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Around Britten - works for solo cello by Benjamin Britten, John Tavener and Matthew Barley / Matthew Barley, cello

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-02-07

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87; Greensleeves, folksong arrangement for high voice & piano; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; The Holy Sonnets; Gloriana; Oliver Cromwell, for voice & piano...
Performers: Barley, Matthew

The Best of the King's Singers - Music by Kodaly, Gibbons, Byrd, Sibelius, Whitacre, Bennett, Lennon, et al. / King's Singers

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud; William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Civitas sancti tui; Carlo Gesualdo: In monte oliveti, tenebrae lesson for 6 voices, W. 7/9; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; John ...
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Ensemble: King's Singers

As part of Signum's 15th anniversary year we are delighted to release this celebratory collection of The Best of 'The King's Singers' - a 2-CD...continue...

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 Choral Tapestry / Voces 8

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-01-15

Works: Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30; William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Mass for Four Voices; Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magn...
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Ensemble: Voces 8

International award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella vocal group. Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique...continue...
Recording information: Brinkham Priory, England (03/04/2011-03/07/2011)....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...

Naked Byrd Two / Armonico Consort

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-02-04

Works: Hermanus Contractus: Salve Regina; Christopher Monks: The Spirit of Tallis, for voice, violin & chorus (after a theme by Tallis); Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; John Tavener: Funeral Ikos, for chorus; The...
Performers: McCusker, Kelly; Morton, Peter; Robinson, Rachel [Soprano vocals]; Rogers, Kirsteen
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Ensemble: Armonico Consort

This recording is compiled from Armonico Consort’s ‘Naked Byrd’ programme, featuring music by Tavener, Purcell, Barber and Byrd, composers who wore their hearts on their...continue...

Sir John Tavener: Towards Silence

1 Super Audio CD / Signum UK / 2010-12-02

Works: John Tavener: Towards Silence, for 4 string quartets & large Tibetan temple bowl

This premiere recording of John Tavener's Towards Silence, written for four string quartets and a large Tibetan bowl, explores the nature of consciousness and the...continue...

Naked Byrd

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-02-05

Works: William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium; Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Sheppard: Libera nos, salve nos (I), for 7 voices; He...

The varied program of this recording identifies, as Armonico Consort's director, Christopher Monks describes, "...a wide range of pieces united by the tendency of their...continue...
Recording information: Saxon Sanctuary, Wootton Wawen (10/12/2008)....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...

Tavener: Songs of the Sky; Martland, Watkins, Yarde, O'Regan / Britten Sinfonia

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-04-16

Works: Steve Martland: Tiger Dancing, for strings; Huw Watkins: Dream, for violin, clarinet & piano; Tarik O'Regan: Raï, for chamber ensemble; Jason Yarde: Who Knows the Beauty?, for chamber ensemble; ...
Performers: Bending, Adrian; Cornes, Jeremy; Cox, Michael; Dale, Miranda; Daniel, Nicholas; Daniels, Charles; Dearnley, Caroline; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Farrall, Joy; Finnimore, Clare; Hawley, Joy; Ibragimova, A...

'Songs of the Sky' is the first in a new series of discs in collaboration with the Britten Sinfonia. How does music react when cultures...continue...

Allegri: MIserere; Britten, etc / Short, Filsell, Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-11-04

Works: John Tavener: Song for Athene; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; John Ireland: Ex ore innocentium; Sergey Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31; Alexander Sheremetiev: Rejoice now ...

"Once again, Tenebrae and their director, Nigel Short, have put together a programme that ranges from the Renaissance to the 21st century, from the neglected...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...
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Ensemble: Tenebrae

Tavener: Mother and Child; et al / Nigel Short, Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2003-09-30

Works: Giles Swayne: Magnificat; John Tavener: Mother and Child; Richard Rodney Bennett: Sermons and Devotions
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: Tenebrae

"There's some terrific choral music on this disc! Beginning with Jonathan Dove's (b. 1959) Seek him that maketh the seven stars, listeners are in for...continue...