Weir, Judith

Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Rejoice and Be Merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly ...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander; Todd, Nicholas
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's most beloved choral groups. Each Christmas Eve millions across the globe tune in to...continue...
Recording information: La Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (08/02/1994-08/03/1994)....continue...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
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Ensemble: Dante Quartet

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...

Judith Weir: Choral Music / Choir of Ganville & Caius College

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-02-14

Works: Judith Weir: Psalm 148, for chorus; My Guardian Angel, for chorus; Vertue, for chorus; Ascending into Heaven, for chorus & organ; Little Tree, for chorus; Wild Mossy Mountains, for organ; A Blue True...
Performers: Carlton, Jude [composer]; Dechant, Pierre; Dollins, Christopher; Fletcher, Matthew [Organ]; Lindsay, Marie-Claire; Lydford, Annie; Matthew Knight
Conductors: Webber, Geoffrey
Ensemble: Choir of Ganville and Caius College Cambridge

In the first recording devoted entirely to Judith Weir's choral music, the Choir of Gonville & Caius explores her evolving relationship with the medium, from...continue...
Recording information: Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, England (07/08/2010-07/10/2010)....continue...

Organs of Edinburgh / Gigout, Langlais, Vierne, Buxtehude, Howells, etc.

8 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Percy Whitlock: Sonata in C minor; Alfred Hollins: Evening Rest, for organ; Maytime Gavotte; Eugène Gigout: Grand choeur dialogué for organ; Jean Langlais: Suite Médiévale...
Performers: Backhouse, Peter; Bonaventure, Michael; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caskie, Andrew; Ferguson, Duncan; Fisher, Roger [Organ]; Harris, Michael; Kitchen, John; Laing-Reilly, Thomas [Organ]; Niemins...

Within this gorgeous book are 22 of Edinburgh's most notable instruments, complete with detailed text and beautiful color photographs. Twelve illustrious players, all with deep-rooted...continue...
Recording information: 08/2009-04/2010....continue...

The Cold Dancer / Edinburgh Quartet

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Kenneth Dempster: Quartet for Strings no 4 ("The Cold Dancer"); James Clapperton: The Great Divorce, for string quartet; Judith Weir: String Quartet; William Sweeney: Quartet for Strings no 3

Rich and personal contributions to the quartet tradition from four contemporary Scottish composing voices, ranging from the lyrical profundity of Kenneth Dempster's meditation on a...continue...

The Piano Tuner / Contemporary Piano Trios

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Sally Beamish: The Seafarer Trio, for piano trio; Judith Weir: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2; Nigel Osborne: The Piano Tuner, for piano trio
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Ensemble: Fidelio Trio

On this second recording for Delphian, the Fidelio Trio brings together works by three of Scotland’s leading composers. Alexander McCall Smith narrates Sally Beamish’s The...continue...
Recording information: Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh / 12a Grosve (2009-09-08_2009-09-10&2009-)....continue...

Songs from the Exotic / May, Walker

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Judith Weir: Songs from the Exotic, for soprano & piano; Joaquín Rodrigo: Madrigales (4) amatorios, for voice & piano (or soprano & orche...
Performers: May, Polly; Walker, Lucy

"The musky, warm mezzo-soprano of Polly May, and the robust piano playing of Lucy Walker are well-suited to the earthy repertoire much to enjoy in...continue...

McQueen: 2000 Nails; et al / Michael Bonaventure

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Avril Anderson: Repetitive Strain, for organ; Peter Nelson: On the Beach, for organ; Judith Weir: Ettrick Banks, for organ; Wild Mossy Mountains, for organ; Ian McQueen: 2000 Nails, for organ; Edward...
Performers: Bonaventure, Michael

Michael Bonaventure, virtuosic proponent of new music for the organ, presents here a luminous recital of eight world premiere recordings, a rare invitation into this...continue...

