Chant, Sarum

Candlelight / Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, et al

1 CD / Collegium / 2011-08-30

Works: John Rutter: Candlelight Carol; When Icicles Hang; Magnificat for soprano, chorus & orchestra; Wind in the Willows, for narrator, vocal ensemble & orchestra; Suite Antique, for flute, harpsichord & s...
Performers: Birch, John; Breakwell, ben; Evans, Sam; Nicholson, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

John Rutter presents a collection of music that celebrates the holiday season and winter time from the Collegium back catalog....continue...

Chants of Christmas

1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2010-10-12

Works: Gregorian Chant: Hodie scietis, introit (for Christmas Vigil Mass); Hodie scietis, gradual (for Christmas Vigil Mass); Crastina die, alleluia (Ad Missam in Vigilia); Tollite portas, offertory (for Ch...
Performers: Bott, Betsey; Bushnell, Br. Mark; Furst, Sr. Anne; Haig, David; Helfrich, Christine; Hunter, Sr. Sharon; Ingwersen, Cynthia; Jordan, James; Logan, Br. Peter; Mitman, Sr. Alicia; Norman, Luke; Pehta, ...
Conductors: Pugsley, Richard J.

This recording by the Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola depicts the sacred mystery of Christmas in the ancient melodies of Gregorian chant. The first of four...continue...

Fair with her firstborn - Carols and Polyphony for Christmas

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2009-01-01

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep; John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est; Ave Maris Stella for 6 voices; Reges Tharsis et insulae; Salvator Mundi Domine for 6 voices; Christmas Traditional: T...
Performers: Banks, Eric; Glusker, Ann; Pontén, Lisa Cardwell; Stutz, David

Apostle of Ireland - Medieval Irish Plainchant / Tavener, Taylor, Canty

1 CD / Divine Art / 2008-10-14

Works: Sarum Chant: A Medieval Office for St. Patrick (Trinity College, Dublin, MSS 79 & 80)

"Canty's singing is so transparent and tonally rich that boredom never rears its ugly head; nevertheless, the group wisely incorporates some sparse accompaniment provided by...continue...

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Chant Music in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2008-08-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Mass Vlll, de Angelis; O Salutaris hostia, hymn in mode 8; Ave verum corpus; Adoro te devote (Canticus, Modus V); Te Deum laudamus; Christus vincit; Alma redemptoris mater, antiphon;...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

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Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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Kyrie

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2007-01-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Cunctipotens genitor Deus; Studentes; Missa Conditor Kyrie omnium; Deus creator; Rex immense, trope de Kyrie; Kyrie fons bonitatis, trope in mode 3; Kyrie eleison civitate; Kyrie lux...
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Ensemble: Le Basile

Chant for quiet meditation Timeless music from the early church, its rites and its rituals, creates an unhurried atmosphere of calm. Vocal plainchant and instrumental...continue...

Weir: All the ends of the earth; Finnissy, etc / Webber

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-06-02

Works: Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth, carol for chorus; Gregorian Chant: Kyrie eleison; James Weeks: Sint lumbi, for chorus; Plainchant: Vir perfecte, reponsory (St. Andrew's ms., Wolfenbüttel...
Performers: Towers, William

"Many of the works were written within the last five or six years, and in keeping with the "theme" of the program, each of the...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Christus Natus Est

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Sarum Chant: Verbum caro factum est; Christmas Traditional: Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, this is the salutation"); Nowell Sing We, carol (English); Gaudete Christus e...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

"A sublime Gloria...and, finest of all, Byrd's 'Lullaby' in a masterly performance." -Gramophone...continue...

O magnum misterium - Twentieth-Century Carols / Polyphony

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Sarum Chant: O radix Iesse; O magnum misterium; Ave Maria; Hodie Christus natus est; Puer natus est nobis; Reges Tharsis; Verbum caro factum est; Peter Wishart: Carols (3), Op. 17; Herbert Howells: C...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Polyphony

'Polyphony is superb ... the most completely recommendable new issue for Christmas I've found so far' (The Independent on Sunday)

'A gloriously sung collection ... captures...continue...

Voices of Tranquillity / Magdala

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Gaudeamus Omnes in Domini; Work(s); Benedicta filia tua Domino, antiphon; Claudin de Sermisy: Magnificat, for chorus (Tone 4); Francois Dulot: Ave Maria, for chorus; Orlande de Lassu...

Music for the Sherborne Missal. A meditative album of music linked to the Sherborne missal, an important manuscript associated with Sherborne Abbey which celebrated its...continue...

Christmas from Cambridge / Cambridge Choir of Queens' College

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Sarum Chant: A solis ortus cardine; Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol; Lullay, lullow; Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was th...
Performers: Steynor, Matthew; Weeks, James
Conductors: Weeks, James

Exquisite medieval carols and a lovely mix of old and new. Recorded in the college chapel.Christmas-ámusic from old English plainchant to the best of-áChristmas-áanthems....continue...

Sarum Chant - Missa in Gallicantu /Phillips, Tallis Scholars

1 CD / Gimell / 2001-11-01

Works: Sarum Chant: Missa in gallicantu (Mass at Cockcrow); Christe, Redemptor omnium; Veni, Redemptor Gentium, hymn; A solis ortus cardine; Sarum Consort: Salvator Mundi, Domine, hymn
Performers: Muller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]

"There seems to be nothing The Tallis Scholars undertake that falls short of the mark." -Gramophone...continue...

Images of Christ / John Rutter, Cambridge Singers

1 CD / Collegium / 1995-09-01

Works: Edward Bairstow: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence for chorus & orchestra/organ; Sarum Chant: Veni, Redemptor Gentium, hymn; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Popule meus; A...