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A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

All Shall Be Well - works by Panufnik, Holst, Rachmaninov, Tavener, Gorecki, Villette, Nystedt / Richard May, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Roxanna Panufnik: All Shall Be Well, for chorus; Gustav Holst: Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); Sergey Rach...
Performers: Condy, Oliver; May, Richard; Quiney, Rebecca [Soprano (Vocal)]
Conductors: Ogden, David
Ensemble: ; Exultate Singers

This wide-ranging program offers connections and contrasts in music of devotion and consolation. The settings by life-long friends Holst and Vaughan Williams, whilst very different,...continue...
Recording information: St Georges Church, Bristol, England (06/11/2011-06/12/2011)....continue...

Holst: The Coming of Christ; Two Psalms; Nunc Dimittis / City of London Choir; Holst Orchestra

1 CD / EM Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Gustav Holst: Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us); Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127; Choral Folk Songs, H. 136; The Coming of Christ, incidental music, H. 170
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; End, Timothy; Fontanels-Simmons, Marta; Goddard, James; Hawes, Tim; Kilhams, Jonathan; Pearce, Richard; Twilley, Amon-Ra
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: City of London Choir

The Coming of Christ was commissioned in 1927 by the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, George Bell, as a setting of a text by John Masefield,...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, London (10/15/2011)....continue...

In the Beginning / Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Gabriel Jackson: In the Beginning was the Word, for chorus; Nicolas Gombert: Lugebat David Absalon, motet for 8 voices; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Eric Whitacre: When David Heard; Giovanni Pie...
Performers: Cearns, Jenny; Coleman, Timothy; Cutting, Guy; Mackay, Beth; Ryan, Rachel; Tann, Emily; Turner, Mothusi; Williams, James [Vocals]
Conductors: Phillips, Peter; Nicholas, Benjamin
Ensemble: Choir of Merton College, Oxford

Founded as recently as 2008, the new Choir of Merton College, Oxford is rapidly emerging as a major force in collegiate choral music. On this,...continue...
Recording information: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)....continue...

Great British Anthems

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-22

Works: Hubert Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens for chorus & orchestra; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat for chorus in B flat major, Op. 164; John Stainer: I saw the Lord; Edward Woodall Naylor: Vox Dicentis...
Performers: Angus, Andrew; Balzan, Nicola; Bernstein, Matt [Vocals]; Burges, Dan; Burges, Simon; de Ionno, Alysha; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Johnston, Caroline; Limb, Elizabeth; McWilliams, Fiona; Riley, Chris...
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy

One of the most popular and versatile chamber choirs in the UK, the Vasari Singers have thrived for over thirty years, delighting audiences and critics...continue...
Recording information: Tonbridge Chapel, Tonbridge, England (02/20/2009-02/22/2009)....continue...

A Gaelic Blessing / Owen, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: David Goodenough: I will sing with the Spirit, for chorus & organ; Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; German Requiem, Op. 45; George Henschel: Tantum ergo; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Thou wilt ...
Performers: Nieminski, Simon; Swift, Esther; Turnell, Ashley
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: St. Mary's Cathedral Choir

A revitalization of best-loved sacred works and new choral music graces this stellar releaser from the Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral....continue...

A Year At Kings / Stephen Cleobury

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons; Francisco Guerrero: Canite tuba in Sion, motet; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Christmas Traditional: Away in a Manger; Francis Poul...
Performers: Chambers, Simon; Rex, Edmund; Stevens, Peter
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

The Choir of King's College Cambridge is arguably the world's most famous choral group. This new album is a tour of the ecclesiastical year from...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, England....continue...

