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Remoter Worlds - Judith Bingham: Choral Music / David Hill, BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-02-07

Works: Judith Bingham: Gleams of a Remoter World, for chorus; The Shepheardes Calender, for chorus; Water Lilies, for chorus; Irish Tenebrae, for soloists, chorus, violin, organ & percussion; Unpredictable ...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Benjafield, Richard; Bowen, Christopher; Brannick, Chris; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Johnston, Robert; Miles-Johnson, Deborah; Osostowicz, Krysia; Robinson, Olivia...
Conductors: Hill, David

The BBC Singers, led by David Hill, are the UK's only full-time professional chamber choir, and their repertoire and virtuosic versatility are almost boundless. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (01/25/2008-02/01/2008)....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...

Tippett - Choral Images / Cleobury, BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-03-06

Works: Michael Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air, madrigal for chorus; Plebs angelica, motet for double chorus; The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano & chorus; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Evening Canticles), for ch...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Johnston, Robert; MacIntyre, Stuart; Menna, Siân; Murgatroyd, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: BBC Singers

When Sir Michael Tippett first worked with the BBC Singers in 1944, the experience was such that he recalled nearly 50 years later that "It...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...