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The World's Desire: Christmas at Loretto / South Bend Chamber Singers

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2012-03-13

Works: Bob Chilcott: Nova! nova!, for chorus; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Lo, How a Rose, carol setting for chorus; John Tavener: Today the Virgin, for chorus; Paul Carey: Hush! My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber, caro...
Performers: Bain, Sharon; Bosler, Carol [Soprano (vocal)]; Drendall, Stephen; Ferguson, Cheryl [Soprano]; Homann, David [Percussion]; Keasey, Kathleen; Mast, Steven; Miracle, Thomas; Olsen, Thomas; Packard, Emil...
Conductors: Menk, Nancy

The South Bend Chamber Singers is an ensemble-in-residence at Saint Mary's College and celebrates its 20th anniversary season with this recording. This is their third...continue...
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Winter: An Evocation / Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico

1 CD / Raven Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; John Tavener: A Nativity Carol, for chorus; English Traditional: Down in Yon Forest, folk song; Andrew Ager: Winter - An Evocation, for chorus, harp & ...
Performers: DeVelder, Lynn Gorman; Hellbom, Rebecca; Thevenot, Maxine; Wilder, Meredith
Conductors: Thévenot, Maxine
Ensemble: Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico

The rich variety of the different experiences of winter is at the heart of this program, which celebrates winter from a variety of angles. Christmas...continue...
Recording information: 06/21/2011-06/23/2011....continue...

John Tavener: Song for Athene; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis; The Lamb et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: John Tavener: Song for Athene; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; Funeral Ikos, for chorus; Away in a Manger, for chorus or treble & chorus; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus; Lament of t...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Kendall, William; Kringelborn, Solveig; Simcock, Iain
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Choir of King's College Cambridge

Spanning over 20 years of his career, this anthology surveys some of John Tavener's most treasured choral works, exploring the contemplative, spiritual quality that has...continue...

Great British Choral Works / Christophers - The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2011-09-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Esther, HWV 50a, 1718 version; Messiah, HWV 56; William Byrd: Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer, for treble, chorus & or...
Performers: Davidson, Grace; George, Michael; Glynn, Christopher; Hopkins, Kirsty; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Since they were founded in 1979, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new...continue...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&2010-)....continue...

Noel! Choral Music for Christmas: Traditional Carols / Ikon

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Coventry Carol (2); Angelus ad virginem (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I ...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Hill, Alison; Hymas, Benedict
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Icon

John Tavener: "Choral Ikons" Unaccompanied Choral Music [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: John Tavener: As one who has slept; Hymn to the Mother of God; Song for Athene; A parting gift for Tam Farrow; Annunciation; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Regale"; The Lamb "Little Lamb, wh...
Conductors: Whitbourn, James
Ensemble: The Choir

The Choir sings Sir John Tavener's hauntingly beautiful unaccompanied choral music in a stunning virtual reality restoration of the ancient Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople....continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround, Dolby 5.0
Subtitles: English, Spanish
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Noël - A Music Feast

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Johann Sebastian Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott, BWV 29; Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; A Carol for All Seasons; Carol of the Bells; Il est né...
Performers: Butler, J. Melvin; Dahl, David; Lippincott, Joan; Nicodemus, Vernon; Strandberg, Linda
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph; ; Sparks, Richard; Lippincott, Joan; Allured, Donald; Warland, Dale; Shafer, Robert; Hallock, Peter; Fullington, Doug; Ponten, Loren
Ensemble: ; Choral Arts; Choral Arts Northwest; Compline Choir; Dale Warland Singers; King's College Choral Scholars; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble; Princeton University Chapel Camerata;...

Tavener: Ex Maria Virgine, Angels, etc / Brown, Berkieta, Jacobs, Clare College Choir, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: John Tavener: Ex Maria Virgine, a Christmas sequence for chorus & organ; Birthday Sleep, for chorus; O, do not move, for chorus; A Nativity Carol, for chorus; Marienhymne, for high chorus & mixed cho...
Performers: Berkieta, Stefan; Jacobs, Simon; McVinney, James

"Ms. Kodama brings a canny, graceful style to these early--though iconoclastic--works of Beethoven, a graded, assiduous sense of rhythm and tempered dynamics. Suave, even feline,...continue...

The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / John Rutter, Varcoe

1 CD / Collegium / 2007-10-09

Works: Henry Walford Davies: The holly and the ivy; Traditional: Blessed be that Maid Mary; Somerset Wassail; Shepherds in the field abiding; The infant king; What is this lovely fragrance?; Gabriel's messa...
Performers: Ashton, Caroline; Holton, Ruth; Kerslake, Karen; Orton, Stephen; Varcoe, Stephen
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia

"The program also provides a very healthy dose of original pieces, from Victoria's O magnum mysterium, Handel's For unto us a child is born, Kenneth...continue...

A King's College Christmas / King's College Choir

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-10-11

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Traditional: Rejoice and be merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; What sweeter music; King Jesus hath a garden; Infant holy, infant lowly; While shepherds...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Recorded in 1994 this collection, which truly reflects King's as it is today, contains new delights and traditional favorites....continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Tavener: Ikon of Light, etc

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: John Tavener: A Hymn to the Mother of God; Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God, for chorus; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; The Tyger, for chorus; Ikon of Light; Today the Virgin, for...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: Members of the Duke Quartet (Members)

Despite the mystic beauty of his music, John Tavener's place in Western music is a controversial one, yet part of the attraction of his music...continue...

