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WILLIAM BYRD / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Byrd / Britten The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Mark Williams (director) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Byrd's scraping harmonies often sound no older than Britten's.The singing of Jesus Cambridge isn't always sharply defined but it is warm and breathy, topped by excellent boy choristers and best in stately slow music such as Byrd's Ave Verum Corpus." |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
War & Peace: Music for Remembrance The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams (director) [ Signum / CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] As the centenary of the Great War approaches, the choir of Jesus College Cambridge present a new programme of works titled War & Peace, a beautiful and moving collection of choral works that are united in various ways by the experiences and impact of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Out of Darkness: Music from Lent to Trinity The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams [ Signum Classics / CD - released 9/Feb/2015 ] "The programme has been discerningly chosen and the standard of performance is set down at once with an excellent account of Byrd's Cunctis diebus. Here the College Choir achieves a good internal balance, sustains the polyphonic lines intelligently a |
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The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge
Praise My Soul [ Signum / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Hymns are a living link with the past, yet they still find freshness and relevance in the twenty- first century. Saint Thomas Aquinas comments that 'hymns are the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal... |
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The Choir of Keble College, Oxford / Directed by Gavin Plumley with Mark Laflin (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 8) (Incls 'Once in royal David's city ') [ Priory / CD - released 21/Nov/2003 ] Recorded in Keble College, Oxford on 4th and 5th June 2001 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Realisations Elin Manahan Thomas (sop) Christine Rice (mezzo) James Gilchrist (tenor) Christopher Purves (bass) / Choir Of Kings College Cambridge, Academy of Anci [ Kings College Cambridge / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "The standard of the performance is high, so long as you want a liturgical version, one that might be used at a service...This is an educative set, and it is interesting to listen to the alternative versions." (BBC Music) |
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TRADITIONAL / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Carols From King's College, Cambridge Choir of King's College, Cambridge [ Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] A wonderful collection of 15 of the favourite and most popular carols for the Christmas season, performed by the world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge. |
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ALLEGRI / GABRIELI / NANINO / FRESCOBALDI / etc
Allegri: Miserere & other choral favourites Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Cambridge University Musical Society / The Bach Choir [ EMI Encore / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] King's College Cambridge Choir, Stephen Cleobury, David Willcocks |
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TRADITIONAL
Christmas-Time Carols from King's College Cambridge Choir of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks [ Griffin / CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] The earliest 15th century carols were based on simple folk melodies, with texts added representing Christmas ideas, but it was a long gap then until the Victorians, followed shortly by great 20th Century composers (Vaughan Williams, Holst etc),... |
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TAVERNER / GIBBONS
Tudor Masters: John Taverner & Orlando Gibbons Choir of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Choir of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Music Of King's The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Directed by Stephen Cleobury [ Kings College / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] The Music of King's: Choral Favourites From Cambridge is a celebration of choral music throughout the ages and around the world. Its track list spans more than 400 years of composition, with compositions from countries including Germany, France,... |
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JS BACH / NICO MUHLY / ALICE GOODMAN
The Street Choir Of Kings College Cambridge, Parker Ramsay (harp), Rosie Hilal (narration) [ Kings College Cambridge / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] For his second album for King's College, Cambridge, harpist and alumnus Parker Ramsay performs The Street by acclaimed composer Nico Muhly and librettist Alice Goodman, a dramatic new work for harp solo, narration and plainchant, based on the... |
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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Best Loved Hymns [ EMI Music / CD - released 8/Aug/2001 ] A collection of popular hymns in the Anglican tradition. |
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TRADITIONAL
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols [Recorded 2010 - 2012] Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2012 ] "It would be hard to fault anything in the performances-who knows better how to do King's than King's?; and indeed, the choir sounds magnificent, even though this space always proves a challenge for recording engineers. They do a very fine job here,... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Saint Nicolas / Hymn to St Cecilia / etc Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "This new recording on King's own label does it superb justice...The disc includes equally polished performances of two of Britten's most popular choral works, Hymn to St Cecilia and Rejoice in the Lamb." (Financial Times) |
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TRADITIONAL
Carols from King's [recorded December 2014] The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] This DVD includes the full 2014 service and a 60-minute documentary detailing the history of this central component of the British Christmas tradition. Enjoyed in millions of homes each Christmas eve, 'Carols from King's' is an enchanting hour and a... |
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TRADITIONAL / ALLEGRI / MONTEVERDI / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Easter from King's The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] 'Easter from King's' is the first DVD release of the regular BBC broadcast, which forms a cornerstone of the BBC's Easter programming. This service was first broadcast at Easter 2014 from the College's awe-inspiring Chapel. Featuring seasonal hymns... |
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PARRY / STANFORD / WHITLOCK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
English Hymn Anthems Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, with Alison Balsom (trumpet) [ King's College SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] 'I attended these sessions and the glorious union of music-making and atmosphere I witnessed has been captured wonderfully.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2015 |
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TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
100 Years Of Nine Lessons & Carols The Choir Of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury [ Kings College / 2 CD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] For many, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the sound of carols sung from King's College Chapel. Each year over the festive period millions around the world enjoy the choir's A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Evensong Live 2016 The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College Live / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "There are many subtleties in this set of performances. The intimate interplay between the crystalline solo of treble Tom Hopkins and his fellow choristers in Stanford's Magnificat is one of them" BBC Music |