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Journey Into Light - Music for the Festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas by E.Poston; W.McKie; Patrick Hadley; Judith Weir; Britten et al. / Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-09

Works: Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; William McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God, for chorus & organ; Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden; Judith Weir: Advent Prose, for chorus; Jo...
Performers: Austin, Alasdair [Treble]; Beetschen, Alexander; Bryan, Nico [Treble]; Crawshaw, Rebecca; Dixon, Robert; Hetherington, Olympia; Lambourn, Timothy; Leach, Edward; Senanayake, Jaliya; Smith, Matthew [B...
Conductors: Williams, Mark
Ensemble: ; Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

A new festive release from the Choir of Jesus College Cambridge under their director Mark Williams - with additional performances from organists Robert Dixon and...continue...

A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning & Consolation / Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-03-08

Works: Orlando Gibbons: Hymn; William Walton: A Litany; Robert White: Christe, qui lux es et dies; James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer, for treble, chorus & organ; John Sheppard: In manus tuas Domine no 1; Jo...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

Sunday Times
This is a concept album, a sequence of purgative music on the theme of death by a wide range of British composers from the...continue...
Recording information: Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral (11/08/2009-11/10/2009)....continue...

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Nigel Short, Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Gustav Holst: The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159; Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing; John Tavener: Funeral Ikos, for chor...
Performers: Crouch, Gabriel; Gaunt, William; Long, Matthew [Vocals]
Conductors: Short, Nigel

Following a string of five-star reviews for their previous discs of 20th-century French choral music (Poulenc's Figure Humaine ) and Renaissance polyphony (Victoria's Requiem), the...continue...

An Irish Songbook / Ailish Tynan

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Thomas Dunhill: Cloths of Heaven for voice & piano, Op. 30/3; Samuel Barber: Solitary Hotel, song for voice & piano (Despite and Still), Op. 41/4; Hermit Songs, Op. 29; The Desire for Hermitage, song...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Tynan, Ailish

Iain Burside and Ailish Tynan return to Signum with their second disc of Irish Songs and arrangements - this time from a range of different...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Church, Deptford, London (04/22/2009-04/24/2009)....continue...

English Organ Music from the Temple Church

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-01-02

Works: Percy Whitlock: Four Extemporizations; Henry Walford Davies: Solemn Melody for organ; John Stanley: Voluntary for organ in D major, Op. 5/5; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Pieces (3) for Chamber Organ, Boo...
Performers: Vivian, James

The varied program touches on a multitude of works for organ by English composers, all of which bring out different facets of this versatile instrument....continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London, England (09/12/2009-09/20/2009)....continue...

The Majesty Of Thy Glory

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-01-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Te Deum and Jubilate Deo, for soloists, chorus & instruments in D major, Z. 232; My beloved spake, Z 28; Edward Elgar: Te Deum and Benedictus, Op. 34; Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the ...
Performers: Grice, Ian le; Morris, Greg [Organ]
Conductors: Vivian, James
Ensemble: Temple Players

The Temple Church is one of the most historic and beautiful churches in London. The modern choir is comprised of 18 boy choristers and 12...continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London, England (03/06/2009-03/22/2009)....continue...

Choral Music by Herbert Howells

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-07-08

Works: Herbert Howells: The summer is coming; Sweetest of sweets; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; One Thing Have I Desired, motet for chorus & organ; Antiphon; Walking in the Snow, for chorus & organ; A Grace...
Performers: Harris, Dorothea; Jones, Alex; Lee, Simon; McIntosh, Fergus; Ogilvie, Imogen; Roberts, Marcus; Walker, Margaret; Winpenny, Tom

"Eschew vibrato as a choir, and you risk the ignominy of uncovering all kinds of approximations in pitch, ensemble and inflection. While few groups can...continue...
Recording information: St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood (01/02/2009-01/06/2009)....continue...

What Sweeter Music: Songs & Carols Christmas

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-12-02

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Rutter: What sweeter music; There is a flower; Nativity Carol; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Christmas Traditional: Que...
Performers: Sherlock, James

Tenebrae is a professional chamber choir, founded by Nigel Short in 2001. Often performing by candlelight, the choir creates an atmosphere of spiritual and musical...continue...
Recording information: St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London, Eng (06/22/2009-06/26/2009)....continue...

Warlock: The Frostbound Wood, etc; Howard, Howells, Roe / Timothy Travers-Brown, Jeremy Filsell

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-05-09

Works: Peter Warlock: My little sweet darling, for voice & string quartet; Take, O Take Those Lips Away, for voice & piano (Saudades no 2); And wilt thou leave me thus?; Sleep, for voice & piano; The Droll ...
Performers: Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Travers-Brown, Timothy

Recording information: Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England (2006-11-03_2006-11-04&2008-)....continue...

Howells: I Love All Beauteous Things / Tristan Russcher, Judy Martin, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-03-05

Works: Herbert Howells: Thee will I love; Hills of the North, for chorus & organ; I love all beauteous things, for chorus & organ; Missa Aedis Christi; Short Pieces (6) for organ; In manus tuas (This world,...
Performers: Dines, Ernest; Russcher, Tristan; Thomas, Paul
Conductors: Martin, Judy

"This album is a welcome addition to the recorded works of Howells both on account of the repertoire it covers and because of its fine...continue...
Recording information: St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin (02/22/2008-02/24/2008)....continue...

Howells: Requiem, etc; Frank Martin: Mass / Varasi Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-03-06

Works: Herbert Howells: Requiem; Take him, earth, for cherishing; Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

"Backhouse understands the importance of pacing in the Requiem, giving properly measured reflection to the two critical Requiem aeternam movements--and the choir follows his lead,...continue...

The Dream of Herod / Nigel Short, Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2003-11-07

Works: Peter Wishart: Carols (3), Op. 17; Anonymous: O Radix Jesse; Rorate caeli desuper; Ave Maria, gratia plena; Puer natus est nobis; O come, all ye faithful; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Choru...
Performers: Badley, Paul; Brook, Matthew; Busher, Andrew; Campbell, Colin; Carter, Stephen; Crookes, Anna; Gritton, Peter [Countertenor]; Thomas, David Porter
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: Tenebrae