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Choirs of Angels: Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol. 2. Works by Browne, Cornysh, Davy, Lambe / Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

1 CD / Avie Records / 2013-05-14

Works: John Browne: O Maria Salvatoris Mater for 8 voices; William Cornysh: Ave Maria mater Dei; Richard Davy: Salve Jesu mater vera, for 5 voices; Walter Lambe: O Maria plena gracia, for 6 voices; Robert W...
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford

Following a critically acclaimed recording of music from the Eton Choirbook, More Divine Than Human, the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford returns with a...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, England (09/11/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...
Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time, and it is testament to their incredible skill and...continue...

Angels & Saints at Ephesus / Benedictines of Mary; Queen of Apostles

1 CD / Decca / 2013-05-07

Works: St. Alphonse Ligouri: O God of loveliness; Oreste Ravanello: Te Joseph celebrent, for chorus; Veritas mea, for chorus; Est secretum, for chorus; Gregorian Chant: Christe sanctorum decus Angelorum, hy...

Recording information: Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus (02/26/2013-02/28/2013)....continue...

The Lost City: Lamentations Through the Ages / Miranda Laurence and Susanna Fairbairn, sopranos; Robert Vanryne, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Cecilia McDowall: The Lord is Good, for chorus; Pablo Casals: O vos omnes; Dominique Phinot: Incipit oratio Jeremiae prophetae, motet for 8 voices; Benjamin Britten: Sacred and profane, Op. 91; John ...
Performers: Fairbairn, Susanna; Laurence, Miranda; Vanryne, Robert
Conductors: Watson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Sospiri

The Lamentations of Jeremiah may be unremittingly sad, but they have had a deep resonance for composers throughout the ages. This is a collection that...continue...
Recording information: Eglise St. Laurent, Roujan, Languedoc Roussillon (08/09/2011-08/12/2011)....continue...

Music for winds arr. from Byrd, Pärt / Kai Wessel, alto; Calefax Reed Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Works: William Byrd: Senex puerum portabat, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Work(s); Senex puerum portabat; Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Arbos, for 7 recorder...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

When it comes to melody, the uncompromising linear clarity and chamber-style flexibility enjoyed by reed instruments give them a big advantage over choirs and orchestras....continue...

La Royalle: Music for Kings & Courtiers - works by De Visee; Le Roy; Corbetta; Brayssing; Hurel; Certon / Gordon Ferries: guitars, lute, theorbo

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2013-04-09

Works: Robert de Visée: Allemande la Royalle; Suite for theorbo in D minor; Adrian Le Roy: Pavane "Est il conclud," for lute; Gaillarde "Si Ie M'en Vois"; Almande tournée; Francesco Corbetta: Suit...
Performers: Ferries, Gordon

Gordon Ferries' fifth solo disc for Delphian spans two centuries of music for kings and courtiers. Performing on four instruments matched to the periods in...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Musselburgh, Sco (02/16/2012-02/17/2012)....continue...

Jean Richafort (1480-1550) Requiem; Nicolas Gombert; Josquin Desprez; Jacquet of Mantua / The King's Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-04-07

Works: Benedictus Appenzeller: Musae Jovis; Nicolas Gombert: Musae Jovis for 6 voices; Josquin Desprez: Salve Regina, motet for 5 parts; Nymphes, nappés/Circumdederunt me, song for 6 parts; Jacquet of ...
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Ensemble: The King's Singers

Psalms and Motets for Reflection - Taverner, Stainer, Poulenc, Stanford, MacMillan

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: William Crotch: Psalm 47, for chorus; Johannes Eccard: Maria Wallt zum Heiligtum; James MacMillan: A New Song, for chorus & organ; Ivor Atkins: Psalm 2, for chorus; Psalm 96, for chorus; John Tavener...
Performers: Bloss, Michael
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: ; Choir of St. John's Elora

Choral elements from Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and medieval traditions are included in this anthology of anthems and motets, many drawing inspiration from the Psalms....continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (04/29/2011-05/01/2011)....continue...

God Makes a Path

1 CD / FBCIA / 2013-03-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ no 1 in G modal minor ("Bryn Calfaria"); Prelude on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ no 3 in C major ("Hyfrydol" ...
Performers: Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; Frazier, Margaret; Harp, Daniel; Martorella, Stephen; Scheele, Katie; Shealy, Jason [Baritone Vocal]; Tannehill, Esperanza [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Unruh, Steve

Stefano Nascimbeni: Messa Paradis del Amours, 1612 / Bigicantus, Frigato, Allegrezza, di Donato, Benetti, Sherwin, Vincenzi, Forni

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-03-12

Works: Anonymous: Toccata for organ (Tone 2); Stefano Nascimbeni: Messe "Paradis del Amours", for 8 voices & organ; Quam pulchri sunt, motet for 4 voices; Ingeniosus amor, motet for 8 voices; Amante Franzon...
Conductors: Forni, Umberto
Ensemble: Cappella Musicale di St. Barbara

Stefano Nascimbeni, a musician who was Mantuan by birth and had received a sound education in Northern Italy, became kapellmeister of the Palatine Basilica of...continue...
Recording information: Santa Barbara Basilica, Mantua, Italy (12/04/2011)....continue...

