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HANDEL
Messiah / Saul (complete oratorios) Soloists / RIAS Kammerchor / Concerto Kohn / Clare College Choir / Freiburger Barockorchester / Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Handel Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A wonderful achievement, bursting with youthful energy." The Independent (on Saul) - "a model of period-instrument style, with ravishing ornaments, intelligent accents and crystal-clear diction from the mixed-voice Choir" (Financial Times on Messiah) |
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TRADITIONAL
Carols from King's College, Cambridge (LP) King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, with The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] It's not Christmas without the angelic voices of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. These fifteen popular carols were originally recorded between 1969 and 1976 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Story of King's College Choir - The Boast of King's King's College Choir [ Alto DVD / DVD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] King's College Choir & Lay Clerks, Philip Ledger |
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GABRIEL FAURE / MAURICE DURUFLE
Faure / Durufle: Requiems Janet Baker (mezzo) Stephen Roberts (baritone) Robert Chilcott (treble) / King's College Choir Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] Since the advent of the compact disc, the Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, of Gabriel Fauré and the Requiem, Op. 9, of Maurice Duruflé have frequently been paired, not only because they neatly fit the running time, but also because they are complementary... |
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BYRD / GIBBONS
Tudor Masters: william Byrd & Orlando Gibbons King's College Choir, Cambridge, David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] King's College Choir, David Willcocks |
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J. S. BACH
King's College Choir sing Bach King's College Choir, Cambridge, David Willcocks, with Simon Preston, organ [ ALTO / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] "It's rather nice to go back to the King's way, to the old firm of Willcocks and Preston, and remember what it was that pleased us then. We were not ashamed in those days to accept Bach as a decent Englishman, and we liked to hear his church music in... |
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TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
Christmas at King's College Cambridge King's College Choir, Cambridge / David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 15/Nov/2012 ] 'The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore... |
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W.A. MOZART
Five Masses (K337, K317, K257, K139, K167) King's College Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Cleobury [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] Internationally recognised as the pre-eminent representative of the great British church music tradition, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, owes its existence to King Henry VI who, in founding the College in 1441, envisaged the daily singing of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passio: Music for Holy Week & Easter King's College Choir, the Clare College Choir, La Stravaganza Köln, Cappella Augustana, Rheinische Kantore [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This unique box‐set presents a musical journey through one of the most crucial episodes of Christianity: the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It tells of the deepest sorrow and anguish in the Lamentation and Stabat Mater, the moving... |
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Traditional
Carols From King's College Cambridge: 25 of the most popular carols Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [ Warner Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/1997 ] Twenty Five of the most popular carols on one CD. |
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MICHEL RICHARD de LALANDE
Lalande: Grands Motets Les Pages & les Chantres de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli / The Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom / The King's Consort [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] Michel-Richard de Lalande was the leading composer of sacred music at the French court during the 17th Century. His Grands Motets - he composed 77 - dominated the repertory of the Royal Chapel during his lifetime and after, until the 1770s in the... |
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HANDEL
Messiah (complete recorded in 1994) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'John Mark Ainsley sings with remarkable spiritedness throughout, exhibiting an accomplishment and beauty of his articulation in his early numbers which afford constant repetition.' Gramophone |
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HANDEL
Messiah (highlights) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2008 ] Originally Handel was Händel. But the German composer was welcomed in England with open arms. Thus he could leave out the Umlaut from his name. The great oratorio Messiah is Handel's best known work. This is a selection of highlights, of course the... |
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TRADITIONAL
Christmas Carols From Oxford Magdalen College Choir, John Harper, conductor [ Alto / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "..Magdalen College Oxford played an important part in the Victorian revival of the celebration of Christmas and especially of carol singing.. key figure.. J R Bloxam, Fellow of Magdalen.. first held a musical entertainment for Magdalen choristers.. |
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BYRD / TALLIS / PURCELL / BOYCE / HOWELLS / BRITTEN / etc
English Anthems from Oxford Magdalen College Choir, Oxford / John Harper [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] 17 anthems in date order including Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons, Weelkes and Tomkins. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arise my love - Music for the Break of Day Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Mark Williams (conductor) [ Coro / CD - released 9/Jan/2026 ] Spanning 500 years from the exquisite simplicity of Thomas Tallis' perfect miniature O nata lux through Britten's jubilant Festival Te Deum to Cheryl Frances-Hoad's majestic O come let us sing unto the lord, this album celebrates the hope and... |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Complete oratorio) Michael George (bass) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) David Thomas (bass) / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The Choir of [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "This is a fine recording...For many people, though, the King's forces and Emma Kirkby, with Michael Chance doing all the alto solos, will prove a willing combination. And at super budget price, you cannot go far wrong. There is a complete libretto... |
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JOHN IRELAND / GRAYSTON IVES
The Organ Works of John Ireland and Grayston Ives Myles Hartley (The Organ of Harris Manchester College, Oxford) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] "Myles Hartley, Director of Music at Harris Manchester College plays with sensitivity in the gentler works and conveys the pomp and drama of the more exuberant ones, while exploiting the full resources of the Nicholson instrument." Organists Review |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Jonty Ward (treble), James Swash (alto), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Howard (baritone) / New College Choir Oxford, Edward Higginbottom [ Novum / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Edward Higginbottom has opted to ignore the plethora of more recent completions in favour of Süssmayr's "official" version, his faithfulness extending to drawing individual soloists from the choir, even using male voices for the higher parts. It's a |
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PURCELL
Anthems and Services Vol 6 Nicholas Witcomb (solo treble) James Bowman (countertenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Choir of New College, Oxford / King [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'No fewer than five first recordings in this ... Fans of Purcell will find this disc, Iike the others in the series, indispensable' (Fanfare, USA) |