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Sounds of St. Giles - The Mander East Organ / Thomas Trotter

1 CD / Regent Records / 2009-11-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 305; Anonymous, Mulliner Book: La Shymyze; Anonymous: Belle et jeune fleur de quinze ans, for organ; Upon La-Mi-Re; Tylman Susato: Saltarelle; ...
Performers: Trotter, Thomas

Thomas Trotter is one of Britain's most widely admired musicians. He is organist for the City of Birmingham, leading Britain's most exceptional series of organ...continue...
Recording information: St Giles Church, Cripplegate, London (08/21/2008-08/22/2008)....continue...

Classic Christmas Carols - 50 Favourite Carols / King's College Choir Cambridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-25

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel)...
Performers: Bayl, Benjamin; Bullard, Thomas; Chilcott, Robert; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Morrell, Gareth; Perkins, Julian; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen; Wells, John
Ensemble: King's College Choir of Cambridge ; The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge has always been synonymous with Christmas - from the yearly television broadcast of their Lessons and Carols service to...continue...
Personnel: Bob Chilcott (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (baritone); John Barnes Wells, Francis Grier, Benjamin Bayl (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England....continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony No. 8 in D minor; Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastor...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila; Armstrong, Thomas; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Balmain, Ian; Barlow, ...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; London Madrigal Singers ; London Music Group ; London Phi...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Britten: A Boy was Born, Wedding Anthem, etc / Best, Corydon

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Boy was Born, Op. 3; Festival Te Deum in E major, Op. 32; Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30; Wedding Anthem, Op. 46
Performers: Chance, Michael; Coxwell, Janet; Hayes, Quentin; Salmon, Philip; Seers, Mary; Trotter, Thomas; Unwin, Roderick
Ensemble: Corydon Singers ; Westminster Cathedral Choir

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: O nata lux de lumine,...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Becu, Wim; B...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Ambrosian Singers ; Bavarian Radio Chorus ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta ; City of Birmingham...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Bingham: The Secret Garden, Salt in the Blood, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood, for choir & brass; First Light, for choir & brass; The Snows Descend, for brass ensemble; The Secret Garden, for choir & organ
Performers: Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Fine Arts Brass Ensemble

"Few contemporary composers have such a gift for haunting a listener as Judith Bingham. Her collection of works here have such character (and the off...continue...
Includes the darkness is no darkness (bingham) / segue / th by various composers....continue...

The Art of Peter Hurford

2 CD / Decca / 2005-08-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Fugue for organ in G major, BWV 577 (BC J61); Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541;...
Performers: Alban Singers; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Hurford, Peter; Kracht, Johan; Pollard, Brian; Rubingh, Henk; Straesser, Wim; Trotter, Thomas; Urquhart, Margaret
Ensemble: Michael Laird Brass Ensemble ; Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

A virtuoso recitalist, Peter Hurford won wide acclaim and his influence on organ design and his performance has been significant. This 2-CD set provides a...continue...

Janácek: Chamber Music, Orchestral Works/Chailly, Mackerras

5 CD / Decca / 2004-10-12

Works: Leos Janácek: On the Overgrown Path (Po zarostlém chodnícku), for piano, JW 8/17; Theme and variations for piano in B flat major ("Zdenciny variace," "Zdenka Variations"), JW 8/6; In t...
Performers: Atherton, Joan; Bell, Sebastian; Benackova, Marta; Bogachev, Vladimir; Burrowes, Brian; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Craxton, Janet; Crees, Eric; Crossley, Paul; Eastop, Phillip; Farrell, Julian; Gat...
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ; Slovak Philharmonic Choir ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Janacek's birth this Decca Collector Edition brings together most of the composer's chamber works and solo pieces plus his...continue...

Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (English); I...
Performers: Armstrong, Thomas; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Jones, George; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen; Wells, John; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This is the perfect set for the Christmas Season! It features the very best holiday music from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, who have...continue...
Personnel: Tom Armstrong (descant); John Wells, Francis Grier (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (1964-1979)....continue...

Glorious Pipes - Organ Music / Dupré, Cochereau, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68; Cantata, BWV 645; Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654; Toccata and Fugue in D mi...
Performers: Cochereau, Pierre; Dupre, Marcel; Hurford, Peter; Koopman, Ton; Latry, Olivier; Planyavsky, Peter; Preston, Simon; Rubsam, Wolfgang; Trotter, Thomas; Walcha, Helmut; Weir, Gillian

'Glorious Pipes' presents an outstanding overview of music for the organ - from the greatest hits such as Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor,...continue...

