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DURUFLE / STANFORD / BYRD / PALESTRINA / CROTCH / etc
The Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle at Westminster Abbey The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "A sumptuous banquet of choral delight awaits the hungry listener, laid out in three carefully balanced courses, to be savoured slowly, the whole programme sung (and played) with superlative skill" (Gramophone) |
TOMKINS / GIBBONS / RAMSAY
Music from the reign of King James I The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "The laments by Tomkins and Ramsey,and Gibbons's "O Lord, in thy wrath", all sung unaccompanied, are moving in their intensity...this recording should be snapped up by all lovers of the period." Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Feast of St Michael and All Angels The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] Hyperion is delighted to present this latest CD from The Choir of Westminster Abbey. The texts for Michaelmas are uniquely dramatic and visionary, and have inspired musicians throughout the centuries to create settings of thrilling immediacy. This... |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Mass in G / Quatre Petites Prieres de Saint Francois d'Assise / etc The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] 'The Westminster boys display an uncanny empathy with these miniature masterpieces. Their musicianship shines through every carefully measured phrase and dynamic' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
THOMAS TOMKINS / WILLIAM WALTON / HERBERT HOWELLS / JOHN STAINER / etc
Trinity Sunday at Westminster Abbey The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "This is a splendid and stimulating disc, which I've enjoyed very much. More please!" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION
The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James OAEDonnell (with Robert Quinney, organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "You quickly appreciate how the engineers have placed us relative to the choir for the best listening perspective, both for antiphonal passages and for full ensemble with organ." (ClassicsToday April 2008 10 artistic /8 sound) |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: The Great Service The Choir of Westminster Abbey / Robert Quinney (organ) / James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] 'The Choir of Westminster Abbey revels in the score's complexity, animating the dialogues within its ten-part texture with clarity and conviction … this disc shows us clearly why the Great Service ranks as Byrd's definitive Anglican music' - BBC... |
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) |
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) |
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
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 |
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Schubert,
Liedertafel Christian Elsner, James Taylor, Fanz-Josef Selig, Michael Volle Gerold Huber [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Feb/2004 ] |
J S BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Katherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] "The acoustic of the Trinity College Chapel has been used most sympathetically and the recording combines ambience and clarity in a most pleasing way. Nicholas Anderson's booklet essay is first rate." (Recording of the Month - MusicWeb November 2013) |
ROBIN HOLLOWAY
Holloway: The Lover's Well Clare Lloyd-Griffiths (soprano), Kate Symonds-Joy (mezzo-soprano), James Robinson (tenor) [ Delphian / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] Released on the day of his 75th birthday, six stellar performers associated with Gonville & Caius College Cambridge join together to showcase British composer Robin Holloway, in a celebration of the lyrical and dramatic qualities of his abundant... |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Mary of Magdala Dame Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-soprano), James Platt (Bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Bliss composed The Enchantress in 1951, the year of his sixtieth birthday, for Kathleen Ferrier. The text is a free adaptation of the Second Idyll of Theocritus, made by Henry Reed, and well suited to Bliss's love of classical Greek... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Ayres & Graces Dan Tidhar (chamber organ / harpsichord) & James Akers (theorbo / baroque guitar) / Chelys Consort of Viols [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2015 ] "Performed by the four viol players of Chelys and their keyboard and guitar playing colleagues, they sound wonderfully supple, propulsive and alive." (The Guardian) |
HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 1 Sophie Daneman / Anna Grevelius / James Gilchrist / Stephan Loges [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] The first disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This first disc features settings of Mörike. |
ARVO PART
Part: Triodion David James (countertenor) Christopher Bowers Broadbent (organ) / Polyphony / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "The choir's pursuit of perfection ideally complements the sheer beauty of the music" Classic FM Magazine |
HEINZ HOLLIGER
Beiseit / Alb-Chehr David James : countertenor / Elmar Schmid : kclar,Teodoro Anzellotti : accordian [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2000 ] Recorded March 1994 |
