Green, Maurice

Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti (25 Sonnet Settings) / Benjamin Hulett, tenor; Luke Green, harpsichord, Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo

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

Works: Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti, song cycle for soprano & continuo
Performers: Green, Luke; Hulett, Benjamin; Pinardi, Giangiacomo

Master of the King's Music, Maurice Greene was an important figure in English music at the time of Handel. His sensitive settings of sonnets by...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, U.K. (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

The Trinity Hall, Cambridge Harpsichord / Music of Bach, Bohm, Greene, Purcell, Couperin, Handel / Andrew Arthur, harpsichord

1 CD / Priory / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Georg Böhm: W...
Performers: Arthur, Andrew

The harpsichord at Trinity Hall, Cambridge was built by Andrew Garlick in 2009 and is modeled on one made by Goujon in 1748 and offers...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (01/10/2012/01/11/2012)....continue...

A Treasury of English Keyboard Music / Gerald Gifford, harpsichords and organ

1 CD / CRD Records / 2012-09-11

Works: Orlando Gibbons: Preludes (4) for Keyboard; Martin Peerson: The Fall of the Leaf, for harpsichord (No 272 in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book); John Wilbye: The Frogge, arrangement for harpsichord (afte...
Performers: Gifford, Gerald

Works chosen for this Treasury of English Keyboard Music range from the 16th century through to the early 19th century, and the program reflects the...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael's Church, Framlingham....continue...

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto: The Complete EMI Recordings

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice; Orfeo ed Euridice; Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; Ma...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Duval, Nel; Koeman, Greet; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von; Bruck, Charles

Described as a 'legend in her own lifetime', Kathleen Ferrier rose form obscurity to become one of the most sough-after contraltos of the 20th century....continue...

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Gluck; Greene; etc. / Kathleen Ferrier, Gerald Moore

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode for Queen Mary; The Indian Queen; Shepherd, leave decoying (from "King Arthur"), symphony & duet for 2 sopranos, Z. 628/16; George Frederick Handel: Ottone; Christoph Will...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Bruck, Charles; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

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An outstandingly beautiful performance à Kathleen Ferrier, under Bruno Walter's inspired direction, sings these songs as, one feels, Mahler must have imagined them...continue...

The English Anthem Collection, Vol. 1 / Harper - Magdalen College Choir Oxford

4 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-01-17

Works: William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Teach me, O Lord; Exalt thyself, O God, anthem for 6 voices; Sing joyfully unto God our strength; Thomas Morley: Out of the deep I, anthem for 6 voices;...
Conductors: Harper, John
Ensemble: ; Magdalen College Choir Oxford

A superb collection of English liturgical music spanning 450 years of Anthems, from Tallis, Byrd, and Gibbons to the present day. 67 magnificent tracks, totaling...continue...
Recording information: Magdalen College Chapel....continue...

Baroque Masterpieces for Harpsichord / Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-09-02

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 124/L 232; Sonata for Harpsichord in B minor, K 87/L 33; Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 46/L 25; Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 49...
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor

"The playing is first rate and the recording outstanding in its presence and clarity. There are few better anthologies of Scarlatti in the catalogue." -Penguin...continue...

English Anthems from Oxford: Byrd to Britten

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-04-05

Works: William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God our strength; Thomas Tallis: I call and cry to thee; Richard Farrant: Hide Not Thou Thy Face for chorus; Thomas Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of David; Orlando Gibb...
Performers: Brough, Paul; Webber, Geoffrey; Williamson, Magnus
Conductors: Harper, John

A collection of seventeen favorite hymns from England ranging over five centuries, from Byrd, Tallis and Gibbons to Charles Villiers Stanford and Benjamin Britten....continue...

