NICOLAS GOMBERT
Gombert: Magnificat I / Slave Regina / Credo / Tulerunt Dominum Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "Jeremy Summerly's Oxford Camerata, for Naxos, underscores the personal stamp Gombert put on the familiar liturgical text." Bay Area Reporter, October 12th, 2006 |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Full Anthems / Music on the Death of Queen Mary Oxford Camerata; Jeremy Summerly, conductor with Laurence Cummings, organ [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die. - "I would say that any disc which offered such a 24-carat Purcell selection in performances even half as good as these would be hard to resist." - Gramophone |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
De Machaut: La Messe De Nostre Dame / Songs from Le Voir Dit Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Dec/2019 ] "This is the closest anyone has yet come to recording Machaut's setting as he himself might have heard it; the coupling is a sampling of songs from Le Voir Dit, another intriguingly autobiographical offering." Early Music America |
BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / von BINGEN / PART / HAYDN / DVORAK / etc
The Choral Collection Tonus Peregrinus, Camerata Bach Choir, Musica Ficta, Oxford Camerata, Choir of the Golden Age, TOWER Voices New Zealand, Simon Mayr Choir, etc [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "There's plenty to celebrate here, not least sterling performances by Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly (including Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem and other choral pieces, and a fine Hildegard CD). |
SUSATO / DOWLAND / LOBO / MONTEVERDI / SCHUTZ / etc
Peter Paul Rubens - Music Of His Time Oxford Camerata / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus / Rose Consort of Viols / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Soloists [ Naxos Educational Art and Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] Popular opinion has dealt harshly with Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): there are too many gods and goddesses in his paintings and the women are too large. But through changing fashions, the strength and vigour of his work are still a marvel: in a... |
TOMKINS
Choral and Organ Works Laurence Cummings (organ) / Oxford Camerata; Jeremy Summerly, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Much of the music on this excellent recording was composed during Tomkins's final decade, before his death in 1656 in relative obscurity... At all times, the Oxford Cameratta, led by Jeremy Summerly, sing with the clarity and purity of voice... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48 / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Lisa Beckley (soprano) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) / Oxford Schola Cantorum / Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "The fresh, forward choral tone goes with an unmannered interpretation from Jeremy Summerly, with soloists comparably fresh toned" - Penguin Guide |
ALLEGRI / LULLY / MOUTON / BENEVOLO CHARPENTIER / etc
Miserere: Classical music for reflection and meditation Oxford Camerata / Le Concert Spirtuel / Capilla Flamenca / Ars Nova [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
Oxford Camerata
English Madrigals & Songs [ Naxos / CD ] |
TALLIS
The Best of Tallis Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] "Throughout, the singing by the Oxford Camerata is first rate, with careful attention to the constantly changing balances and to the clarity of the inner lines. The sopranos are particularly lovely, and the women's plainchant Salve regina is an... |
WILLIAM BYRD
Mass For Four Voices / Mass For Five Voices Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] "...a valuable addition to the Byrd discography...An excellent start to a series one now looks forward to with keen anticipation." - (CD Review, February 1993) |
OBRECHT
Missa Caput / Salve Regina Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "The Oxford Camerata and Jeremy Summerly do this wonderful music proud as they listen and carefully balance, quiet polyphonic lines and direction" - Classic CD 5 |
WILLAERT
Missa Christus Resurgens / Magnificat Sexti Toni Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Of all composers of the first half of the sixteenth century, Adrian Willaert is perhaps the most appreciated by contemporary composers and theorists such as Zarlino and Danckerts. |
JOHANNES OCKEGHEM
Ockeghem - Missa L'Homme arme (with Josquin des Pres 'Memor esto verbi tui') Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Summerly and his illustrious group have never made a better record than this" - Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 7/Jun/2008 ] "The performances are as delightful as the music" - David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com |
SCHUTZ
Psalmen Davids Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "...a fine introduction to the historically crucial - and very beautiful music of Heinrich Schutz...The disc ends with the great German Magnificat, which here makes an impact of magnificent but confidential immensity, which is surely right." - The... |
TALLIS / PERGOLESI / MOZART / FRANCK / BACH
Favourite Sacred Masterpieces Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly / Camerata Budapest / Kosice Teachers' Choir [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] |
WHITE / TALLIS / PALESTRINA / LASSUS / de BRITO
Lamentations Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "On the bargain Naxos label come nearly 70 minutes of sublime polyphony, beautifully sung by the fresh-toned Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly. The recorded sound is vividly beautiful within an ideal ambience." - Rosette (Highest Rating) -... |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Desprez: Missa L'homme arme / etc Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
THOMAS TALLIS
Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly (conductor) [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] Considering that Thomas Tallis was the finest English composer of his generation, it is surprising how little we know about his life. The first time we hear of Tallis is in 1530 when he was organist at Dover Priory in Kent: by then he was clearly a... |