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An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...
Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time, and it is testament to their incredible skill and...continue...

English Choral Music of the Twentieth Century

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2010-03-03

Works: Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine; William H. Harris: Holy Is the True Light, for chorus; Love of Love and Light of Light, for chorus; Michael Tippett: D...
Performers: Farr, Stephen
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen

A compilation of twentieth century English choral music performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....continue...

Ireland: Greater Love, Howells, Britten, etc / Fischer

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Psalm Preludes for organ, Set 2, Op. 32/2; Requiem; Robert Lucas Pearsall: Tu es Petrus, for chorus & soloists.; Michael Tippett: Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from "A Child of O...
Performers: Bean, Elizabeth; Carlyle, Aaron; Harwell, Gary; Hill, Matt; Howell, Alyssa; Jones, Jeremy; Maddox, Shelley; Maglione, Anthony J.; Rice, Frederic
Conductors: Bara, Daniel

Contains gems of the English choral tradition, including Herbert Howells’ stunning Requiem and the famous Greater Love Hath No Man by John Ireland, plus an...continue...

Tippett - Choral Images / Cleobury, BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-03-06

Works: Michael Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air, madrigal for chorus; Plebs angelica, motet for double chorus; The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano & chorus; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Evening Canticles), for ch...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Johnston, Robert; MacIntyre, Stuart; Menna, Siân; Murgatroyd, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: BBC Singers

When Sir Michael Tippett first worked with the BBC Singers in 1944, the experience was such that he recalled nearly 50 years later that "It...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - à la Gloire de Dieu - Barber, Stravinsky, etc

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Michael Tippett: Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from "A Child of Our Time"); Francis Poulenc: Sept ...
Performers: Bruce-Payne, Sally; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacKenzie, Neil
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; The Sixteen

On this disc, the most prominent new world composers of their time, Ives and Barber, are brought together with two old world counterparts, Poulenc and...continue...

Twentieth Century British Choral Music / Darlington, et al

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); Hodie (This D...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Barratt, Ian; Best, Roger; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Farr, Stephen; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Gritton, Peter; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Mauric...
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

Tippett conducts Tippett - Concertos, Ritual Dances, etc

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Michael Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts; Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion; Suite in D major for t...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Baillie, Alexander; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Caussé, Gérard [Viola]; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Cullis, Rita; Curtis, Mark; Ha...
Conductors: Tippett, Michael; Boughton, William
Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia; English String Orchestra

This CD set is released in honor of Sir Michael Tippett, who passed away on January 8th, 1998. It contains important recordings of some of...continue...