American Classics - Barber: Knoxville, etc / Alsop, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17; Essay for Orchestra no 3, Op. 47; Toccata Festiva for organ & orchestra, Op. 36
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"The fine Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin sings beautifully, as she has in each of her earlier recordings." - Boyer, ARG...continue...

Berkeley Edition Vol 4 / Silverthorne, Trotter, Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Michael Berkeley: Organ Concerto; Viola Concerto; Lennox Berkeley: Voices of the Night, for orchestra, Op. 86; Symphony No.2, Op. 51
Performers: Silverthorne, Paul; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

This fourth release in the highly acclaimed Berkeley Edition features premiere recordings of Lennox Berkeley's Voices of the Night and Michael Berkeley's Organ and Viola...continue...

Charpentier: Te Deum, Messe de minuit / Ledger, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-08-19

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, motet for 8 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 146; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9
Performers: Cantelo, April; Davis, Andrew; Gelmar, Helen; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Keyte, Christopher; Lott, Felicity; Partridge, Ian; Sansom, Marilyn; Stephen Roberts [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Dyson: Hierusalem, etc / Rennert, Hill, Royal Philharmonic

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-10-01

Works: George Dyson: Hierusalem; Praise; Choral Hymns (3); O Praise God in his Holiness
Performers: Hill, Valery; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; St. Michael's Chorus

Liszt: Missa Choralis, Via Crucis / Corydon Singers, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-01-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Missa choralis quatour vocum concinente organo, for chorus & organ, S. 10 (LW J18); Via Crucis, les 14 Stations de la croix, for solo voices, chorus & organ (or piano), S. 53 (LW J33)
Performers: Melrose, Leigh; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

The dismal state of church music in the first half of the nineteenth century encouraged Liszt to go back to plainsong and the music of...continue...

Scriabin: Preparation for the Final Mystery / Ashkenazy

3 CD / Polygram / 2000-01-11

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 52; Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 59; Feuillet d'album, Op. 58; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 51; Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 57; Etudes (3) for piano, Op. 65; Po&...
Performers: Guindin, Alexander; Kaappola, Anne-Kristiina; Lubimov, Aleksei; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ; Ernst Senff Choir ; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

Christmas at King's College

4 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-08-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Richard Storrs Willis: It came upon the midnight clear; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Traditional: The first nowell; While sh...
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; McCaldin, Jason; Partington, Adrian; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Trotter, Thomas; Van Kampen, Christopher; Wells, John [classi...
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

The unmistakable sound of the Kings College Choir brings every magical moment of these Christmas works to life. These recordings are truly time-honored favorites, and...continue...
This set includes the discs:

FAVORITE CAROLS FROM KING'S

A FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLS FROM KING'S

AN ADVENT PROCESSION WITH CAROLS FROM KING'S

CHRISTMAS MUSIC FROM KING'S...continue...

Fauré, Duruflé: Requiems / Best, Corydon Singers, English CO

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-05-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus; for organ & chorus; for small ensemble, organ & chorus...
Performers: Scott, John; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

"Spaciously couched, transparent sound...Superb." -Corleonis, Fanfare...continue...

Bruckner: Requiem, Psalms 112 & 114 / Best, English CO

1 CD / Hyperion / 1987-12-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Requiem, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in D minor, WAB 39; Psalm 114, for chorus & 3 trombones in G major, WAB 36; Psalm 112, for double chorus & orchestra in B flat major, ...
Performers: Brenner, Roger; Brown, Phillip; Davies, Maldwyn; George, Michael; Rodgers, Joan; Sheen, Colin; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Corydon Singers ; English Chamber Orchestra

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Barber, Copland / Matthew Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1987-09-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Motets (4), for chorus
Performers: Denley, Catherine; Kettel, Gary; Martelli, Dominic; Masters, Rachel; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

Duruflé: Requiem, Four Motets / Matthew Best, Ann Murray

1 CD / Hyperion / 1987-02-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus; for organ & chorus; for small ensemble, organ & chorus, Op.; Motets (4) on Gregorian Themes, for chorus, Op.10
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Murray, Ann; Seers, Mary; Singers, Corydon; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Corydon Singers ; English Chamber Orchestra

Bruckner: Motets / Matthew Best, Corydon Singers

1 CD / Hyperion / 1983-01-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Locus iste in C major, WAB 23; Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30; Afferentur Regi, offertorium for chorus & 3 trombones in F major, WAB 1; Ave Maria (II), motet for chorus in F ...
Performers: Chambers, Graham; Gough, Jeremy; Kelly, Martin; Salmon, Philip; Singers, Corydon; Stearn, Christopher; Trotter, Thomas
Ensemble: Corydon Singers