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MENDELSSOHN
Sacred Choral Works (Incls 'Hear my prayer' & 'Ave Maria') Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] "Mendelssohn's sacred choral music tends to get overshadowed by that of Brahms and by Mendelssohn's own works in other genres. This highly recommendable disc brings his sacred music to the fore in fine, flexible performances from Richard Marlow and... |
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PAWEL LUKASZEWSKI
Choral Music (Incls O Antiphons & Beatus vir) The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Stephen Layton (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] This latest disc from Trinity showcases the talent of this marvellous young choir in a disc of seductively beautiful spiritual music from Poland. |
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MAURICE DURUFLE / FRANCIS POULENC
Duruflé: Requiem / Poulenc: Lenten Motets The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The balance [in the Duruflé] puts you in the building in the most extraordinary way … that wonderful envelope of sound that just surrounds you as you listen to it. A shout-out for Harrison Cole-he's done an extremely good job as a young organ schola. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Let all the world in every corner sing: Great Choral Anthems The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge presents a selection of ten favourite anthems from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Featuring a line-up of composers from Basil Harwood and Charles Wood to Jonathan Dove and Matthew Martin, this is an... |
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HANDEL
Dettingen Te Deum / Zadok the priest / etc The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / The Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The label itself is recommendation enough, but Stephen Layton conducting Cambridge's Trinity College Choir and the Academy of Ancient Music is extra asssurancwe of top-notch quality." (William Dart NZ Herald June 2008) |
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The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr (conductor)
Nowell Sing We: Contemporary Carols, Volume 2 [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford - under the direction of Stephen Farr - return with a second album of contemporary Christmas Carols. Entitled Nowell sing we, this new selection contains works from a wide variety of celebrated composers... |
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Choir St John's College Cambri
Various: English Choral Music [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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GRAYSTON IVES
Grayston Ives: Requiem Choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge / Britten Sinfonia [ Signum / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Bill Ives has enjoyed a rich and varied career as both performer and composer (Grayston Ives). These experiences, culminating in nearly two decades as Informator Choristarum (Director of Music) at Magdalen College, Oxford, are reflected in a... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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... |
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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 |
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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) |
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J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion (complete oratorio) [with bonus DVD of performance of Messiah] Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance / King's College Choir / Directed by Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics CD/DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
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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... |
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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) |