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Dresden Childrens' Choir / Sacred Music for a Whole Year / 4 CDs

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Machet die Tore weit, for double chorus, SWV Anh. 8 (doubtful; also attrib. to S. Rüling); Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors,...
Performers: Guldner, Georg; Herrmann, Fritz; Kopcke, Lukas; Lindner, Franz; Morgner, Felix; Polhardt, Philipp; Renz, Christopher; Schenk, Jacob
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: ; Cappella Sagittariana

The transcendent atmosphere of the Kreuzchor Vespers draws a congregation of up to 3,000 to the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. The Dresden Kreuzchor has recorded a...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Lukaskirche, Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2009-03-23_2009-03-27&2010-); Lukaskirc...continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

A Choral Wedding

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Healey Willan: Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One, motet for chorus, HWC 314; Gerald Finzi: My lovely one, anthem; Anthems (3), Op. 27; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father; Maurice Duru...

A special musical compendium for brides and grooms planning a church wedding ceremony, complete with church choir. CD 1 is a selection of favorite anthems,...continue...

Music from St. Clement Danes

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Martindale Sidwell: Psalm 23, for choir; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: I Sa...
Performers: Hirst, Lynne; Jones, Kenneth; Nixon, John; Sidwell, Martindale; Wilbraham, John

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...

Stanford: Anthems, Motets / Higginbottom, New College Choir

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: If ye then be risen with Christ; Ye holy angels bright, Op. 135/1; Motets (3), Op. 38; Prelude & Fugue for organ in C major, Op. 193/3; The Lord Is My Shepherd; Beati quoru...
Performers: Smith, Andrew [Translation]

Choral Music from Exeter Cathedral - Vierne, Stanford, Elgar, Howells / Paul Morgan, Lucian Nethsingha, Exeter Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Priory / 2009-01-13

Works: Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle in C sharp minor, Op. 16; Charles Villiers Stanford: Motets (3), Op. 38; Edward Elgar: Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "St P...
Performers: Morgan, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Nethsingha, Lucian
Ensemble: Exeter Cathedral Choir

This recording, originally made in 1987 for the Abbey/Alpha Records label, has been remastered and reissued as part of Priory's series honoring this legacy of...continue...

The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey / O'Donnell, Quinney, The Choir of Westminster Abbey

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Motets (3), Op. 38; Bernard Rose: Preces and Responses; Responses and Dismissal; Joseph Barnby: The earth is the Lord's; Benjamin Britten: Festival Te Deum in E major, Op. ...
Performers: Brett, Francis; Dobell, Mark; Empitt, Julian; Grote, Ashley; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Quinney, Robert; Stocker, Julian; Trevelyan-Jones, Warren; Wallington, Lawrence
Conductors: O'Donnell, James [Organ]
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir

"The first thing that hits you about the singing is the celebratory tone. The boys might be singing Stanford's Caelos ascendit hodie, but they could...continue...

A Cappella II / Hancock, St. Thomas Choir of Men & Boys

1 CD / Koch International / 2003-10-07

Works: Leo Sowerby: Eternal Light; Tertius Noble: Go To Dark Gethsemane, for chorus; Horatio Parker: Grant, We Beseech Thee, for chorus; Anthony Piccolo: Heaven and Heart, for chorus; Jack H. Ossewaarde: Dr...
Performers: Hancock, Gerre; Hancock, Judith

The Saint Thomas Choir is considered by major critics here and abroad to be the outstanding choral ensemble of the Anglican music tradition in the...continue...

Great Cathedral Anthems Vol 8 / St Mary's Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: Basil Harwood: O how glorious; William Byrd: Christe qui lux es a 4; O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth; John Taverner: Quemadmodum; Orlando Gibbons: O clap your hands; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Cha...
Performers: Backhouse, Peter
Conductors: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy
Ensemble: St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh

A Voice From Heaven / Sturmheit, York Chapter House Choir

1 CD / Guild / 1997-10-01

Works: John Tavener: Funeral Ikos; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; Hymn to the Mother of God; Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God; Charles Villiers Stanford: Motets (3), Op. 38; William Walt...
Conductors: Sturmheit, Jane
Ensemble: York Chapter House Choir