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Welcome Yule

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: John Joubert: Welcome Yule!, for chorus, Op. 27; There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Anton Bruckner: Virga Jesse, gradual for chorus in E minor, WAB 52; Herber...
Performers: Bacon, Richard [Baritone vocals]
Conductors: Jenkins, Glyn

Recording information: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol (01/1988)....continue...

Carols From Oxford: Victorian & English

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-12-02

Works: Anonymous: Come All You Worthy Gentlemen; Goday My Lord Syre Cristemasse, carol; Christmas Traditional: Nova, Nova, Ave fit ex Eva; Ave Maria; Coventry Carol (2); Jacob's Ladder, carol ("As Jacob wit...

A collection of 29 carols, dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries, are performed by the Magdalen College Choir. Magdalen College, Oxford, played an...continue...

To Music - An Anthology of English 20th Century Choral Music / Spicer, Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, et al

1 CD / Regent Records / 2008-06-10

Works: Gerald Finzi: All This Night for chorus, Op 33; Paul Spicer: How Love Bleeds, for chorus & organ ("Four Carols for Dark Times"); Alive, for chorus & organ; Edgar Leslie Bainton: In the Wilderness, fo...
Performers: Davey, Hannah; Jeffrey, Richard; Kerrison, Bridget; Raeburn, Helena; Saint, David; Tjäder, Andrea
Conductors: Spicer, Paul
Ensemble: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir

This anthology of 20th century English choral music brings together classics like Vaughan Williams' 'Three Shakespeare Songs' with unknown treasures like Edgar Bainton's 'In the...continue...

Christmas at St John's / David Hill, St John's College Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Plainchant: Rorate celi desuper, introit; O Sapientia, O Adonai; O Radix Jesse; O Clavis David; O Oriens; O Rex Gentium; O Emmanuel; Hodie Christus Natus Est (Mode 1); C...
Performers: Beer, Quintin; Hill, David; Humphreys, George; Knight, Jonathan; Lardenoye, Lester; Morgan, Peter; Provost, Paul; Robarts, Alexander; Robinson, Christopher [Choral Conductor]; Wilberforce, Richard

Taking as its starting point their world-famous 'Advent Carol Service', the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, is on dazzling form in this imaginative and...continue...

This Have I Done For My True Love - Holst: Partsongs

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-09-14

Works: Gustav Holst: Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Of one that is so fair, for SATB & chorus, Op. 34/3, H. 130; Carols (2) for chorus, oboe & cello, H. 91; Old English Carols (4), for chorus & piano, Op. 20b, H. ...
Performers: Davies, Jeremy; Davies, Justine; Farrell, Jane; Head, Christopher; Henderson, David; Henderson, Elizabeth; Lee, William Lyon; Loeb, Jessica; Marsh, John; McMaster-Christie, Amos; Parker, Ruth; Simmon...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Holst Singers

'Fascinating... The Holst Singers cover themselves in distinction. A gem' (CDReview)

'A real joy to listen through without interruption' (Gramophone)...continue...

Holst: The Cloud Messenger, A Choral Fantasia, etc / Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Gustav Holst: The Cloud Messenger, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 30, H. 111; The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140; Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Motets (2), for c...
Performers: Jones, Della; Milhofer, Mark; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wheatley, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Cloud Messenger is a 43-minute work of considerable imaginative power. Before its previous single-issue release it had been virtually forgotten since...continue...

Advent Carols from St. John's

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Richard Lloyd: Drop down ye heavens; English Traditional: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending; Spoken Word: The Message of Advent; First Lesson - Genesis 3; The Word of God; Second Lesson - Genesis 2...
Performers: Bols, Frederick; Bush, G. R., Reverend; Clements, William; Guest, George; Hinde, Robert; Macintosh, A. A.; Martin, James [Organ]; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Condu...
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher

"The performances are of a very high quality; the choir, conducted by Christopher Robinson, sings with unusual purity, warm blend, excellent diction, and expressive breadth...continue...
Includes work(s) by Gregorian Chant....continue...

Holst, Vaughan Williams: Choral Music /Spicer, Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-02-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folksongs (5) for chorus; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); O Vos Omnes ("Is it Nothing to You?"), motet for alto & chorus; O taste and...