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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
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HANDEL
Joshua (Complete oratorio) Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 'With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music' (BBC Record Review) |
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JEAN CASSANEA DE MONDONVILLE
De Profundis / Venite exultemus Gillian Fisher, Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe /Choir of the New College Oxford / London Baroque / Edward Higginbottom [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'This is a delightful bargain collection, given state-of-the-art sound' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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HANDEL
Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano) / Choir of New College Oxford / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'A profusion of colourful delights ... persuasive evidence indeed that what may seem mediocre on the page can spring to life, given the artistry and conviction of performers of this... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Requiem & other works Hannah Partridge (soprano) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "...impressive for dispelling the clouds of dissonance that have given Howell the bad name of a meandering mystic and letting us hear what a fine ear he had. This is a perfect disc of its kind." (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2012: Choral) |
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PENDERECKI / DUFAY / PART / DE MONTE / SCHUTZ / BACH / etc
Magnificat Hilliard Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Rheinische Kantorei, Choir of King's College, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2017 ] Song of Mary: The Evangelist Saint Luke describes how the pregnant Mother of God intones a prayer of thanks which in Latin begins with the words "Magnificat anima mea Dominum", and in the King James version "My soul doth magnify the Lord". This... |
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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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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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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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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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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) |
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Oxford New College Choir
Locke: Anthems, Motets [ Helios / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Laudate Dominum: Vespers & Litanies Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The Wren Orchestra, Neville Marriner, George [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Mozart at his most imaginative and vital...highly responsive performance" Penguin Guide |
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HANDEL
Organ Concertos [2 CDs] Paul Nicholson (organ) / Frances Kelly (harp) / Choir of Clare College, Cambridge with Timothy Brown, director / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 'The great coup of this new recording ... is to have secured the instrument on which the composer played. Nicholson's playing is unfailingly stylish' - The Times |
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Royal/King's College/Asmif
Mccartney: Ecce Cor Meum [ Emi Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] |
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St John's College Choir/Hill
Bairstow: Choral Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] |
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HANDEL
Chandos Anthems Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "Stephen Layton directs the small forces of the Academy of Ancient Music with precision and tact." (MusicWeb May 2009). |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Katherine Watson, Iestyn Davies, Neal Davies, etc / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra Of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] 'Katherine Watson, already a busy soloist, has a delightful baroque soprano voice … but it is Iestyn Davies who serves up this recording's jewel in his Agnus Dei,...vocal beauty and moving musicality that it is hard to imagine surpassed." Gramophone |
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CLAUSEN / FISSINGER / WILLAN / PAULUS / GJEILO / etc
Beyond all mortal dreams: American a cappella Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "These are gorgeous pieces--and this Trinity College choir sings them to the manner born." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com July 2011) |