Andrea Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali accomodati per concerti spirituali / Borciani, Modena, Fioravante, Mustaro, Vassilakis, Wyszkovski. Nicola Lamon, organ

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-03-12

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 4; O gloriose martyr, for 5 voices, SV 80/1.k (contrafacta of Che se tu se'il cor mio, SV 80/2); La piaga c'ho nel core, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 82...
Conductors: Gemmani, Marco
Ensemble: I Cantori di San Marco

At the beginning of the 17th century, several collections of rather unusual madrigals appeared in northwestern Italy. The definition of this new musical genre was...continue...
Recording information: Velut Luna Preganziol (TV), Italy (05/2011)....continue...

Gesualdo: Responsories for Easter Week; Victoria: Lamentations / Tenebrae

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Responsories (9), Sabbato Sancto; Miserere Mei, Deus, motet for 6 voices, W. 7/92; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: ; Tenebrae

2013 marks the 400th anniversary of Gesualdo's death. One of the most visionary composers of his time, he wrote the Tenebrae Responsories for Easter Week,...continue...
Recording information: St. Alban the Martyr Church, London, England (09/2012)....continue...

Renaissance Radio - Two and a half hours of music from Peter Philips and the Tallis Scholars

2 CD / Gimell / 2013-03-12

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Missa L'homme armé sexti toni; Cipriano de Rore: Descendi in Hortum Meum; Jacobus Clemens Non Papa: Ego...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Phillips, Peter
Ensemble: The Tallis Scholars

When Peter Phillips founded The Tallis Scholars in 1973, sacred vocal music from the Renaissance was seldom heard on the radio. Now it is firmly...continue...

Mediterraneo (Deluxe Edition) / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Greek Traditional: Are mou rindineddha; Hasapiko; Amygdalaki tsakisa; Thalassa lypisou; Oriamu Pisulina; Agapimu fidela protini; Carlos Paredes: Sem saber; Anonymous: Tres sirenas; Abdülaziz, Su...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Costa, Sandro Daniel [Guitar]; Dogan, Aytac; Mayoral, David; Misia [Portugal]; Papadopoulou, Katerina; Pinto, Daniel; Rial, Núria; Rial, NLria; S...
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar and I'Arpeggiata invite you on a musical cruise that will take you from Portugal to Turkey, following the coasts of Spain, Catalonia, Greece,...continue...
Recording information: Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Salle Byzantine, Pa (10/2012)....continue...

Mediterraneo / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Greek Traditional: Are mou rindineddha; Hasapiko; Amygdalaki tsakisa; Thalassa lypisou; Oriamu Pisulina; Agapimu fidela protini; Carlos Paredes: Sem saber; Anonymous: Tres sirenas; Abdülaziz, Su...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Costa, Sandro Daniel [Guitar]; Dogan, Aytac; Mayoral, David; Misia [Portugal]; Papadopoulou, Katerina; Pinto, Daniel; Rial, Núria; Rial, NLria; S...
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar and I'Arpeggiata invite you on a musical cruise that will take you from Portugal to Turkey, following the coasts of Spain, Catalonia, Greece,...continue...
Recording information: Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Salle Byzantine, Pa (10/2012)....continue...

Christopher Tye: The Western Wind Mass, Anthems & Motets / The Choir of New College, Oxford, Higginbottom

1 CD / CRD Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Christopher Tye: Mass, "Western Wind" for 4 voices; My trust, O Lord, in Thee is grounded, anthem; Christ Rising Again From the Dead, anthem for 6 voices; Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus, motet for 5 ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; The Choir of New College, Oxford

Another benchmark recording from The Choir of New College, Oxford directed by its distinguished conductor Dr. Edward Higginbottom! Christopher Tye was a chorister at Kings...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of New College, Oxford....continue...

Flower of Beauty - Choral music by Miskinis, Byrd, Clements, Hogan, Tormis, Dimitrov, des Prez, Weelkes et al. / Westminster Choir

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2013-02-26

Works: Vytautas Miskinis: Lucis creator optime, for chorus; Thoughts of Psalms; William Byrd: Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; John Clements: Flower of Beauty, for chorus; Traditional Spiritual: Great Day...
Performers: Bixby, Kelly Ann; Dale, Benjamin
Conductors: Miller, Joe
Ensemble: ; Westminster Choir

Praised by American Record Guide as the "gold standard for American academic choirs," the Westminster Choir has performed and recorded with virtually every major orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Girard College, Philadelphia, PA (01/2009); The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine and St. G (01/2009); Girard College, Philadelphia, PA (02/2008); The Cathedral Church o...continue...

50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

To Touch, To Kiss, To Die - Songs by Henry Purcell, Anthony Poole & John Dowland / Valer Barna-Sabadus

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-02-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; She loves and she confesses too, song, Z. 413; Don Quixote, Z 578; Music for a while; A New Ground for Harpsichord in E minor, Z T682 "Welcome to all the pleasures"...
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Watts, Olga; Wolf, Axel

The CD "Hasse reloaded" was enthusiastically received by the critics and was included on the German Record Critics' Best List. Oehms Classics is delighted that...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling (09/12/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

O Sweet Woods: Irish And Scottish Airs by Dowland and Burns / Munro

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Scottish Traditional: Work(s); Leezie Lindsay, song; The Dewey Dells of Yarrow; Matt Highland; Bonny Barbry O, song; Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, folk song; Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood; Scot...
Performers: Hall, Meredith; Slattery, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: La Nef; Skye Consort

The Scottish and Irish airs and instrumental pieces chosen for this delightful new sampler were selected from previous popular ATMA recordings. Michael Slattery sings John...continue...
Includes lament for the death of his second wife (gow) / th by various composers....continue...