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KREEK / PART / RAUTAVAARA / SANDSTROM / TORMIS / VASKS
Baltic Voices Vol 1 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "pure and impassioned, astounding choral artists." (The Wall Street Journal) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
GORECKI / MAZULIS / SAARIAHO / AUGUSTINAS / GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN / etc
Baltic Voices Vol 3 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Once again Paul Hillier and his Estonian choir provide a varied programme of new choral works by Baltic composers. Despite a wide gamut of styles, each composition has an immediacy that is not always found in contemporary music." Erik Levi - BBC... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A New Joy: Orthodox Christmas Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harnmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] This CD, which includes several first recordings of music by Kastalski, Izvekov & others, draws upon the rich treasury of 19th- & 20th-century liturgical hymnography and carols of the Nativity Feast, which were suppressed during the tragic events of... |
TRADITIONAL
A New Joy: Orthodox Christmas Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harnmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] This CD, which includes several first recordings of music by Kastalski, Izvekov & others, draws upon the rich treasury of 19th- & 20th-century liturgical hymnography and carols of the Nativity Feast, which were suppressed during the tragic events of... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "...from the first notes of this performance by the superb Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir we appreciate the difference between Western and Slavic sound, as a super-deep and resonant bass voice intones the Deacon's gathering words: "Arise! Bless... |
MACHAUT / O'REGAN / DUFAY / BRYARS
Scattered Rhymes Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (director), Orlando Consort [ Harmonia Mundi / SACD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] "This collection has actually been programmed with considerable care...with the acoustic of the recording venue effectively becoming an additional element in the performance." (Choral & Song Recording of the Month BBC Music June 2008) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Powers of Heaven: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |
GALINA GRIGORJEVA
Galina Grigorjeva: Nature Morte Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Theatre of Voices & Yxus Quartet, Paul Hillier [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] "This new album from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir reinforces their position as one of the world's leading vocal ensembles…[Grigorjeva] follows in the long shadow of Rachmaninov, bracing an essential serenity with the subtlest of richer har |
EVAN PARKER
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Toward the Margins Evan Parker (soprano saxophone) / Barry Guy (double-bass) / Paul Lytton (percussion, live-electronics) / Philipp Wachsmann (violin, viola, live elect) [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Sep/2008 ] British saxophonist Evan Parker was one of the first musicians to record for ECM, appearing on the label's fifth album in 1970 as a member of the Music Improvisation Company |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Choral Edition Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "The bulk of Britten's choral output, repackaged at budget level from full-price originals. Wonderfully sympathetic performances, rich recording. A top bargain for the Britten centenary." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
RICHARD FLURY
Flury: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] The Swiss composer Richard Flury (1896-1967) completed the last of his five symphonies in 1956, when its unashamedly melodic, tonal style - with elements absorbed from Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Joseph Marx and other such late Romantics - made it a... |
FAURE
Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 François Salque (cello) / Eric Le Sage (piano) / Paul Meyer (clarinet) [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] There is no doubt this series, just like the recordings of Schumann's complete works, will become a reference on the classical music scene. |
GABRIELI / BENDINELLI / etc
A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Early Music |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "the chief delight of this recording is its consort aesthetic...the artists exert themselves to work as a collective...another jewel in McCreesh's crown." BBC Music Award WINNER 2020 - Recording of the Year |
GIBBONS / WALTON / MacMILLAN / ELGAR / HOWELLS / etc
A Song of Farewell - Music of mourning & consolation Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Adrian Peacock and balance engineer Neil Hutchinson have achieved a superb recording which captures the warm, intimate ambience of the venue and which achieves a fine clarity at the same time." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2012) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Spotless Rose Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Sung throughout with sensitivity to style, this themed programme reveals the reverence and the rapture the Virgin Mary has inspired in music over the centuries." Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2009 |
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS
Praetorius: La Messe de Noël Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh dir. [ Château De Versalles Spectacle / DVD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Michael Praetorius was the most prolific German composer of his generation, making use of a beauty of sound and an abundance of instruments worthy of his contemporary Monteverdi. Here we have a festive Christmas Mass as might have been heard in a... |
STANFORD / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / DOVE / GRAINGER
Silence and Music Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] This programme explores that vast twentieth-century secular English choral repertoire which goes under the generic title 'partsongs'. It is an extraordinarily rich repertoire to which almost all the famous composers contributed. Buried amongst vast... |
LEIGHTON / TALLIS / WARLOCK / HOWELLS etc
A Rose Magnificat Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2019 WINNER - Choral |
