD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "Beautifully recorded as the Stuttgart singers are in the motets, they seem marginally more distant in the Mass…" Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 |
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) |
MENDELSSOHN
Motets : Psalm 100, Missa breve RIAS-Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Sep/2000 ] One of the very last works of Felix Mendelssohn! |
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
My Own Prison [ Wind Up / CD - released 14/Dec/1998 ] Originally released on the band's own label, Creed's debut album, My Own Prison, was re-released on Wind-Up Records in a remixed form. The remix was designed to accentuate the group's powerful post-grunge sound so it could find a crossover audience.... |
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... |
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) |
POULENC
Poulenc: Figure Humaine/Motets RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] |
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 |
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) |