Simon Johnson Plays the Organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, London [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Priory / 2010-12-14

Works: David Willcocks: Fanfare on Gopsal; Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary Suite (Suite de Clairque); Maurice Greene: Voluntary for organ in C minor; Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony for Organ no 9 in c/C, ...
Performers: Johnson, Simon

This DVD shows the grand organ of St. Paul’s Cathedral, filmed from the new mobile console under the Dome. Simon Johnson has produced a thrilling...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Choirboys from Heaven

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: César Franck: Panis angelicus; Dextera Domini, Choeur de Pâques; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2 'Lobgesang'; Elijah; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Maurice Gre...
Performers: Connery, Liam; Cully, Tom; Day, Edward; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Grote, Ashley; Horncastle, Michael; Madine, Joshua; Payne, Callum; Schwinghammer, Matthew; Webber, Geoffrey
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Litton, John; Schwinghammer, Matthew; Muti, Riccardo

This 2-CD set contains an extremely wide range of music for boys' choirs, from the early polyphony of Allegri's Misere to the present-day popular songs...continue...

Glory Of A New College

2 CD / Regis Records / 2010-03-03

Works: John Taverner: Mater Christi, antiphon for 5 voices; Christopher Tye: Christ Rising Again From the Dead, anthem for 6 voices; William Byrd: Four-Part Mass; Thomas Tallis: Dum transisset Sabbatum; Orl...

'The Glory of New College' is a delightful collection compiled from the extensive catalog of superb recordings on the CRD label. New College are acknowledged...continue...

The Perfect Day: Ceremonial Wedding Music

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-10-27

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Henry Purcell: Trumpet Tune (from "The Indian Queen (as Z. 630/4a")) for harpsichord in C major ZT 698; Work(s); John Melby: Trumpeting, for trumpet, flut...
Performers: Przybysz, Lawrence; Robinson, Heather Jay; Robinson, Kenneth G.

Recording information: St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church, Grosse Pointe Far....continue...

English Cathedral Classics - Tye, Taverner, Tallis, et al

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Christopher Tye: Mass, "Western Wind" for 4 voices; Thomas Tallis: Dum transisset Sabbatum; William Byrd: O lux beata Trinitas, motet for 6 voices (SSAATB); Thomas Tomkins: Third Service for voices &...

Select Anthems

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Maurice Greene: Lord, Let Me Know Mine End, anthem for chorus; The King Shall Rejoice, anthem for chorus; How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord, for Ever?, anthem for chorus; Voluntary for organ no 1 ...
Performers: Bowes, Tim; Capper, Simon; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Finnis, Jerome; Gordon, Colin; Gresford, William; Grier, Paul; Hallchurch, Philip; Hodkinson, Richard; Lea, Richard; Lochmann, Daniel; Milhofer,...

Calliope - Beautiful Voice Vol 1 / Emma Curtis, The Frolick

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Francis George Scott: Cupid and Venus One Day Strove, song; Henry Purcell: Sophonisba, Z 590; Henry Carey: Divinest Fair, O Ease My Care, song; Sad Musidora All in Woe, song; As Musing I Rang'd in Ye...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Frolick

"This is a labour of love. Emma Curtis stumbled across Calliope (published in 1739 by John Simpson) while researching the career of the castrato Senesino....continue...

The Artistry of Emma Kirkby

4 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-02-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, organ & continuo in G minor, HWV 241; O qualis de coelo sonus, motet for so...
Performers: Abberger, John; Carter, William; Charlston, Terence; Georgi, Thomas; Gwilt, Richard; Harris, Lucas [Lute]; Kirkby, Emma; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Lindberg, Jakob; Mellon, Agnes [Sop...
Conductors: Cummings, Laurence; Medlam, Charles;
Ensemble: ; Theatre of Early Music

With her almost supernaturally clear and agile soprano, Emma Kirkby has enchanted audiences ever since she first appeared on the Early Music scene in the...continue...

Best Loved Anthems from Salisbury / Cook, Halls, Salisbury Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Priory / 2008-04-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Fear not, O Land; Herbert Howells: Anthems (4) for Chorus; Charles Villiers Stanford: Bible Songs (6), Op. 113; How beautious are their feet; William Byrd: Teach me, O Lord; Maurice Gre...
Performers: Cook, Daniel
Conductors: Halls, David
Ensemble: Salisbury Cathedral Choir

The choristers of Salisbury Cathedral maintain an unbroken tradition of church music, which stretches back over 700 years in the present Cathedral and for a...continue...

