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Hope, Faith, Life, Love: Choral Music by Eric Whitacre / Junges Vokalensemble Hannover

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2013-01-29

Works: Eric Whitacre: Hope, Faith, Life, Love, for chorus; Hebrew Love Songs (5), for chorus & string quartet; Sleep; With a lily in your hand, for chorus (Three Flower Songs); Cloudburst; Alleluia, for cho...
Performers: Brakemeier, Mareile [Soprano Vocal]; Etzold, Simon; Etzold, Theresa [Percussion]; Immer, Michael [Tambourine, Percussion]; Kampe, Jurgen [Baritone Vocal]; Lewandowski, Dirk; Meynecke, Hartwig; Nickel...
Conductors: Etzold, Klaus-Jürgen
Ensemble: ; Junges Vokalensemble Hannover

Eric Whitacre has a sure instinct when it comes to writing music beyond any kind of avant-gardism in the 21st century: he is representative of...continue...
Recording information: Pauluskirche Hannover (2012-01-13_2012-01-15&2012-)....continue...

Choral Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Hawes, Tallis, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Bob Chilcott: The lily and the rose, for chorus; Leona...
Performers: Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Swait, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: ; Short, Nigel; Chilcott, Bob; Vivian, James; Cullen, Joseph; McCreesh, Paul; Dixon, Alistair; Nicholas, Benjamin; Skidmore, Jeffrey; Backhouse, Jeremy; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Al...
Ensemble: ; Ex Cathedra; Ex Cathedra Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's Singers; Tenebrae; The Sirens (A Capella)

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...

Modern Choral Masters - Choral works by Arvo Part; Lauridsen and Whitacre / Elora Festival Singers

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux, for chorus; Madrigali, 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance poems, for chorus; Les chansons des roses; Mid-Winter Songs (5); O magnum mysterium; Eric Whitacre: Her sacred...
Performers: Bauman, Carol; De'Ath, Leslie
Conductors: Edison, Noel

"If I were Morten Lauridsen and my work was in the artistic care of a choir like the Elora Festival Singers I would feel that...continue...

The Best of the King's Singers - Music by Kodaly, Gibbons, Byrd, Sibelius, Whitacre, Bennett, Lennon, et al. / King's Singers

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud; William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Civitas sancti tui; Carlo Gesualdo: In monte oliveti, tenebrae lesson for 6 voices, W. 7/9; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; John ...
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Ensemble: King's Singers

As part of Signum's 15th anniversary year we are delighted to release this celebratory collection of The Best of 'The King's Singers' - a 2-CD...continue...

Illumina: Music of Light / Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Barrington Pheloung: Inspector Morse; Morten Lauridsen: Ave dulcissima Maria, for chorus; O magnum mysterium; Sergey Rachmaninov: Vespers; Wolfgang Amad...
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Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford

The Observer
[The repertoire] shows off the warm, immediate New College, Oxford sound in which individuals are encouraged to sing out rather than, as some collegiate...continue...

High Flight: Choral music by Chilcott, Lauridsen, Whitacre / King's Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-11-03

Works: Bob Chilcott: Oculi omnium, for chorus; Even such is time; High Flight, for chorus; A Thanksgiving, for chorus; Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux, for chorus; O magnum mysterium; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumq...
Conductors: ; Clausen, René
Ensemble: Concordia Choir; King's Singers

A must-have for choral-aficionados everywhere that sees perhaps the world's finest a cappella ensemble The King's Singers join forces with The Concordia Choir - one...continue...
Recording information: St Joseph's Church, Quebec, Canada (05/10/2010)....continue...

The 50 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces

3 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel...
Performers: Doll, Susanne; Ponti, Michael; Verhey, Emmy
Conductors: Arp, Klaus; Francis, Alun; Shaw, Robert; ; Beissel, Heribert; Suzuki, Masaaki; Tcherkasov, Gennady; Parry, David
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan; Caffé Concerto Ensemble; Camerata Antonio Luco; Musica Antiqua New York

This album gives you the most beloved Christmas songs to lively up the holiday. There are many ways to celebrate the wonder of Christmas, &...continue...