Festival Of Nine Lessons / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Spoken Word: Bidding Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - Blessing; First Lesson - Genesis 3; Second Lesson - Genesis 22; Third Lesson - Isaiah 9; Fou...
Performers: Bagnall, Chris [spoken word]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Harrison, Ross [spoken word]; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Musallam, Basim [spoken word]; Richardson, Ashley; Robinson, Joel; Robinson, Ni...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This new, live, complete recording of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Christmas Eve 2008 includes traditional hymns, modern carols, old favorites and...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (12/24/2008)....continue...

Northern Lights - British String Quartets / Kreutzer String Quartet

1 CD / Metier / 2009-04-14

Works: John Casken: Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major; Judith Weir: String Quartet; Robert Saxton: Songs, Dances and Ellipses, for string quartet

Three works for string quartet by contemporary composers from the United Kingdom are performed here by the highly acclaimed Kreutzer Quartet. They are the dedicatees...continue...

NMC Songbook [Box Set]

4 CD / NM Classics Import / 2009-04-07

Works: David Sawyer: The Source, for 2 voices & tubular bells; Luke Bedford: Upon St. George's Hill, for voice & guitar; Anthony Powers: Shining Plain, for voice & piano; Gary Carpenter: Interlude, for voic...
Performers: Atherton, Elizabeth; Ball, Andrew; Barry, Gerald; Bickley, Susan; Booth, Claire; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Chance, Michael; Chapman, Jane [Harpsichord]; Ebrahim, Oma...

MacMillan and his British Contemporaries

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Julian Anderson: O Sing Unto the Lord, for soloists & chorus; James MacMillan: Christus vincit, for treble, chorus & organ; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Jonathan Dove: Ecce ...
Performers: Cutting, Guy; Ellison, Sam; Norman, Daniel; Ockenden, Sasha; Rolls, William; Unwin, William
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

Edward Higginbottom and his Choir of New College Oxford present the second of three CDs exploring 20th-century choral music, this one focusing on contemporary British...continue...

Noël nouvelet - Mendelssohn, Rutter, Leighton, Lauridsen, Hakim, etc / Backhouse, Filsell, Vasari Singers

1 CD / Guild / 2008-10-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Anthems (6), Op. 79; Michael Head: The Little Road to Bethlehem; Bob Chilcott: Shepherd's Carol; Christmas Traditional: Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410); Ding ...
Performers: Balzan, Nicola; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; McWilliams, Fiona; Stansfield, Jess; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

The title of this recording translates as new, novel or novelty, so we have a Christmas disc that is traditional but with a fresh, modern...continue...

Weir: On buying a horse, etc / Bickley, Kennedy, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-01-05

Works: Judith Weir: On buying a horse; Ox Mountain was covered by trees; Songs from the Exotic, for soprano & piano; Scotch Minstrelsy, Songs (5) for voice & piano; The Voice of Desire; A Spanish Liederbook...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Tynan, Ailish; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

Much loved mezzo-soprano, Susan Bickley, and fast-rising stars Ailish Tynan and Andrew Kennedy perform songs written by one of Britain's leading composers, Judith Weir. With...continue...

A King's College Christmas / King's College Choir

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-10-11

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Traditional: Rejoice and be merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; What sweeter music; King Jesus hath a garden; Infant holy, infant lowly; While shepherds...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Recorded in 1994 this collection, which truly reflects King's as it is today, contains new delights and traditional favorites....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...

Ancora - Weir: Blond Eckbert / Edwards, Folwell, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-01-01

Works: Judith Weir: Blond Eckbert
Performers: Folwell, Nicholas; Jones, Nerys; Owens, Anne-Marie; Ventria, Chris
Conductors: Edwards, Sian
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

NMC is pleased to announce the release of this opera by one of Britains most well-known and respected composers, in its Ancora series of re-issues....continue...

Weir: Consolation of Scholarship / Scatterday, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Judith Weir: The Consolations of Scholarship, for soprano & 9 players; Piano Concerto; King Harald's Saga, opera for unaccompanied soprano; Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, concerto for 10 instruments
Performers: Bjerken, Xak; Felty, Janice; Kellock, Judith
Conductors: Stucky, Steven Edward; Scatterday, Mark
Ensemble: Ensemble X

The Scottish-born Judith Weir began her career as an oboist and took composition lessons with John Tavener and Robin Holloway. Her music is performed in...continue...