An English Choral Tradition

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Gerald Finzi: Anthems (3), Op. 27; Herbert Howells: Anthems (4) for Chorus; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "St Paul's"; Herbert Sumsion: In Exile; Donald Hunt: God be gracious, anthem; Gustav Holst: Nu...
Performers: Partington, Adrian

One Thing Have I Desired

1 CD / Regent Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Herbert Howells: One Thing Have I Desired, motet for chorus & organ; Coventry Antiphon, for chorus; Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell; William H. Harris: Behold, the tabernacle of God, for chorus; Brin...
Performers: Gilday, Victoria [Soprano Vocal]; Hales, Joshua; Kolb, Paul; Moe, Katharine; Moore, Richard [Organ]; Rees, Rebecca; Smith, Harry [Vocals]

Recording information: Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford, England (06/24/2009-06/26/2009)....continue...

Make We Joy - Music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

1 CD / Quilisma (Loft) / 2009-01-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession); This is the truth sent from above (English); Work(s); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas N...
Performers: Arthur, Malcolm; Carey, Colm; Cooper, Julie; Phillips, Tom [Zamir Chorale]; Poole, Elizabeth; Preston-Dunlop, Emma; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

O Sacrum Convivium - Byrd, Holst, etc / Gough, London University Royal Holloway Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-03-04

Works: William Byrd: Cibavit eos, motet for 4 voices (SATB); Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Thomas Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice; When David heard; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; Gusta...
Performers: Crocket, Tom; Major, Rachel; Marshall, Naomi; Millinger, David; Rathbone, Samuel

Choral music from the sixteenth-century, right up to the late-twentieth-century is featured on this beautiful eleven-track album, with stunning performances from The Choir of Royal...continue...

Sweet Music of Christmas / Morrow, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-23

Works: Christmas Traditional: Il est né, le divin enfant (French); Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; I Wonder As I Wande...
Performers: Holt, Lisa Roane; Koch, Laura; Wiles, John; Young, Kaycee
Conductors: Morrow, James
Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers

The University of Texas Chamber Singers have been one of the premiere North American collegiate choral ensembles for nearly half a century, having been organized...continue...

The Road to Paradise

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Thomas Tallis: Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207; Gregorian Chant: Work(s); In paradisum, antiphon; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; William Byrd: Christe qu...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul

Recording information: Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, England (07/2006)....continue...

Lux Aeterna / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; David Hill: Dominus illuminatio; Charles Wood: Hail, gladdening light; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Gustav Holst: Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127; John Taven...
Performers: Farr, Stephen
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Brunel Ensemble; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Ikon / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Decca / 2006-06-13

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Exhortation and Kohima, for chorus; Arvo Pärt: De profundis; The Woman with the Alabaster Box...
Performers: Cooper, Julie; Davidson, Grace; Dobell, Mark; Fullbrook, Charles; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Williams, Huw [Organ]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

"There are 29 singers listed in the booklet, giving a rather bigger and more unfettered sound than usual from this group. Not surprising, perhaps, given...continue...

Holst: Choral Music / Wetton, Holst Singers, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us); Choruses (6) for male chorus & strings (or organ or piano), Op. 53, H. 186; The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159; Partsongs (7) for so...
Performers: Birch, John; Collyer, Isobel; Logan, Joya; Mercer, Chris
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Holst Singers

Evening Watch - Finzi, Holst, etc / Queen's College Choir

1 CD / Guild / 1999-03-01

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Second Service for chorus & organ, Op 62; Solus ad victimam; Carols (3), Op. 25; Gustav Holst: Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us); Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127; Motets (2),...

The Music of Westminster Cathedral Choir / Hill, O'Donnell

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-11-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Psalm 48 "Great is the Lord," anthem for chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 67; Benjamin Britten: Missa Brevis, for boys' chorus & organ in D major, Op. 63; Christopher Tye: Omnes gente...

Holst, Vaughan Williams: Choral Music /Spicer, Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-02-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folksongs (5) for chorus; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); O Vos Omnes ("Is it Nothing to You?"), motet for alto & chorus; O taste and...

Panis Angelicus'. Favorite Motets. Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cé...
Performers: Simcock, Iain

'A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country's finest choirs' (Classic FM Magazine)

'What can one say? A feast beyond all dreams....continue...