Burgon, Geoffrey

Choral Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Hawes, Tallis, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Bob Chilcott: The lily and the rose, for chorus; Leona...
Performers: Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Swait, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: ; Short, Nigel; Chilcott, Bob; Vivian, James; Cullen, Joseph; McCreesh, Paul; Dixon, Alistair; Nicholas, Benjamin; Skidmore, Jeffrey; Backhouse, Jeremy; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Al...
Ensemble: ; Ex Cathedra; Ex Cathedra Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's Singers; Tenebrae; The Sirens (A Capella)

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...

Journey Into Light - Music for the Festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas by E.Poston; W.McKie; Patrick Hadley; Judith Weir; Britten et al. / Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-09

Works: Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; William McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God, for chorus & organ; Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden; Judith Weir: Advent Prose, for chorus; Jo...
Performers: Austin, Alasdair [Treble]; Beetschen, Alexander; Bryan, Nico [Treble]; Crawshaw, Rebecca; Dixon, Robert; Hetherington, Olympia; Lambourn, Timothy; Leach, Edward; Senanayake, Jaliya; Smith, Matthew [B...
Conductors: Williams, Mark
Ensemble: ; Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

A new festive release from the Choir of Jesus College Cambridge under their director Mark Williams - with additional performances from organists Robert Dixon and...continue...

Canto Ergo Sum / Benjamin Isachsen, soprano; Magne Draagen, organ; Berit Cardas, violin

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich halte treulich still, for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 657), BWV 466; Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (af...
Performers: Cardas, Berit; Draagen, Magne H.

A unique opportunity to experience a gifted young person with a big heart for serious music! When the time came for Benjamin to find a...continue...
Recording information: Ullern Church, Oslo, Norway (2008-06-19_2006-06-20&2006-)....continue...

Wolcum Yule / Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Awake and join the cheerful choir (English); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Balulalow ("I come from hevin to tell") (Sco...
Performers: Lawrence-King, Andrew
Conductors:
Ensemble: Anonymous 4

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (03/21/2003-03/25/2003)....continue...

The Best of Angel Voices / St. Philip's Boys Choir

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2011-08-23

Works: English Traditional: For the Beauty of the Earth; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Quaker Traditional: How Can I Keep From Singing? (My Life Flows On), song; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Gavin Suth...
Performers: Geraghty, Daren; O'Kane, Liam; Putland, Oliver; St Phillip'S Boys Choir

Lunacy: Songs of Madness and the Moon: Dowland, Purcell, Howells, Burgon / Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor; Shizuko Noiri, lute

1 CD / Evil Penguin Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Herbert Howells: Full Moon; Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; Thomas Campion: The sypres curten of the night is spread; Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Toccata for lute ...
Performers: Noiri, Shizuko; Zazzo, Lawrence

On his first Evil Penguin recording, Lawrence Zazzo explores the intimacy of the lute song in a remarkable program focusing on madness and midnight....continue...
Recording information: St. Martin's Church, Tourinnes-la Grosse, Belgium (07/2011)....continue...

Gloria!

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe"; Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K. 33...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Farnes, Richard; Goode, David; Hopkinson, Thomas; Humphreys, George; Jones, Della; Pinnock, Trevor; Te ...
Conductors: Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Hill, David; Higginbottom, Edward; Layton, Stephen; Phillips, Daniel [Choral]; Darlington, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Lole, Simon; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Capricorn (Ensemble); The English Concert

The Essential Trumpet: Bright, Bold & Beautiful

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique héroïque; George ...
Performers: Drury, David; Foster, John [Trumpet]; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Johnston, Kevin; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Levy, Yoram; Payne, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sheldon, Jane; Skillington, Mark; Sullivan, ...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Forestier, Jean-Louis; Halász, Michael; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Mann, Paul; Porcelijn, David; Walker, Antony; Measham, David; Northey, Benjamin; Hopkins, John; Serebrier, Jos...

A Gaelic Blessing / Owen, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: David Goodenough: I will sing with the Spirit, for chorus & organ; Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; German Requiem, Op. 45; George Henschel: Tantum ergo; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Thou wilt ...
Performers: Nieminski, Simon; Swift, Esther; Turnell, Ashley
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: St. Mary's Cathedral Choir

A revitalization of best-loved sacred works and new choral music graces this stellar releaser from the Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral....continue...

