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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nova! Nova!: Contemporary Carols from St Catharine's Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge (choir); Edward Wickham (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The two resident choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and their director Edward Wickham, join together to record this stunning and evocative selection of contemporary Christmas carols. The college can boast having the first and only... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Perpetual Twilight The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "The first thing that strikes you about 'Perpetual Twilight' is the sheer number and quality of young tenors…Produced by Nigel Short, this whole project exudes quality, from the choral texture down to the array of fine instrumentalists" Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sanctuary Christian Forshaw (saxophone) with Aimee Green (soprano) / The Choir of King's College, London [ Integral Records / CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] Christian Forshaw is a diverse musician who works in many different musical worlds. He has worked with many of today's leading composers and orchestras and his critically acclaimed new album Sanctuary has been featured on Classic FM. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas / Dona Nobis Pacem Christina Pier (soprano) Matthew Brook (baritone) Andrew Staples (tenor) / Winchester Cathedral Choristers / Winchester College Quiristers [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "These performances under David Hill are fine, responsive to the beauty and the terror" Gramophone Awards 2010: Finalist - Choral |
JOHN RUTTER
Mass of the Children / Shadows / Wedding Canticle Clare College Choir, Cambridge / Farnham Youth Choir / Clare Chamber Ensemble / Tim Brown (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "I'm sure this disc will sell well, and I hope it does. Most purchasers will probably be attracted by the Mass but I hope they'll enjoy Shadows as well. That, for me, is the strongest reason to recommend this disc" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
J.S. BACH
St John Passion (Complete Oratorio) Colin Baldy (bass) Matthew Beale (tenor) John Bernays (bass) Choir of New College Oxford / Collegium Novum / Edward Higginbottom [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (June 2003) |
JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi trinitas Contrapunctus, Choir of Queens College, Oxford, Owen Rees [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] Owen Rees leads early-music consort Contrapunctus alongside The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford in performances of John Taverner's masterwork, the Missa Gloria tibi trinitas. A virtuosic work, it has pride of place in the Forrest-Heyther... |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
HANDEL
Joshua (Complete oratorio) Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 'With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music' (BBC Record Review) |
LANGLAIS / SEVERAC / MESSIAEN / VILLETTE
Langlais - Messe Solennelle: French Sacred Music for Choir and Organ Eton College Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood [ Signum Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] Eton College Chapel Choir perform an enchanting selection of 20th Century French Choral and Organ music. As well as music by composers who were at the heart of French musical life in Paris, such as Olivier Messiaen and Francis Poulenc, this disc... |
BYRD
The Second Service & Consort Anthems Fretwork / The Choir of Magdalen College / Bill Ives [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "One element of Byrd's greatness as a composer is his quality across a wide range of music, well illustrated in the variety of forms and vocal and instrumental forces...these are performances of real feeling." (MusicWeb) |
HOWELLS / SWAYNE / WATSON / WALTON / BERKELEY / PART / etc
Magnificat Vol. 2 Glen Dempsey (organ) Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] 'This project is shaping up to become the most significant recording project ever in the field of choir-and-organ English church music.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2021 |
CHESNOKOV / HOWELLS / MOORE / DYSON / STANFORD / KELLY / etc
Magnificat Vol. 3 Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, George Herbert (organ), Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "I can't think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director's time at St Johns" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2023 |
ANONYMOUS / ROBIN HOLLOWAY / JONATHAN HARVEY / JUDITH WEIR / etc
All The Ends Of The Earth Gonville and Caius College Choir, Cambridge / Geoffrey Webber (director) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Mar/2006 ] In their debut disc on Signum, the Caius choir celebrates the relationship between seven British contemporary composers and their influences drawn from the Medieval period. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Cello Concerto / An English Mass Guy Johnston (cello), Stephen Cleobury (organ) Britten Sinfonia, King's College Choir Cambridge, King's Voices, Christopher Seaman [ King's College Cambridge / 2 CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "All told, a hugely rewarding issue, and absolutely not to be missed." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2019 |
HANDEL
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano) / Choir of New College Oxford / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'A profusion of colourful delights ... persuasive evidence indeed that what may seem mediocre on the page can spring to life, given the artistry and conviction of performers of this... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Requiem & other works Hannah Partridge (soprano) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "...impressive for dispelling the clouds of dissonance that have given Howell the bad name of a meandering mystic and letting us hear what a fine ear he had. This is a perfect disc of its kind." (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2012: Choral) |
PENDERECKI / DUFAY / PART / DE MONTE / SCHUTZ / BACH / etc
Magnificat Hilliard Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Rheinische Kantorei, Choir of King's College, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2017 ] Song of Mary: The Evangelist Saint Luke describes how the pregnant Mother of God intones a prayer of thanks which in Latin begins with the words "Magnificat anima mea Dominum", and in the King James version "My soul doth magnify the Lord". This... |
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
1615 Gabrieli in Venice His Majesty's Sackbutts & Cornetts & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD CD + Blue-ray audio / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "The effect is to reproduce the fine acoustics of the chapel, with the gloriously rich and pungent brass of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts enveloping the pristine choir in enhanced surround sound. It's like taking a gondola on the Cam." (Guardian) |
FAURE / MOZART / BACH / VERDI / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / MAHLER
In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Music Holland Boys Choir / Choir of King's College / Pro Cantione Antiqua and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2011 ] The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual classical melodies. |