Tidings / Choir Of Wellington Cathedral / Howells, Coker, Hill

1 CD / Raven Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Peter Aston: Tidings, tidings that be true, for chorus & organ; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birjina gaztettobat...
Performers: Apperley, Richard; Beaglehole, John; Gaynor, Thomas; Hill, David; McElwee, William; Szabo, Claire; Wesseling, Lisette
Conductors: Fulcher, Michael
Ensemble: Choir Of Wellington Cathedral

This disc offers perennial carol favorites interspersed with works by 20th-century British, American and New Zealand choral masters. Fabulous cathedral acoustics compliment the organ and...continue...
Recording information: Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul (09/12/2010-09/14/2010)....continue...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&2010-)....continue...

Noel! Choral Music for Christmas: Traditional Carols / Ikon

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Coventry Carol (2); Angelus ad virginem (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I ...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Hill, Alison; Hymas, Benedict
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Icon

Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold

1 CD / Decca / 2011-04-05

Works: Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Hebrew Love Songs (5), for chorus & string quartet; The Seal Lullaby, for chorus & piano; A boy and a girl; Leonardo dreams of his flying machine; Songs of Faith (3); The...
Performers: Glynn, Christopher; Lovenest, Gary; Lumsdaine, Scott; Plitmann, Hila; Williams, Owain
Conductors: Whitacre, Eric
Ensemble: ; Pavao Quartet

An accomplished composer, conductor and lecturer, Eric Whitacre has quickly become one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. To date, Whitacre's...continue...
Recording information: St. Silas Church, Kentish Town, London, England (08/2010)....continue...

Dove: The Three Kings; Howells, Bax, Tavener, Reger, etc / Nicholas, et al

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-11-09

Works: Gabriel Jackson: The Magi, for chorus; Thou Whose Birth, for chorus; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Arnold Bax: Lullay, Dear Jesus, for chorus; Philip Wilby: The word made flesh; Peter Cornelius: The T...
Performers: Etherington, Carleton

Personnel: Carleton Etherington (organ).

Recording information: Tewkesbury Abbey (03/05/2007-03/07/2007)....continue...

Sacred Songs of Mary

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2010-10-12

Works: Anonymous, Notre Dame School: O Maria, stella maris, conductus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Hildegard von Bingen: O viridissima virga; Anonymous: Et lidet Barn saa lysteligt (A little child so joyfull...
Performers: Andreassen, Elisabeth; Asheim, Nils Henrik; Barquee, Thomas; Berntsen, Anne Lise; Byrne, Aisling Drury; Danielsen, Jan Werner; Lobody, Ashana; Mediaeval, Trio; Montgomery, Jocelyn; Nonishita, Yukari;...
Conductors: ; Van Nevel, Paul; Gardiner, John Eliot; Leslie, Thomas G.
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan; Rose Consort of Viols

Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Eric Whitacre: I thank You God for most this amazing day, for soprano & chorus; I hide myself, for chorus; Sleep; i will wade out, for chorus; Go, lovely Rose, for chorus; When David Heard; Hope, Fai...
Performers: Betteridge, Stephen; Fowler, Fran; Heath, Alice; Millett, Robert; Redman, Eva; Rennie, Suzanna
Conductors: Layton, Stephen

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London (01/03/2005-01/05/2005)....continue...

American Choir Music [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions Import / 2010-07-27

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Aaron Copland: Motets (4), for chorus; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Cloudburst; Water Night (version for chorus); Paul J. Christiansen: My Song in the Night, for chorus; Mor...
Performers: Delemarre-Werner, Isabel; Dressler, Marianne; Haas, Moshe; Kroger, Nicolas; Langguth, Lara; Navarro, Jose; Schmitt, Christian [Organ]; Stabler, Anja; Youth Percussion Ensemble Albrecht Volz, Renningen

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Eric Whitacre: Choral Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-15

Works: Eric Whitacre: Her sacred spirit soars; A boy and a girl; Water Night (version for chorus); This Marriage; Lux Aurumque; little tree, for chorus & piano; When David Heard; Leonardo dreams of his flyi...
Performers: Bauman, Carol; De'Ath, Leslie
Conductors: Edison, Noel

Eric Whitacre's dedication to the beauty of sound, paired with exquisite texts, results in a poetic combination that creates a unique sonic experience. These works...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (04/18/2009-04/20/2009)....continue...