Davies: One star, at last; Tavener, etc / Cleobury, Quinney

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-11-04

Works: Bo Holten: Nowell sing we now; Steve Martland: Carols (3), for chorus; Carl Rütti: I Wonder as I Wander, for choir & organ; Judith Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem; Judith Bingham: The Shepherd's Gif...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Bron, Eleanor; Feaviour, Margaret; Foulkes, Carolyn; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; MacKenzie, Neil; Porter, Kim; Priestley-Smith, Pamela; Quinney, Robert
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: BBC Singers

This Christmas CD includes eight new carols several premiere recordings, and a selection of music serious and light-hearted, contemplative and joyful by some of the...continue...

Judith Weir: Piano Concerto, Piano Trio, etc / Domus, et al

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-04-01

Works: Judith Weir: Distance and Enchantment; El Rey de Francia; I Broke Off a Golden Branch; The Art of Touching the Keyboard; The Bagpiper's String Trio; The King of France

"Judith Weir has one of the most distinctive compositional voices in contemporary music: her material tonal, largely folk-inspired, but always refracted through the prism of...continue...

Joy to the World / Donald Hunt, Worcester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan); What Shall We Give to the Babe in the Manger?; Mary, Mot...
Performers: Blunt, Thomas; Carslake, William; Partington, Adrian; Ryder, Benjamin [Treble Vocal]; Worcester Cathedral Choir
Conductors: Hunt, Donald
Ensemble: The Boys of Worcester Cathedral Choir; Worcester Cathedral Choir; Worcester Festival Choral Society

'Altogether a very enjoyable disc' (Organists' Review)

'...as beautiful as anything you will hear this festive season.' (Yorkshire Post - The Guide)...continue...
Personnel: Thomas Blunt, William Carslake, Benjamin Ryder (treble); Adrian Partington (organ).

Recording information: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England (07/05/1988/07/06/1988)....continue...

A Feast of Christmas Carols / Lancelot, Nicholas, et al

4 CD / Priory / 2002-12-01

Works: Christopher Steel: People, look east; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Johann Sebastian Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 700; In dulci jubilo; Traditional: Nowell; God rest ye merry,...
Performers: Layton, Stephen; Taylor, Neil; Whiteley, John Scott; Wright, Keith
Conductors: Lancelot, James; Moore, Philip; Nicholas, Michael [Cond.]; Wright, Peter
Ensemble: Durham Cathedral Choir; Norwich Cathedral Choir; Southwark Cathedral Choir; York Minster Choir

Jane Manning, Soprano

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2002-01-28

Works: Judith Weir: Don't Let that Horse, for soprano (vocal) & horn; Peter Paul Nash: In a Walled Garden, for voice & ensemble; Justin Connolly: Poems of Wallace Stevens II, for soprano (vocal), clarinet &...
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels

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Themes & Variations / Jac Van Steen, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-06-03

Works: Imogen Holst: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Arthur Oldham: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Michael Tippett: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Braint (Severn Bridge Variations; Lennox Berk...
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

"...Performances are superb. Sound in the string-orchestra 'Variations on an Elizabethan Theme' is good but a little dry; the two sets for full orchestra are...continue...

A White Room - Weir, Matthews, et al / Schubert Ensemble

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-05-01

Works: Judith Weir: Arise, Arise! You slumbering sleepers; Elena Firsova: Frozen Time; Howard Skempton: La Gora di Mulino; Philip Cashian: Music for the Night Sky; Piers Hellawell: A White Room
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Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London

Flight of Song - Skempton, Weir, Harvey, Tippett

1 CD / Guild / 2001-02-26

Works: Howard Skempton: We who with songs; Opportunity; Rose-Berries; Song at the Year's Turning; Flight of Song; To Bethlem did they go; He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven; Judith Weir: Ascending into Heav...
Performers: Steynor, Matthew
Conductors: Weeks, James D.E.
Ensemble: Queen's College Choir, Cambridge

