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St Jacobs Chamber Choir/Graden
Bach, J.S.: St John Passion [ Proprius / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] |
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St Jacobs Kammarkor/Graden
Bach, J.S.: Motets [ Proprius / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Choral Music: Missa Brevis AEC Coronation Te Deum AEC Magnificat / etc St. Johh's Choir / Christopher Whitton (organ) / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 8/Mar/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002 - Choral |
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St John's Cath Choir & Orch
America The Golden Dream [ Delos / CD ] |
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St John's Cath Choir & Orch
Hovhaness: Magnificat [ Delos / CD ] |
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St John's Choir/Pearson
Sing We Merrily [ Delos / CD ] |
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St John's Choir/Pearson
Sing We Noel [ Delos / CD ] |
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DURUFLE / HOWELLS
Voices from heaven St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, George Guest [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Beautifully crafted choral sound' Gramophone |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Eastertide Evensong St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), with James Anderson-Besant & Glen Dempsey (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] St John's first live Evensong album, Ash Wednesday, marked the period of Lent and reflected the tradition of the organ remaining silent. Now with Eastertide Evensong, organists rejoin choir in a blaze of rejoicing. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Psalms St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge is considered to be one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world. It is part of the English cathedral tradition, having been founded to sing the daily liturgy in the College Chapel, though it is set apart... |
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PAVEL CHESNOKOV
Chesnokov: Sacred Choral Music St John's Voices, Cambridge University Chamber Choir, Graham Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] "To my knowledge, this is the first recording dedicated exclusively to Chesnokov's work by British singers, and it provides an excellent showcase for his work, in chronological order." Gramophone Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2023 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Preludes and Overtures St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow [ Vox Classics / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] This sequence of Wagner's preludes and overtures ranges across his compositional output, from Rienzi, his first distinctive opera, through the stirring Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre,... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Orchestral Works [Incls 'An American in Paris'] St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, John Korman, Yuan Tung, George Silfies, Barbara Liberman, David Mortland, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Classics / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] Soon after writing his great works for piano and orchestra (available on VOX-NX-3018CD), Gershwin turned to his 'tone poem for orchestra', An American in Paris. With indelible themes, and masterly string writing, it remains one of his best-known... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 / Symphony in D minor ʻYouth' / The Rock, Op. 7 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Audiophile Edition / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] 'Slatkin's light and energetic approach to No. 3 underlines the work's magical sense of new within the old while revelling in its glittering orchestration - all vividly rendered by the St. Louis Symphony' ClassicsToday |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 / Prince Rostislav: Symphonic Poem after Aleksey Tolstoy St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Audiophile Edition / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "His warmly romantic approach emphasises the music's lush textures, fluid phrasing, and vivid orchestral colouring, while pointing up the unique stylistic qualities that differentiate the three symphonies." ClassicsToday |
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SERGEY RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 44 / Youth Symphony In D Minor / Rock, Fantasy for Orchestra, Op. 7 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (cond) [ Vox Audiophile Edition / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3 in A minor is a radiant synthesis of the composer's early and later periods. Poorly received at the time, its lyricism and colour are pervasive and it has duly taken its place in the repertoire, not least because of its... |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Má vlast St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind (Conductor) [ Vox Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] This acclaimed recording has now been given a new lease of life in our Naxos edition by going back to the original Elite Recordings master tapes, which have been newly transferred to disc in 192 kHz/24-bit high definition sound. |
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AARON COPLAND
Appalachian Spring / Nonet for Strings / Two Pieces for String Quartet St Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] In Appalachian Spring, Copland, a Brooklyn boy who had never even visited the Appalachians, created an unforgettable evocation. Within two years of its first performance (on October 30, 1944, at the Library of Congress) Appalachian Spring went... |
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RUBBRA
Missa cantuariensis, Op. 59 / Dormi Jesu, Op. 3 / Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici, Op. 66 / etc St Margaret's Westminster Singers, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "The singing of the St Margaret's Singers is smooth, spiritual and intellectually engaged. The two brief carols are atmospherically done. Of the two masses the Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici (a cappella) is the most constantly rewarding, right from... |
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NED ROREM
Rorem - Choral Works St Martin's Voices, Piatti String Quartet, Andrew Earis [ Resonus / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Ned Rorem, renowned for his vivid art songs and unapologetic diaries, also composed a vast and underappreciated body of choral works. This album, featuring St Martin's Voices, showcases selections from his impressive choral output spanning seven... |