Christmas Songs

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-11-06

Works: Moraeus / Bäckman: Koppången; Carl Nielsen: Hymns and Sacred Songs, FS 83; Gustaf Nordqvist: Jul, jul stralande jul; Selim Palmgren: Hosiannah!, carol for chorus; Ingvar Lidholm: Madonnas v...
Performers: Winland, Ida Falk
Conductors:
Ensemble: Linné Brass Quintet

Formed in 1853, the choir Orphei DrAngar (OD) has constantly striven to discover and develop new directions for the male-voice choir, while not neglecting its...continue...
Recording information: Uppsala University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden (02/2009)....continue...

American Manuscripts

1 CD / Summit Records / 2009-10-13

Works: John Zdechlik: A Centennial Overture; Michael Colgrass: The Beethoven Machine; Raag Mala; John Mackey: Strange Humors; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Andrew Rindfleisch: Mr. Atlas
Conductors: Ambrose, Robert J.
Ensemble: Georgia State University Wind Ensemble

All of these pieces are by American composers, and all are premiere recordings! Under the direction of Dr. Ambrose, the Georgia State University Symphonic Wind...continue...

Alleluia!

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-09-22

Works: Anonymous: Halle, Halle, Halle; Precious Lord; Ludwig van Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), oratorio, Op. 85; Rene Clausen: All That Hath Life and Breath, Praise Ye...
Performers: Cowden, John; Hayes, Lisa; Santillanes, Miguel; Snell, Charley; Thoreson, Deborah

Contrasts

1 Super Audio CD / Aliud / 2009-08-04

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Totus tuus, for chorus, Op. 60; Jaakko Mäntyjärvy: Ave Maria d'Aosta, for chorus; I was glad, for chorus; Come Away, Death, for chorus; Coen Vermeeren: Keanskes...
Performers: de Vries, Rudmer; Hoekstra, Bauke [Bass (Vocal)]; Yabe, Noriko
Conductors: Bergen en Henegouwen, Geert-Jan van Beijeren

Recording information: Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Oosthem (Fryslân) (04/04/2008-03/13/2008)....continue...

All Is Bright / Llewellyn, Handel and Haydn Society

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, carol; Deck the Halls (Welsh); Dietrich Buxtehude: ...
Performers: Consoli, Susan; Finney, John; Giampa, Janice; Grimes, John [Engineer]; Krueger, Christopher; Nomura, Christòpheren; Rolfe, Wendy; Watson, Karen
Conductors: Llewellyn, Grant
Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society; Handel and Haydn Society Chorus; Trinity Handbell Ensemble

Bostons Handel and Haydn Society is one of Americas leading choral ensembles. Under the direction of recently appointed music director Grant Llewellyn, the Society has...continue...

Welcome All Wonders! / Cathedral Choral Society

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Rej...
Performers: Bruno, Jon; Eisenhour, Jeannie Cummins; Halley, Paul [Organ/Singer]; Kruse, Leslie; Levin, Jake; Nassor, Edward; Nassor, Edward M.; Plutz, Eric; Ringers, St. Columba Handbell; Schendel, Rebecca; Sheu...

This is an interesting mix of contemporary mixed-voice choir with organ and brass from the Cathedral Choral Society, the resident chorus of Washington National Cathedral....continue...
Personnel: Jake Levin (soprano, treble); Jeannette D. Warren, Margot T. Young, Kathleen Ying Shu Sheu, MaryKate Hotaling, Rebecca Christie, Portia Hargrove, Katelyn W. Kyser, Charlotte Jaeger, Jeannie...continue...

Aurumque / Warland, Dale Warland Singers

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Alexander Grechaninov: Strastnaya Sed'mista (Liturgy of Holy Week), for chorus, Op. 58; Howard Hanson: A Prayer of the Middle Ages, for chorus; Vytautas Miskinis: O sacrum convivium, for choir; Herbe...
Performers: Fischer, Joel C.; Hodel, Martin; Hopkins, Eric N.; Johnson, Lynette; Tierney, Teresa
Conductors: Warland, Dale

The sequel to The Dale Warland Singers' beloved Cathedral Classics CD. Includes Morten Lauridsen's enormously popular O Magnum Mysterium. The program is a collection of...continue...

