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Edward Elgar: "Go, Song of Mine" - Part-Songs and Choral Works / The Rodolfus Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-01-07

Works: Edward Elgar: Go, Song of mine, Op. 57; Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30; O Salutaris Hostia I, for chorus in F major; Partsongs (3), Op. 18; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; I Sing the birth, carol for chorus...
Performers: Jenkins, Sam
Conductors: Allwood, Ralph
Ensemble: ; The Rodolfus Choir

Drawn from across the composer's lengthy career, this collection of Part-Songs and Choral Works explores the great variety and range within Elgar's work for choir...continue...
Recording information: St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico....continue...

The Seeds of Stars: Choral Music by Bob Chilcott / NFM Wroctaw Philharmonic Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-12-05

Works: Bob Chilcott: The Shepherds Sing, for chorus; Nova! nova!, for chorus; The Heart-in-Waiting, for chorus; Pilgrim Jesus, carol for chorus; Jesus, springing, carol for chorus & organ; The Rose in the M...
Performers: Belcyr, Marcin [Tenor Vocal]; Boduch, Mateusz [Saxophone]; Kuczera, Monika [Soprano Vocal]; Kujawa, Patrycja [Soprano Vocal]; Rzempoluch, Jacek
Conductors: Chilcott, Bob
Ensemble: ; NFM Wroctaw Philharmonic Choir

Former King's singer Bob Chilcott conducts a stellar array of his choral music in a collaborative performance with the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir. Described by the...continue...
Recording information: Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw (01/21/2012-01/22/2012)....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...

Christmas - Henry John Gauntlett, Traditional, Various / Voces8

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); Away in a Manger; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Cov...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Voces8

The international award-winning octet, VOCES8, has established itself at the forefront of British a cappella. Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique Jazz...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, England (08/21/2011-08/24/2011)....continue...

My Dancing Day: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett / BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-08-03

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: My Dancing Day, carol setting for chorus; Gloria, Gloria, carol setting for chorus; In the Bleak Midwinter, carol setting for chorus; New Year Carol, carol setting for chorus;...
Performers: Goater, Edward; Robinson, Olivia
Conductors: Brough, Paul
Ensemble: BBC Singers

As one of Britain's most respected and versatile musicians, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett has produced over two hundred works for the concert hall, and fifty...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)....continue...

Joy to the World

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Christmas Traditional: Rise Up, Shepherd; Gabriel's Message (Basque); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); O Jesulein süá, o Jesulein mild (O Little One...

After the triumphant success of the King’s Singers last Christmas Album released in 2003 entitled 'Christmas', this new disc sets an eclectic assortment of modern...continue...
Recording information: Cadogan Hall, London (12/19/2010)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, arr. for Jazz Band / WDR Big Band

2 CD / Signum UK / 2010-11-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Dekker, Hans; Osterloh, Klaus
Conductors: Dobbins, Bill
Ensemble: ; WDR Big Band

A stunning new jazz arrangement by Bill Dobbins of J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, performed by Grammy-award-winning ensembles The King’s Singers and the WDR (West German...continue...
Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie (11/30/2009)....continue...

A Family Christmas

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-08-07

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride, popular song (with lyrics by Mitchell Parrish); Buddy Kaye: Christmas Alphabet, song; Traditional: Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman; Katherine K. Davis: The...
Performers: Aitken, Julie; Docherty, Niall; Mansfield, Roshni; McKechnie, Charlotte
Conductors: Bell, Christopher

Eton College Chapel Choir perform an enchanting selection of 20th Century French Choral and Organ music. As well as music by composers who were at...continue...
Recording information: RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow (09/14/2009-09/15/2009)....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...