Davies: One star, at last; Tavener, etc / Cleobury, Quinney

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-11-04

Works: Bo Holten: Nowell sing we now; Steve Martland: Carols (3), for chorus; Carl Rütti: I Wonder as I Wander, for choir & organ; Judith Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem; Judith Bingham: The Shepherd's Gif...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Bron, Eleanor; Feaviour, Margaret; Foulkes, Carolyn; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; MacKenzie, Neil; Porter, Kim; Priestley-Smith, Pamela; Quinney, Robert
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: BBC Singers

This Christmas CD includes eight new carols several premiere recordings, and a selection of music serious and light-hearted, contemplative and joyful by some of the...continue...

Gaudete - Pachelbel, Tavener, Reich, Fauré / Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-10-03

Works: Anonymous: Gaudete!; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; Mother and Child; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Viol...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tenebrae

Lux Aeterna - Puccini, et al / Liimola, Kiviniemi, Konttinen

1 CD / Alba / 2003-08-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Motets (4); Edward Elgar: Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Urmas Sisask: Benedictio; Giacomo Puccini: Requiem for soprano, tenor, bass & organ (or harmonium); Gabri...
Performers: Kiviniemi, Kalevi; Konttinen, Tiina
Conductors: Liimola, Heikki
Ensemble: Harju Chamber Choir

A Feast of Christmas Carols / Lancelot, Nicholas, et al

4 CD / Priory / 2002-12-01

Works: Christopher Steel: People, look east; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Johann Sebastian Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 700; In dulci jubilo; Traditional: Nowell; God rest ye merry,...
Performers: Layton, Stephen; Taylor, Neil; Whiteley, John Scott; Wright, Keith
Conductors: Lancelot, James; Moore, Philip; Nicholas, Michael [Cond.]; Wright, Peter
Ensemble: Durham Cathedral Choir; Norwich Cathedral Choir; Southwark Cathedral Choir; York Minster Choir

Tavener: Choral Ikons [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2002-06-01

Works: John Tavener: Song for Athene; Annunciation; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; Hymn to the Mother of God; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Regale"
Conductors: Whitbourn, James
Ensemble: The Choir

The Choir sings Sir John Tavener's hauntingly beautiful unaccompanied choral music in a stunning virtual reality restoration of the ancient Hagia Sopia church in Constantinople....continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

Christmas with Chanticleer and Dawn Upshaw

1 CD / Teldec / 2001-10-16

Works: Christmas Traditional: This is the truth sent from above (English); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); The First Nowell (English); Esta noche nace un Niño (Spanish); Coventry Carol (2); The H...
Performers: Alber, Matthew; Baum, Kevin; Chanticleer; Jennings, Joseph; Marshall, David Alan; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]

One can't emphasize enough the beauty and sumptuous blend the choir achieves on almost every piece--and the seasoned performance style that brings each selection to...continue...
Personnel: Kevin Baum (tenor saxophone)....continue...

Christmas Joy Vol 3 /Poulter, Chester Cathedral Choir, et al

1 CD / Priory / 1999-10-01

Works: Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; A maiden most gentle; Gabriel's message; Of the Father's love begotten; Cherry Tree Carol; I sing of a maiden; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee...
Performers: Wellman, Edward
Conductors: Poulter, David
Ensemble: Choir of Chester Cathedral

Fear and Rejoice, O People - Music for Advent and Christmas

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; John Tavener: Fear and rejoice o people, for chorus; A Hymn to the Mother of God; Christopher Robinson: Unto us is born a son, ...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

"The magnificent choral sound of the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, is well documented in their numerous recordings...The sound is homogenous, controlled, and a...continue...
This collection of Christmas music, sung by the St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, conducted by Christopher Robinson, consists largely of modern British works. Totus tuus, by Henryk Górecki, is...continue...

Christmas with the Chapter House Choir in York Minster

1 CD / Guild / 1999-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Coventry Carol (2); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Lullay, lullow; I Wonder As I Wander (American); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The Twelve Days of Chris...
Performers: Brock, Frances; Frith, David; Gill, John; Greenaway, Cathy; Lindley, Sue; Philip Moore [Organ/Conductor]; Redding, Denise; Sturge, Lotti; Wharfedale, Mark

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

Christmas Day / The Quodlibet Singers

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1995-10-01

Works: Traditional: I saw three ships; Infant holy, infant lowly; Unto us is born a son; Still, still, still; Niels La Cour: Hodie Christus natus est; Michael Fink: What sweeter music; John Rutter: Angel's ...
Conductors: Morton, Ralph
Ensemble: Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra; Quodlibet Singers

Sing Joy the Day - Christmas Carols from Ely Cathedral

1 CD / Herald / 1993-10-01

Works: Traditional: Unto us is born a son; Noël nouvelet; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Shepherd's Cradle Song; Richard Rodney Bennett: Carols (5); Otto Goldschmidt: A tender shoot; Elisabeth Poston: Jes...
Performers: Filsell, Jeremy
Conductors: Trepte, Paul
Ensemble: Ely Cathedral Choir