O nata lux / Musica Intima

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Baloo, Lammy (Scottish); Ce matin, j'ai rencontré le train (French); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All,...

'O Nata Lux' features works by 20th century landmark composers including Britten, Howells and Willan, as well as contemporary arrangements of traditional Christmas music such...continue...

American Choir Music - Barber, Hogan, Lauridsen, Ives, Copland, etc / Matt, Amadeus Choir

1 CD / ARS Productions / 2008-10-04

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11; Aaron Copland: Motets (4); Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque; Cloudburst; Water Night; Traditional: My Song in the Night; Uwe Ungerer: The Rose; Moses George Hogan: I'm Go...
Conductors: Matt, Nicol
Ensemble: Amadeus Choir

There are almost a hundred years between the dates of birth of Charles Ives, 1874, and Eric Whitacre, born 1970, the youngest composer in this...continue...

With Human Tongues, With Tongues of Angels / Hempfling, Kolner Kantorei

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-03-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Work(s); Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (Psalm 91), motet for double chorus; Hugo Distler: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op 12/6, for chorus; Zdenek Lukas: Req...
Performers: Lauber, Welfhard; Schweinitz, Lucia Germann von
Conductors: Hempfling, Volker
Ensemble: Cologne Kantorei

This multicultural tour of choral music is full of contemporary choir literature that is rarely recorded!...continue...

Northwest Chamber Chorus Live! 40th Anniversary Edition

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-12-04

Works: César Alejandro Carrillo: O Magnum Mysterium, for chorus; Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; John Joubert: ...
Performers: Baker, Tom; Bristow, Sheila; Brockman, Betsy; Espeseth, Miriam; Johnson, Kevin; Mabin, Jay; Sandven, Lauren; Schaefer, Jim; Shields, Valerie; Stern, Denny; Stromquist, Chris
Conductors: Filibeck, Judy; Conlon, Joan Catoni; Demorest, Steven M.; Sams, Carol; Scandrett, Robert; Kloepper, Mark; Bristow, Sheila

Serenade / Timothy Seelig, Turtle Creek Chorale

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2007-05-08

Works: Eric Helmuth: Everyone Sang, for choir; How sweet the moonlight, for choir; Karl Jenkins: Adiemus, for female voices & orchestra; Stephen Paulus: Loving Kindness, for chorus; Morten Lauridsen: Les ch...
Performers: Demer, Thomas; Fratena, Roger; Hannigan, Erin; Nostbakken, Kari; Pettys, Delmar; Spencer, Antoine; Stahler, Dawn; Steffens, Peter; Swanson, Kristen
Conductors: Seelig, Timothy

This word brings to mind the image of a young swain, standing at nighttime below his true love's window passionately wooing his beloved with romantic...continue...

American Voices

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-07

Works: Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Norman Dello Joio: Come to Me, My Love, for chorus; A Jubilant Song; Anonymous: We Gather Together; Just As I Am, hymn; John Muehleisen: Snow (The King's Trumpeter), for ...

Whitacre: Cloudburst, etc / Layton, Polyphony

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-02-14

Works: Eric Whitacre: Songs of Faith (3); Flower Songs (3); Sleep; When David Heard; Cloudburst; This Marriage; Water Night (version for chorus); A boy and a girl; Her sacred spirit soars; Lux Aurumque
Performers: Betteridge, Stephen; Fowler, Fran; Heath, Alice; Millett, Robert; Redman, Eva
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Lady Eleanor Holles School pupils; Polyphony

"This is the work of a significant composer whose artistic talent is genuine and whose success so far has come entirely from the quality, originality,...continue...

4 Flew Over the Hornet's Nest / Leslie, UNLV Wind Orchestra

1 CD / Klavier / 2005-01-01

Works: Nathan Tanouye: 4 Flew Over the Hornet's Nest, for saxophone, bass, piano & drums; Malcolm Arnold: English Dances Set 2, for orchestra, Op. 33; Wataru Hokoyama: Nebula; John Philip Sousa: People Who ...
Performers: Ferrante, Russell; Marienthal, Eric; Taylor, Joel
Conductors: Leslie, Thomas G.; Suzuki, Takayoshi