España: A Choral Postcard from Spain

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-05-05

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Yo tinc un burro, for chorus; Albert Alcaraz: Xivarri, for chorus; José de Olaizola: Haurtxoa sehaskan; Fernando J. Obradors: El Vito, for voice & ...
Performers: Cortés, Laia; Fadrique, Jagoba; Navarro, Jorge [Tenor Vocal]; Saitura, Olatz; Skeen, Debra
Conductors: Aransay, Carlos Fernández

Coro Cervantes is the only U.K. choir dedicated to the classical music of the Iberan Peninsula and Latin America. It was founded in 1995 by...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead, London, England (07/14/2009-07/16/2009)....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...

Brian Knowles: Poetry Serenade / James Morgan, R'SVP Voices, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-06-06

Works: Brian Knowles: Written in March, for voice & orchestra; Lord of the Winds, for voice, chorus & orchestra; He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, for voice & orchestra; I Remember, I Remember, for voice ...
Performers: Christos, Jon; Garrett, Nicholas; Pochin, Juliette; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Morgan, James
Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; R'SVP Voices

'Poetry Serenade' brings together four top British singers to perform the newest masterpieces from Brian Knowles, based on the work of poets including William Wordsworth,...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...

Chilcott: Man I Sing, etc / Chilcott, BBC Singers, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-03-01

Works: Bob Chilcott: The Making of the Drum, cantata for chorus & percussion; My Prayer, for 2 sopranos & double chorus; Advent Antiphons for chorus; Shepherd's Carol; And Every Stone Shall Cry, for chorus;...
Performers: Foulkes, Carolyn; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Poole, Elizabeth; Porter, Kim; Rebello, Simone; Robinson, Olivia; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Chilcott, Bob
Ensemble: BBC Singers

"All the music on this CD is accessible, concise and says something worthwhile... The choir is renowned as an expert ensemble and here they sing...continue...

...unwrapped - Christmas Carols / Swingle Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-10-06

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Swingle Singers

The Christmas repertoire of the current Swingle Singers line-up has, for several years, been something of a well-kept secret in most parts of the globe....continue...

The Carols Album / Huddersfield Choral Society, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-10-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: Gaudete, Christus est natus; Gabriel's Message (Basque); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Coventry Carol (2); Quelle es...
Performers: Battiwalla, Darius

The magnificent voices of the Huddersfield Choral Society celebrate the Christmas Season with heart-warming arrangements of our favorite carols. Undoubtedly the hardiest annual of the...continue...

Lullabyes and Goodbyes / Cantabile Vocal Quartet, Martineau

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-02-01

Works: Billy Joel: Lullabye "Goodnight, my angel"; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman: Chitty Chit...
Performers: eau, Martin

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...

Tallis - Complete Works / Dixon, Charivari Agréable

10 CD / Signum UK / 2005-01-03

Works: Thomas Tallis: Ave Dei patris filia; Ave rosa sine spinis; Alleluia, Ora pro nobis; Euge caeli porta; Mass "Salve intemerata", for 5 voices, P. 3; Salve intemerata virgo; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Arnold, Jonathan; Barclay, David; Beckley, Lisa; Benson-Wilson, Andrew; Brough, Paul; Brown, Andrea; Carroll, Alicia; Charrier, Paul; Clifton-Griffith, Natalie; Davis, Ben; Empitt, Ju...
Conductors: Dixon, Alistair;
Ensemble: Chapelle du Roi; Chapelle du Roi (Chorus); Charivari Agréable

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

Tallis - Complete Works Vol 6 / Dixon, Chapelle du Roi

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-02-01

Works: William Byrd: Songs of Sundrie Natures; Thomas Tallis: Preces no 1; Short Service "Dorian"; Responses for Easter Matins "The Lord be with you...Almighty God, which through thine"; Commandments "God s...
Conductors: Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: Chapelle du Roi

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

Tallis - Complete Works Vol 3 / Dixon, Chapelle du Roi

1 CD / Signum UK / 1998-01-02

Works: Thomas Tallis: Blessed are those, anthem for 5 voices; Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (incomplete), for 7 voices, P. 49; Suscipe quaeso, motet for 7 voices, P. 222; Gaude gloriosa Dei mater, motet (anti...