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Signum Classics Anniversary Series The Early Music Collection / Cordaria; The Clerks Group; Gabrieli Consort & Players; King's Singers; Voces8 et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Cantate Domino; Gregorio Strozzi: Mascara sonata e ballata da piú Cavalieri Napolitani nel Regio Palazzo, for organ; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata no...
Performers: Carolin, Lucy [Harpsichord]; Devine, Steven; Hennessy, Gail; Kenedy, David; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Lyons, William; Murphy, Emma; Parle, Nicholas; Perillo, Linda; Reiter, Walter
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Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...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...
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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...

A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 / Paul McCreesh, Gabrielli Consort & Players

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-06-02

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Toccata del secondo tono; Intonationi d'organo; Canzon, for 12 parts, C. 193; Deus qui beatum Marcum, motet for 10 voices; Canzon no 16, for 12 parts, C. 209; Intonazione del quint...
Performers: Butler, Richard; Dougan, Eamonn; Gaunt, William; Skidmore, Greg; Waterfield, Jan; Whitehead, William
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players

The Gabrieli Consort and Players return to the program that put them on the musical map when it was originally recorded and released in 1990:...continue...
Recording information: Douai Abbey, Berkshire, England (02/28/2012-03/01/2012).

Includes work(s): bells / intrada tertia / sexta / septima by various composers....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...

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...

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...

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...

The King's Singers Collection

5 CD / Signum UK / 2008-06-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Maundy Thursday; Christus factus est, versicle; Carlo Gesualdo: Responsories (9) for Maundy Thursday, for 6 voices, Feria 5; Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, motet for 6 voices, W. 7/...
Performers: Baldock, Sarah; Swait, Andrew
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Ensemble: Concordia (Viol Consort); King's Singers

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...

The Mystery of Do-Re-Mi / Gabbitas, Miller

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-04-02

Works: Anonymous, Montpellier MS: Est mihi nonum, for voice & lute (Carmen IV.xi; I've a full flask, for voice & lute (Odes IV.11; Guido d'Arezzo: Ut queant laxis, plainchant
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Gabbitas, Christopher

Julie Andrews frolicked across the Alps singing it in The Sound of Music and generations of children have learnt their musical scales by remembering it....continue...

Weir: All the ends of the earth; Finnissy, etc / Webber

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-06-02

Works: Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth, carol for chorus; Gregorian Chant: Kyrie eleison; James Weeks: Sint lumbi, for chorus; Plainchant: Vir perfecte, reponsory (St. Andrew's ms., Wolfenbüttel...
Performers: Towers, William

"Many of the works were written within the last five or six years, and in keeping with the "theme" of the program, each of the...continue...

Lassus: Lamentations, Requiem Mass, etc / Cleobury, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-05-04

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Lamentations of Jeremiah; In monte Oliveti, motet for 6 voices, M. vi (S. xi/187); Missa Pro defunctis, for 4 voices, H. iv/95; Vide homo quae pro te patior, motet for 7 voices (S....

During the last thirty years of his life, Orlande De Lassus was the most celebrated composer in Europe. From the time that he took up...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

Temple of Chastity - Codex Las Huelgas / Mille Fleurs

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-04-03

Works: Anonymous: Ex illustri
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Ensemble: Mille Fleurs

"the performances are beautifully sung, adhering to an interpretive philosophy that appreciates the music's appeal in a context more earthly and less formal and hyper-refined...continue...

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

Modus Phantasticus - Bach, Schütz, etc / Charivari Agréable

1 CD / Signum UK / 2003-11-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721; Orgelbüchlein; Heinrich Schütz: Il primo libro de madrigali, Op 1; David Funck: Suite in D major; Davidt A. Baudringer: Sona...
Performers: Heinrich, Susanne; Ichise, Reiko; Morikawa, Asako; Ng, Kah-Ming; Pell, Susanna; Sayce, Lynda
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Ensemble: Charivari Agréable

Machaut: Motets; Ivrea Codex / Wickham, The Clerks' Group

1 CD / Signum UK / 1999-04-30

Works: Anonymous: Ivrea Codex; Post missarum solennia; Guillaume de Machaut: Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz; Trop plus est bele/Biaute paree de valour/Je ne sui mie; Lasse! comment oublieray/Se j'aim mo...
Conductors: Wickham, Edward
Ensemble: The Clerks' Group

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...