Hear My Words - Parry, Bird, etc / Eton College Chapel Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-02-04

Works: Hubert Parry: Hear My Words, Ye People for chorus & orchestra; I was glad; William Byrd: Teach me, O Lord; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Bible Songs (6), Op. 113; Franz Joseph Haydn: Mi...
Performers: Goode, David

"Hear my words, ye people", by Hubert Parry, a former chorister at Eton College is the first track on the album featuring some of the...continue...

Organs of Chicago - Thirty-five Historic Pipe Organs

4 CD / Organ Historical / 2007-11-01

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony no 3 in E minor for organ, Op. 13/3; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Onder een linde groen (Unter der Linden grüne), varia...
Performers: Alden, Jason; Aylesworth, William; Balduf, MaryAnn Crugher; Beal, Frederick L.; Beggs, Sally Cherrington; Brown, James Russell; Brown, Thomas; Cowan, Ken; Crowell, Gregory; Dahl, David; Farmer, Krist...

This continues the Organ Historical Society's unique series exploring the many historical organs of the United States cities. In the past, we've heard the organs...continue...

Songs from the Pleasure Garden - Boyce, Croft, Eccles, etc

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-06-02

Works: Maurice Greene: Orpheus with his lute; Go, Rose, My Chloe's Bosom Grace, song; William Boyce: Orpheus and Euridice; The Pleasures of Spring Gardens, Vauxhall; The Non-Perreill, song; William Croft: H...
Performers: Gurney, Tristan; Langridge, Jennifer; Langridge, Philip; Layfield, Malcolm; Norris, David Owen

"The songs are excellently well chosen; Langridge is particularly attracted to those numbers that accentuate witty turns of phrase, such as Daniel Purcell's "Cupid Make...continue...

Saint-Saens, Bloch, Tchaikovsky / Leonard Rose, et al

1 CD / Biddulph / 2006-02-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Jules Massenet: ...
Performers: King, Gibner; Rose, Leonard; Swarthout, Gladys
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Szell, George

Leonard Rose was regarded as the most outstanding American-born cellist of the 20th century. Veteran LP collectors will remember these recordings as being impressive interpretations...continue...

One Day in the Courts - Poulenc, et al /Selwyn College Choir

1 CD / Priory / 2005-06-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Exultate Deo; Herbert Howells: Behold, O God our defender; Anthems (4) for Chorus; Thomas Tallis: Miserere nostri; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Laboravi; Felix Mendelssohn: Psalms (3), Op. ...
Performers: Apostolou, Sophia; Clark, Daveth; Herbert, Charlotte; Hunt, Miranda; Jones, Oliver [Jazz]; Morgan, Timothy
Conductors: MacDonald, Sarah
Ensemble: Selwyn College Choir

Heavenly Voices / Cleobury, Boys of King's College Choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: César Franck: Panis angelicus; Offertoires (3), for voices, chorus, organ, harp & bass, M. 63-65; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Elijah, Op. 70; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Belcea, Corina; Landman, Sam; Phillips, Charlie; Thirlwell, Fergus

To Music / Isobel Baillie & Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2004-10-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Bid the virtues; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; I saw that you were grown so high, Z 387; Indian Queen, Z 630; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; George Freder...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Moore, Gerald [Piano]

Orpheus with his Lute / Holman, Bott, Brown, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-05-01

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Titus Andronicus, incidental music suite (incomplete); John Weldon: Take, O Take Those Lips Away; Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing, song; John Eccles: Can life be a blessing?, so...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Brown, Rachel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'The Parley of Instruments, Rachel Brown, director Peter Holman and the Hyperion recording team all deserve applause' (Gramophone)

'With the programme arranged by play rather than...continue...

Passiontide - Music for Solace and Reflection / Gray, Stokes

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Veni Domine ("Hear my prayer, O Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in G minor, Op. 39/1; Ralph Vaughan Williams: O taste and see; Peter Hurford: Litany of the Holy Spirit, hym...
Performers: Buckley, Claire; Gray, Emily; Makinson, Jeffrey; Stokes, Christopher

"Gray's remarkable voice has an innocent, almost-untrained quality that lends angelic appeal to whatever she sings - an effect you expect from a gifted boy...continue...

