JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Cantatas Nos 106 & 182 Amici Voices [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Bach may only have been in his early twenties when he wrote it, but Cantata No 106 (the 'Actus tragicus') is a profound contemplation of things final; the motet 'Komm, Jesu, komm' occupies similar eschatalogical territory. This is an... |
BUXTEHUDE
Scandinavian Cantatas Bine Bryndorf (organ) / Theatre of Voices / TOV Band / Paul Hillier [ DACAPO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "[Theatre of Voices] breathe new life into this stimulating but neglected 17th-century repertoire, aided by the splendidly crisp TOV band. Soprano Else Torp, countertenor William Purefoy and bass Jakob Bloch Jespersen shine among the singers. Highly... |
Broadbent/Theatre Voices/Hilli
Part: De Profundis (Old Versn) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/1997 ] |
Camerata Bern / London Voices / Heinz Holliger : oboe and conductor
Veress, Sandor - Passacaglia Concertante / Songs Of The Seasons / Musica Concertante [ ECM Records / CD ] The three works by Sándor Veress played here show the breadth of the range he acquired over the years and also the stylistic unity of his music, its unmistakable tone, firm and astringent but at the same time melancholy and lyrical. |
MERIDETH MONK
Atlas (an opera in 3 parts) Carlos Aravalo, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Janis Brenner, Susan Iadone (voices) / Darryl Kubian (violin) / Wayne Hankin (conductor) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded June 1992 |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: What Sweeter music Choir Of Trinity College, University Of Melbourne / Gondwana Voices / The Cambridge Singers [ ABC Classics / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] "John Rutter's profound understanding of choral writing shines through, in this broad range of sacred and secular works, showcasing Australian and English choirs." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Renouncement Christian Forshaw (saxophone) with Grace Davidson (soprano) / Sanctuary Voices [ Integra Records / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] Renouncement contains more spellbinding arrangements of hymns with soaring saxophone solos and haunting soundscapes with the intimate and haunting vocals of soprano Grace Davidson |
JAN NOVAK
Testamentum Clara Novakova (flute) / Martinů Voices, LukᚠVasilek [ Supraphon / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] This disc of choral works...can be highly recommended both for the quality of the music and for performances of jaw-dropping skill and insight by the Martinu Voices. |
TRADITIONAL
Troubadours: Minnesanger & other Courtly Arts (Southern France, 11th & 12th centuries) Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] The programme of this CD, accompanied by full explanatory notes, features the poems and songs of the trouvères, troubadours and Minnesingers. These inventors of an (almost) exclusively secular poetic style were also the first musicians to emerge from... |
TRADITIONAL
Trouveres & Troubadours: Minnesanger & other courtly arias Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A thrilling voyage of discovery of music through the ages. Poems and songs of the Trouveres, troubadours and Minnesingers. |
BARBER / CARTER / LAURIDSEN / O'REGAN / TRADITIONAL / etc
A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert Conspirare / The Company of Voices [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] This CD captures the exquisite sound of Conspirare's Company of Voices, as heard and seen on national television in the US. In this one-hour concert contemporary music blends seamlessly with classical favourites, taking the listener on a journey of... |
HOWELLS / WHITACRE / GRANTHAM / PIZZETTI
Requiem Conspirare / The Company of Voices [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The perfect, and perfectly lovely, unity of Conspirare's choral tone was not entirely welcome. But they're not bland: their care for words and expression guards against that, as does their alertness to changes of mood, whether by movement or... |
TARIK O'REGAN
Threshold of Night: Music for strings and voices Conspirare / The Company of Voices [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] A selection of new works by the young British composer Tarik O'Regan, here given their premiere recording. Written since his move to New York, these compositions reflect the cultural plurality of today's urban environment. Here is an art that seeks... |
Dave Brubeck with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The London Symphony Orchesra. The London Voices. Russell Gloyd, conductor
Classical Brubeck: Beloved Son / Pange Lingua Variations / Voice of the Holy Spirit / Regret [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] Classical Brubeck is an incredible 2-CD collection based on sacred text and is comprised of four specific works: Beloved Son, Pange Lingua Variations, Voice of the Holy Spirit and Regret. CD |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gothic Voices Gramophone Award Winners Collection (3 CDs at a special price) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Andrew Lawrence King (harp) / Gothic Voices / Christopher Page [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 26/Sep/2006 ] Three classic Gothic Voices albums: A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD, THE SERVICE OF VENUS AND MARS and A SONG FOR FRANCESCA |
ANONYMOUS
Polyphonie: The Birth Of Polyphony Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres / Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, Anonymous 4 [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] La naissance de la Polyphonie is a handy collection found in Harmonia Mundi's Century Series as Volume 5; it covers the rise of polyphonic music from its humble origins in eleventh century Aquitanian neumes through fragmentary thirteenth and... |
GALINA GRIGORJEVA
Galina Grigorjeva: Nature Morte Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Theatre of Voices & Yxus Quartet, Paul Hillier [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] "This new album from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir reinforces their position as one of the world's leading vocal ensembles…[Grigorjeva] follows in the long shadow of Rachmaninov, bracing an essential serenity with the subtlest of richer har |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Bo Skovhus, Kyle Ketelsen, David Bizic, Colin Balzer / English Voices & Freiburger Barockorchester, Louis Langrée [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Jul/2013 ] A new 'Don Giovanni' in Aix from renowned Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, awarded best director at the International Opera Awards 2013, and conductor Louis Langrée. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 13 Babi Yar Gidon Saks (bass) / Men's voices of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Avie / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "For the deeply felt singing of Gidon Saks the present version should be heard and savoured by anyone with a liking for this symphony, irrespective of how many other recordings one already has...Full texts, transliterated and translated by Andrew... |
Goran Bregovic, Balkan Voices, Albanian Gypsies, The Romanian Lautari, Makis Bekos & others
Gypsy Music [ ArtOne / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] The collection concentrates on the 'orchestras and interpreters who are well known in their homelands, but hardly heard of in other countries.' |