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Britten: The Sacred Choral Music / Choir of New College Oxford, Higginbottom

2 CD / Novum / 2013-02-26

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; A Wedding Anthem, for soprano, tenor, chorus & organ, Op. 46; The Company of Heaven; Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo, for chorus & organ in E flat major...
Performers: Bloor, Benjamin [Organ]; Cutting, Guy; Geidt, James; Grahl, Steven; Grainger, Emma; Pritchard, Nick; Saunderson, Duncan; Thain, Lawrence [Organ]
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Choir of New College Oxford

Benjamin Britten's sacred music is among the most engaging and original music of its kind composed in the middle years of the 20th century. New...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of New College Oxford (2011-07-18_2011-07-20&2012-)....continue...

Couperin: Exultent Superi; Motets Choisis / Edward Higginbottom

1 CD / Novum / 2012-01-31

Works: François Couperin: Resonent organa, motet for St. Cécile, 3 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Tantum ergo sacramentum, motet for 3 voices & continuo; Ornate aras, motet for voice(s), 2 violins ...
Performers: Coltart, George; Cutting, Guy; Edwards, Tom; Higginbottom, Edward; Pritchard, Nick; Saunderson, Duncan
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Collegium Novum

From the foreword by Edward Higginbottom: When I wrote the entry on François Couperin for the New Grove Dictionary of Music, I read through every...continue...
Recording information: St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (03/21/2011-03/24/2011)....continue...

MacMillan and his British Contemporaries

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Julian Anderson: O Sing Unto the Lord, for soloists & chorus; James MacMillan: Christus vincit, for treble, chorus & organ; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Jonathan Dove: Ecce ...
Performers: Cutting, Guy; Ellison, Sam; Norman, Daniel; Ockenden, Sasha; Rolls, William; Unwin, William
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

Edward Higginbottom and his Choir of New College Oxford present the second of three CDs exploring 20th-century choral music, this one focusing on contemporary British...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Higginbottom, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brooks, Robert; Davies, Iestyn; Dougan, Eamonn; Jenkinson, Henry; Jones, Otta; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"In April and May of 1751, Handel is said to have led performances in London of "Messiah" using treble voices from the Chapel Royal for...continue...

Bach: St. John's Passion / Higginbottom, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Baldy, Colin; Beale, Matthew; Bellamy, Alexandra; Bernays, John; Dougan, Eamonn; Garratt, Christine; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Lindberg, Jakob; Littlewood, Joe; McGillivray, Katherine; Moonen, ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"This recording is undoubtedly a source of pride for Oxford's New College, since all the vocal parts are taken by present of former members of...continue...

Purcell: Sacred Music / Higginbottom, Müller, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-03-06

Works: Henry Purcell: Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z 10; The Lord is King, be the people never so impatient, Z 53; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z 24; Jehova, quam multi sunt...
Performers: Cox, Jeremy; Cryer, Geoffrey; Cunningham, Sarah; Goldsworthy, Philip; Johnston, Daniel; L'Estrange, Alexander; Müller, Rufus; Moody, Howard; Morton, Michael; Robinson, Timothy; Sillman, Justin; ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"For such transcendent music to succeed, it has to be performed with sufficient technical prowess. This the New College choir commands, and they add to...continue...

The English Orpheus - A Series of English Discoveries

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-11-01

Works: Matthew Locke: Curtain Tune, for string orchestra, in C major; Jesu auctor clementie, motet for 3 voices, 4 strings & continuo; Turlough O'Carolan: O'Carolan's Favorite Jig (a.k.a. "Mary O'Neill"); R...
Performers: Burden, Andrew; Byrd, Red; Cave, Philip; Gooding, Julia; Holman, Peter; Holton, Ruth; Jackson, Sally [winds]; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Johnston, Oliver; Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Kirkby, ...
Conductors: Holman, Peter; Music], John Scott [Choral; Scott, John [Organ]; Goodman, Roy; Nicholson, Paul; Hill, David; ; Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Locatelli Trio; Opera Restor'd; Parley of Instruments