Weir: Night at the Chinese Opera / Parrott, Chance, et al

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-01-01

Works: Judith Weir: A Night at the Chinese Opera
Performers: Chance, Michael; Daymond, Karl; George, Michael [bass]; Grummet, Adey; Lynch, Frances; McCafferty, Frances; Robinson, Timothy; Thomas, Gwion; Thompson, Adrian
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Prime Cuts

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2000-09-01

Works: Grace Williams: Severn Bridge Variations; Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Judith Weir: A Night At The Chinese Opera, opera; Jonathan Harvey: Haiku for piano; Philip Cashian: C...

Great European Organs Vol 40 / John Scott

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: Petr Eben: Laudes; György Ligeti: Musica ricercata (11) for Piano; Milos Sokola: Passacaglia Quasi Toccata on B-A-C-H; Frank Martin: Passacaglia for Organ; Judith Weir: Ettrick Banks; Jirí...
Performers: Scott, John [Organ]

Jane Manning sings Weir, Nash, Connolly, Bauld, Elias, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Judith Weir: Don't let that horse; Peter Paul Nash: In a walled garden; Justin Connolly: Poems of Wallace Stevens II, Op. 14; Alison Bauld: Farewell Already; Brian Elias: Peroration; Anthony Payne: A...
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger [cond.]
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels

Mary Wiegold's Songbook / Wiegold, Muldowney, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: John Dowland: Complaint, P 63; Galliard to Lachrimae, P 46; Lachrimae; Judith Weir: The Romance of Count Arnaldos; Colin Matthews: Cantata on the Death of Antony; Strugnell's Haiku; Simon Bainbridge:...
Performers: Wiegold, Mary
Conductors: Muldowney, Dominic; Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: Composers Ensemble

The Promise of Ages - A Christmas Collection / Parrott

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-10-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: Nos galan (New Year's Eve), carol (Welsh); Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu, carol (English); Ther Is No Ros' (Engli...
Performers: Balding, Caroline; Carolan, Lucy; Consort, Taverner; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Lyons, William; MacNamara, Amanda
Conductors: ; Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Consort

Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort and Choir collaborated on this eclectic collection of Christmastime music. Songs include "Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu," "O Magnum Mysterium," "Hark! The Hera...continue...

Angel Songs for Christmas / Choir of the Advent Church

1 CD / Afka / 1998-09-01

Works: Jacobus Handl: Duo Seraphim Clamabant; Juan de Esquivel Barahona: Duo Seraphim, for SSAATB chorus; Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia: Magnificat Octavi toni à 8; Judith Weir: Illuminare, Jerus...
Performers: Dwyer, Mark

Finnissy, Weir, Newman, Skempton / Michael Finnissy

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Michael Finnissy: Reels for Piano; Short, but....; Freightrain Bruise; Autumnall; Kemp's Morris; Stanley Stokes, East Street 1836; Chris Newman: Grooving through Old Tombs; News of My Own; Le repos s...
Performers: Finnissy, Michael

Requiem of Reconciliation

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1997-03-24

Works: Luciano Berio: Prologue, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (from Requiem of Reconciliation, collective composition); Friedrich Cerha: Introitus and Kyrie, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (from Requie...
Performers: Brown, Donna; Janzik, Tobias; Moffat, Julie; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

English Anthems / Cleobury, Choir of King's College

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1993-06-08

Works: Charles Wood: Hail, gladdening light; Edgar Leslie Bainton: And I Saw a New Heaven, anthem for chorus & organ; John Ireland: Greater love hath no man; William H. Harris: Faire Is the Heaven, for chor...
Performers: Datnow, Robert; Hughes, Christopher; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Pearce, Michael; Rangarajan, Gautam; Rice, Robert W.; Robinson, Paul [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rose, Thomas; Tyson, Robin
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

Personnel: Gautam Rangarajan (tenor); Robert Rice, Paul Robinson (baritone); Michael Pearce (treble).

Recording information: Chapel Of King's College, Cambridge, MA (12/16/1991-12/19/1991)....continue...