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Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Choral Anthems / Ying Huang: soprano; Bo Skovhus: baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; A Westminster Te Deum, for chorus & organ; On Another's Sorrow, for chorus & organ; I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, for chorus & organ; From The Song of Songs...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; Huang, Ying; Robinson, Olivia; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Blackford, Richard; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

MusicWeb International, January 2013
Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/22/2012); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (02/22/2012); St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (199...continue...

John McCabe (b. 1939): Visions - Music for Chorus / BBC Singers, Iain Farrington, organ

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: John McCabe: Marian Carols (3) for voices & chorus; Mangan Triptych, for chorus; Amen/Alleluia, for chorus; Proud Songsters, for chorus; The Lily-White Rose, for voice & chorus; The Morning Watch, fo...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Goater, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Tring, Emma [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

Choral music from one of Britain's leading composers. These wide-ranging and deeply communicative settings present a rich variety of vocal colors and textures. Includes several...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/19/2009/07/02/2010)....continue...

Signum Classics Anniversary Series - A Cappella Collection / King's Singers; Swingle Singers; BBC Singers; Voces8; Coro Cervantes

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven; Imogen Heap: Hide and Seek, song; Bob Chilcott: Weather Report, for chorus; Swansongs Vol. 1, for chorus; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1;...
Performers: Bellatrix; Ed Lewis / Jon Hendricks / Dave Lambert; Gabrielle / Jonathan Shorten; Spitf'ya
Conductors: ; Chilcott, Bob; Short, Nigel; Aransay, Carlos Fernández
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers; King's Singers; London Quartet; Swingle Singers

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...

Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew / BBC Singers

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew, opera
Performers: Bundy, Michael; Cahill, Teresa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Danby, Graeme; Gibbs, Charles; Johnston, Robert; Lodge, Rebecca [Vocals]; Mirfin, Timothy; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Peacock, Adrian; Poole, Elizabeth...
Conductors: de Ridder, André
Ensemble: BBC Singers

The Times
This project blew me away...Saxton's tonal (or modal) musical language ranges from the cinematic spectacular to rapt spirituality. And the piece is compellingly delivered...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 (2008-12-18_2008-12-19&2009-)....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...

McNeff: Four Tales from Beatrix Potter / Staunton, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-01-24

Works: Stephen McNeff: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, for narrator & orchestra; The Tale of Peter Rabbit, for narrator & orchestra; The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, for narrator & orchestra; The Tale of Samuel...
Conductors: Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; BBC Singers

These four tales were adapted for stage by Adrian Mitchell, one of Britains favorite poets and dramatists. This premiere recording of Beatrix Potters tales of...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...

Tavener: Fall And Resurrection / Richard Hickox; Patricia Rozario; Michael Chance; Martyn Hill [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-08-16

Works: John Tavener: Fall and Resurrection
Performers: Chance, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Richardson, Stephen; Rozario, Patricia
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Singers; City of London Sinfonia; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

Run Time: 98 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC/PAL, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Subtitles: English
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Alexander Levine: Kolokola / James Morgan, BBC Singers

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Alexander Levine: Kolokola
Conductors: Morgan, James
Ensemble: BBC Singers

Ancora - Saxton: Caritas, Violin Concerto, etc / Masson

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-10-01

Works: Robert Saxton: Music to Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ; I Will Awake the Dawn; Concerto for Violin; In the Beginning; Caritas
Performers: Bell, Galloway; Best, Jonathan; Bryson, Roger; Budd, Bruce; Cookson, Brian; Davies, Eirian; Gwynne, David; Hibberd, Linda; Little, Tasmin; Ormiston, Linda; Ventris, Christopher; Wilson, Paul
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart; Poole, John; Bamert, Matthias; Masson, Diego
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Opera North Chorus

American Classics - Amram: Symphony, etc / Wilkins, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: David Amram: Symphony; Shir L'erev Shabbat; The Final Ingredient
Performers: Blumberg, Jesse; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Glenn, Thomas; Kent, Mark; Oliphant, Tyler; Pfaltzgraf, Brian; Phan, Nicholas; Selig, Deborah; Troxell, Richard; Wang, Pei Yi; Williams, Sarah Elizabeth
Conductors: Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra

David Amram is celebrated as one of America's most adventurous composers. 'Songs of the Soul' is a passionate affirmation of life with all of its...continue...

American Classics - Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ofer Ben-Amots: Hashkivenu-Song of the Angels, a short choral cycle for chorus & organ; Celestial Dialogues, for voice (cantor), clarinet, percussion & strings; Shtetl Songs, for voice & piano; Psalm...
Performers: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hladik, Petr; Kiesler, Kenneth; Krakauer, David; Lee, Richard; Mikeska, Rostislav; Mizrahi, Alberto; Musto,...
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Seinerova, Eva; Seinerov, Eva
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Permonik Children's Chorus

'Celestial Dialogues' combines two great Jewish musical traditions: a klezmer clarinet solo - driving from the haunting virtuoso typical of traditional eastern European Jewish bands...continue...
Personnel: Alberto Mizrahi (cantor); David Krakauer (clarinet); John Musto (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ); Rostislav Mikeska, Petr Hladik (percussion).

Recording information: Karvina,...continue...

Holten: The Marriage of Heaven & Hell / Holten, BBC Singers

1 CD / Dacapo / 2004-02-01

Works: Bo Holten: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, for 12 soloists or 12 part choir, a cappella (after poems of Willia; Den forste sne (First Snow), for 8 part choir; Alt har sin tid (A Time for Everything)...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Haslam, Micaela; MacKenzie, Neil
Conductors: Holten, Bo
Ensemble: BBC Singers

Bo Holten's choral songs with English texts by William Blake show how excitingly a composer of today can write on the firm ground of tradition....continue...

James Macmillan: Birds of Rhiannon / Macmillan, BBC Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: James MacMillan: Magnificat, for chorus & orchestra; Nunc dimittis, for chorus & orchestra; Exsultet, symphonic fanfare (2 versions); Màiri, for a cappella chorus; The Gallant Weaver, for a capp...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bourne, Richard; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davidson, Geoffrey; Feaviour, Margaret; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; MacKenzie, Neil; Meynell, Eleanor; Murgatroy...
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers

This new CD contains premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra. The 'Birds of Rhiannon' defies easy classification. MacMillan calls it a...continue...

Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus / Davis, BBC Singers, et al

3 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus
Performers: Allen, Stephen; Angel, Marie; Booth, Juliet; Bronder, Peter; Dames-Longworth, Philippa; Ebrahim, Omar; Folwell, Nicholas; Garrison, Jon; McCormack, Elizabeth; Morgan, Arwel Huw; Opie, Alan; Owens, An...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...In his operas, the vocal lines sit with remarkable ease on both the voice and the words with none of the chalk-on-blackboard quality that pervades...continue...

James Galway's Christmas Carol / Royal Philharmonic

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Franz Xa...
Performers: Birch, John; Galway, James
Conductors: Galway, James; Griffiths, Barry
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Canterbury Children's Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra