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VICTORIA
O Quam Gloriosum & Ave Maris Stella Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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VICTORIA
Victoria: Requiem Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Master of the Music) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Glorious. A rich, luminous acoustic halo seems to surround the music as it soars ever upward. Under David Hill's expert direction this choir has achieved a depth and body of tone totally appropriate to this full-blooded Iberian music' - The Good CD... |
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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) |
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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 |
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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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
From the Vaults of Westminster Cathedral Choir of Westminster Cathedral / Martin Baker (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Throughout, the choral singing under Martin Baker's direction glows resplendently, while still retaining its celebrated 'continental' edge." (Gramophone) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hymns & Other Choral Works Choir of Worcester Cathedral / Choir of Westminster Abbey [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "If that Englishness in music can be encapsulated in words at all, those words would probably be: ostensibly familiar and commonplace, yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic yet timeless." (Peter Ackroyd) |
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CHARLES VILLIERS / CHARLES WOOD / PHILIP STOPFORD / JOHN RUTTER / etc
Celtic Inspirations The Choirs of Belfast Cathedral / Philip Stopford (director) [ Priory / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] Recorded in Belfast Cathedral October 2005 |
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TAVENER / GORECKI / HOWELLS / RUTTER / etc
Fear and Rejoice, O People: Music for Advent and Christmas Christ Church Cathedral Choir [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] The magnificent Tavener piece headlines a collection of choral works which will make the ideal musical companion to anyone's Advent and Christmas. |
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HOLST / WALTON
Make We Joy: Christmas Music Christ Church Cathedral Choir [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "'Musts' for Yuletide music in the air ..." San Fransisco Chronicle |
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FRANCESCO DURANTE
Durante: Requiem / Organ Concerto Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Baroque, Soloists from The Sixteen [ Coro / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] "he soloists are uniformly excellent, and the string playing as crisp and alert as the fresh young voices of the Christ Church trebles" (Observer) |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Stabat Mater Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford / Francis Grier (organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'I feel no hesitation in awarding this performance, and recording, full marks' - Hi Fi News |
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JANACEK
The Lord's Prayer: choral & organ music Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford / Stephen Darlington [ Griifin / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "In this recording Stephen Darlington draws refined singing from his choir, very English in timbre with fluting trebles...is most moving and original...this is a most refreshing issue." Edward Greenfield - Gramophone, 15/03/2004 |
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TRADITIONAL
Evensong From Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington, with Clive Driskill-Smith (organ) [ Alto / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Nothing is overstated or outlandish, and the singing has a very pleasing polished and bright sound. Highly recommended" (Music Web International) |
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HOWARD GOODALL
Goodall: Invictus: A Passion Kirsty Hopkins (soprano) Mark Dobell (tenor) / Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington [ Coro / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] Christ Church Cathedral Choir and Stephen Darlington join forces with Soloists from The Sixteen and a stellar group of instrumentalists on this premiere recording. |
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WILLIAM BYRD
The Three Masses for three, four & five voices Christ Church Cathedral Choir / Stephen Darlington [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'The performances are in the traditional English cathedral manner but are of high quality, the music's flowing lines bringing poise and serenity' (Penguin Guide) |
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JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas / Cantus Firmus / etc Christ Church Cathedral Choir / Stephen Darlington (director) [ Avie / CD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] "There are special reasons for welcoming performances from Christ Church Cathedral Choir … vigour and freshness." - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2007 |
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STANFORD / HALLEY / HOWELLS / SCHUTZ / VITTORIA / etc
On Tour- recorded live during the choir's tour of England 2008 Christchurch Cathedral Choir [ Ode Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] "The positive joy of the singing is palpable. Accordingly, music critics showered them with rave reviews in a country where standards of cathedral singing are the world No 1. Take a bow, Brian Law." (Ian Dando NZ Listener) |
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TRADITIONAL
Christmas in Christchurch Christchurch City Choir, Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Woolston Brass, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra [ CSO / CD - released 11/Nov/2009 ] Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an artistic icon of the South Island and an established force in orchestral music within New Zealand. |
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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 |