Verse Anthems - From Bull to Boyce / Barbieri, Consortium

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2003-05-01

Works: John Bull: Almighty God, who by the leading "Starre Anthem"; Thomas Weelkes: Give ear, O Lord, anthem for 5 voices & organ; Thomas Tomkins: Glory Be To God on High, for 7 voices & organ; Matthew Lock...
Performers: Price, Gareth

Stanley to Wesley, Vol. 3

2 CD / Regis Records / 2002-12-05

Works: William Croft: Voluntary for organ in D; Maurice Greene: Voluntary for organ in E flat; John Stanley: Voluntary for organ in F major, Op. 6/4; Voluntary for organ in C major, Op. 5/1; Voluntary for o...
Performers: Bate, Jennifer

Stanley to Wesley, Vol. 2

2 CD / Regis Records / 2002-12-04

Works: Maurice Greene: Voluntary for organ in C minor; Voluntary for organ in B minor; John Stanley: Voluntary for organ in G major, Op. 6/9; Voluntary for organ in G major, Op. 6/7; Voluntary for organ in ...
Performers: Bate, Jennifer

Classical Kirkby - Orpheus & Corinna / Kirkby, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-10-09

Works: Henry Lawes: Legousin hai gunaikes, for voice & lute; Away, away, Anacreon, for voice & lute; Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (Greek text), for voice & lute; Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (English ...
Performers: Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

"All are sung with Kirkby's customary radiance of voice, technical agility and interpretative intelligence. I am sure the Classical Association would have been impressed by...continue...

Handel: The Choice of Hercules / King, Gritton, Blaze, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-05-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Choice of Hercules, oratorio, HWV 69; Maurice Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children, anthem for soloists, chorus & ensemble
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Coote, Alice; Daniels, Charles; Gritton, Susan; Harvey, Peter Harvey
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"First of all, let's escape the trap into which so many catalog listings fall: 'The Choice of Hercules' is NOT the same as 'Hercules'. King...continue...

Music for the Funeral Service - Hymns, Psalms, Anthems, etc

1 CD / Priory / 2001-12-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; Maurice Greene: Lord, let me know mine end; Henry Walford Davies: Solemn Melody; Jonathan Willcocks...

The State Funeral of Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson K.B.

1 CD / Herald / 2000-02-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline), for chorus & orchestra, HWV 264; William Croft: Burial Service; Spoken Word: The State Funeral of Horatio...
Performers: Thorne, David

Popular Choral Music from Truro Cathedral / Nethsinga, et al

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Maurice Greene: Lord, let me know mine end; Charles Hubert Parry: Songs (6) of Farewell; Charles Villi...
Performers: Morley, Simon
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: Truro Cathedral Choir

Taverner to Tavener - 5 Centuries of Music at Christ Church

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: John Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"; King Henry VIII: Pastyme with good companye; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Richard Dering: Cantica sacra (21), Volume 1; Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David; John ...
Performers: Farr, Stephen
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Music For a Great Cathedral / Dearnley, Rose, et al

1 CD / Guild / 1996-02-01

Works: Adrian Batten: O Sing Joyfully; William Boyce: I Have Surely Built Thee an House, anthem; Jonathan Battishill: O Lord, Look Down from Heaven, anthem for chorus & organ; Maurice Greene: Lord, Let Me K...
Performers: Bevan, Maurice; Dearnley, Christopher; Dexter, John [Organ/Choral Cond.]; Green, Alan [Audio Engineer]; Shaw, Geoffrey; Thompson, Ian

The Recorded Cello - Volume 2

3 CD / Pearl / 1992-08-01

Works: Auguste van Biene: The Broken Melody for cello & piano; Maurice Greene: Sing Me To Sleep for voice & piano; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Ave Maria; Sonata ...
Performers: Abbas, Philipp; Balsam, Artur; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barbirolli, Rosa; Bazelaire, Paul; Becker, Hugo; Benedetti, Umberto; Biene, Auguste van; Buxbaum, Friedrich; Casini, Gutia; D'Archamb...
Conductors: Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Krauss, Clemens; Cebron, Francis
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra