VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / WARLOCK / IRELAND / FINZI / etc
Christmas Fantasy Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa Vidi Speciosam / Ave maris Stella / etc Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Splendid music, splendidly performed' (Gramophone) |
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) |
PRAETORIUS
Christmas Music Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, David Hill (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] 'My favourite ever Christmas recording. Lovely music, done with affection and great sympathy' (Hi-Fi News) |
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) |
VICTORIA
O magnum mysterium Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Superb music, and the listener is thrillingly involved when the sound so successfully combines immediacy and body, yet remains admirably coloured by the Westminster resonance' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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 |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Victoria: Requiem Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Master of the Music) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] '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' |
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... |
PALESTRINA
Missa Ecce ego Johannes Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Even among the Westminster Cathedral Choir's superb records this disc stands out. Perfect chording and ensemble, natural and musical phrasing, spot-on intonation and a glorious tonal blend, make this issue one to treasure" (Penguin Guide) |
CHRISTOPHER TYE
Tye: Missa Euge bone / Peccavimus / Western Wynde Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] 'Immediately one is introduced to Tye's extraordinary sound-world of unusual cadences and rigorous alternation of high and low voices to achieve impressive effects. All of these are carefully allowed to speak for themeselves thanks to the judicious... |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa trahe me post te / Magnificat / etc Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Stunning examples of Victoria's most expressive and dramatic writing … having just listened to this recording again my ears are ringing and my heart is uplifted: a perfect tonic for the bleaker part of winter" (Gramophone) |
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) |
ZOLTAN KODALY / LEOS JANACEK
Kodaly/Janacek: Masses Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE -- GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - RADIO 3 DISC OF THE WEEK -- CRITICS' CHOICE INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW |
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 |
FRANCISCO 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 |
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) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hymns & Other Choral Works Choir of Worcester Cathedral / Choir of Westminster Abbey [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "If that Englishness in music can be encapsulated in words at all, those words would probably be: ostensibly familiar and commonplace, yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic yet timeless." (Peter Ackroyd) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Five Flower Songs & other choral works Elizabethan Singers / London Symphony Chorus / Westminster Cathedral Choir [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "First CD releases of classic accounts of Britten part songs from Louis Halsey's Elizabethan Singers, plus a searing live recording of the Missa Brevis from 1960" (BBC Music) |