Bonnet Dramas Revisited

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-10

Works: Carl Davis: Pride and Prejudice; Cranford; The Far Pavilions; Wojciech Kilar: The Portrait of a Lady; Jim Parker: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling; Rachel Portman: Emma; The Duchess; Thomas Newm...
Performers: Barron, Rob; Buchanan, Isobel; Davis, Catherine; Kenny, Yvonne; Kinder, Charlotte; Pringle, John; Rieu, André; Tan, Melvyn [Piano]; Zamfir, Gheorghe [Pan Flute]
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Konícek, Stepán; Parker, Jim; Alwyn, Kenneth; Motzing, William; Burgon, Geoffrey; Fennell, Frederick; Emrys-Roberts, Kenyon; Bateman, Paul; Noble, Guy; Rieu, André; Hales,...
Ensemble: ; ABC Showband

Geoffrey Burgon: Viola Concerto; Merciless Beauty

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-04-27

Works: Geoffrey Burgon: Concerto for Viola ("Ghosts of the Dance"); Merciless Beauty; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Dukes, Philip; Knight, Josephine
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

For a generation or more of television watchers and filmgoers with even a passing interest in music, the name of British Composer Geoffrey Burgon will...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Halls, London....continue...

For You: The Collection

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Rolf Lovland: You Raise Me Up (Por ti seré), song; Larry W. Jones: New Horizons (I Found A Dream), song; César Franck: Panis angelicus; David J. Evans: Be Still, for the Presence of the Lor...
Performers: Horn], Dominic Kelly [English; Hudson, Eleanor; Jones, Aled; Reid, Dan

Dreamland / Polyphony, Holst Singers, Trinity College Choir Cambridge

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-10-13

Works: Gabriel Jackson: To Morning; John Tavener: As one who has slept, for chorus; Morten Lauridsen: Ave dulcissima Maria, for chorus; Randall Thompson: Alleluia; Pierre Villette: O sacrum convivium; Veljo...
Performers: Beckett, Kevin; Elliott, Rachel; Healey, Philippa; Henderson, Frances; Macleod-Jones, Iain; Maxwell, Leonie; Sheldrake, Christopher

Dreamland is a new and intriguing specially-priced sampler that features a selection of pieces from Hyperion's extensive and varied choral music catalog. This disc seeks...continue...

Commuter Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-08-25

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6; George Fr...
Performers: Cominati, Roberto; Doherty, Diana; Dyer, Paul; Grigoryan, Slava; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hunt, Rosanne; Jiang, Lin; Kent, Linda; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Kolomiitseva, Marina; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Macliv...
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin; Steinberg, Pinchas; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Divall, Richard; Serebrier, José; O'Leary, Mark; ; Weymark, Brett; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Stanhope, Dav...
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek; Macquarie Trio

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Best 100 - Wedding

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D, B.W.V. 1068.; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Wachet auf, ruft uns ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Bayco, Frederic; Bilgram, Hedwig; Bo, Alfie; Bra...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; Kilbey, Reginald; ; Barbirolli, John; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, ...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Berlin; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble

The latest in EMI Classics' wildly successful 'Best 100 series', this 6-CDs-for-the-price-of-1 set offers the finest wedding music compilation ever assembled. From the grandest ceremony...continue...

Maguire: Mist, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Come, ye sons of art, away, Z 323; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Song of the Leaves of Life and the Waters of Life, for voice & piano (Songs from The Pilgrim's Progr; Charles Villiers Stanfo...
Performers: Flood, David; Harris, Michael

A singular figure in today's new music scene, Janet Maguire was the recipient of the 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship. Distinguished by her arrangement of the Finale...continue...

Stairway To Heaven / Richard Marlow

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-06-09

Works: Richard Marlow: Advent Responsory; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; Francis Poulenc: Videntes stellam, motet for chorus (4 motets pour le temps de Noë...
Performers: Keily, Louisa; Pearce, Richard; Rushforth, Philip; Standage, Silas; Wilson, Fiona

Miserere: Choral Favourites

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-06-09

Works: Hubert Parry: I was glad; Jerusalem; Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D 872; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Geoffrey Burgon: Nunc dimittis; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 129; Felix Mendelss...

Personnel: Andrea Cockerton, Fiona Wilson, Louisa Keily, Rebecca Daldorph (soprano); Nicholas Yates (tenor); Reiner Schneider-Waterberg (countertenor); James Elias (bass voice); Silas Standage, Phili...continue...

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: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

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...

Dankworth: Light of the World; Mozart, etc / Nicholas

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; How beautiful are the feet of them (His Anthem on the Peace) (Peace Anthem), anthem, HWV 266; Walter Alcock: Sanctus; Geoffrey Bur...
Performers: Etherington, Carleton; Fox, Ian; Hewlett, Tom; Martin, Allison; Nicholas, Benjamin; Ooi, Thomas; Swait, Andrew; Wells, Gavin
Conductors: Nicholas, Benjamin
Ensemble: Corelli Ensemble; Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir

The English choral tradition isnt just unique, its vital. It allows the rest of us to understand and express faith and feelings in a way...continue...

Noël - Carols & Chants for Christmas / Anonymous 4

5 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-10-11

Works: Anonymous: Intonent hodie; Gaudens in Domino; Seint Nicholas was borne in the citee of Patras; Cantu miro summa laude; Whanne the bisshop of the citee of Myre deied; Nicholai Presulis, conductus; Cum...
Performers: Genensky, Marsha; Hellauer, Susan; Horner, Jacqueline; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Rose, Johanna

This deluxe boxed set includes four best-selling holiday albums from America's favorite classical vocal quartet, Anonymous 4. Available at a special low price, Nol is...continue...

Songs of the Soul - Surinach, et al / St Louis Chorus

1 CD / Guild / 2005-06-01

Works: Carlos Surinach: Canciones del alma; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Iste sanctus pro lege, motet for 4 voices; Senex puerum portabat; O quam gloriosum; Beati Immaculati, motet for 4 voices; Alan Rido...
Performers: Greene, Susan; Ibendahl, Elise; Mead, Kathleen; Meinen, Amanda; Poe, Mark; Ruggles, Nathan

Wolcum Yule

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Awake and join the cheerful choir (English); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Balulalow ("I come from hevin to tell") (Sco...
Performers: Genensky, Marsha; Hellauer, Susan; Horner, Jacqueline; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Rose, Johanna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Anonymous 4

Juxtaposing pagan and Christian traditions, the program interweaves English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh ballads and carols with well-loved pieces by John Tavener, Benjamin Britten and...continue...

Remembrance / John Scott, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine; Geoffrey Burgon: Nunc dimittis; Thomas Tallis: Work(s); John Ireland: Greater love hath no man; Hubert Parry: Crossing the Bar, anthem and motet; Ch...
Performers: Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Thomas; McDomnic, John; Oxenham, Martin; Scott, John; Williams, Huw [Organ]

'A lasting souvenir of a moving occasion, a fitting tribute to a great man, but above all, fine listening' (Gramophone)...continue...

Burgon: Merciless Beauty, etc / Burgon, Bowman, ASMF, et al

1 CD / ASV Import / 1999-11-16

Works: Geoffrey Burgon: Merciless Beauty; The Calm; A Vision; Voices from The Calm
Performers: David, Mark; Jenkins, Neil; Sillito, Kenneth; Webb, Hugh
Conductors: Burgon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; City of London Sinfonia

A Soprano In Love

2 CD / Silva America Import / 1999-05-07

Works: Sigmund Romberg: Lover, come back to me; The New Moon; Georges Bizet: Carmen Jones, musical play (adapted from Carmen by Oscar Hammerstein II); Richard Rodgers: Love Me Tonight, song (from film "Love...

Choral Moods / Marlow, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

2 CD / Conifer Classics / 1998-10-13

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Franz Schubert: Deutsches Requiem, for voices & organ (Deutsche Trauermesse), D. 621; Ave Maria; Henry Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord; Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor;...