The Hilliard Ensemble

Prayers and Praise: Vocal Music by Alexander Raskatov (b.1953) / The Hilliard Ensemble. David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold, Gordon Jones

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-05-14

Works: Alexander Raskatov: Obikhod, for four male voices & string orchestra; Praise, for four male voices (& optional bells)
Conductors: Maratka, Krystof
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

This music was written for the Hilliard Ensemble, one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups, and sets five liturgical texts from a number of...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland (03/10/2011-03/14/2011)....continue...

A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Coro / 2012-05-08

Works: John Browne: Salve regina no 1; Robert Wylkynson: Jesus autem transiens / Credo in Deum; Anonymous: Hail, Mary, full of grace; Regina sovrana, lauda for 4 voices; This Day Day Dawes; Surrexit Christu...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination is the British Library's first major exhibition to bring together its Royal collection, a treasure trove of illuminated manuscripts...continue...

Leonel Power, John Dunstable: Masses and Motets / The Hilliard Ensemble

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Leonel Power: Ave Regina caelorum, ave, for 3 voices, OH 43; Gloria, for 4 voices, OH 21; Beata viscera, for 3 voices; Credo, for 5 voices, OH 77; Sanctus, for 4 voices, OH 118; Agnus Dei, for 4 voic...
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Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Chansons & Madrigals of the Renaissance / A History of Music Century Vol 9

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Josquin Desprez: Faulte d'argent, canonic chanson for 5 voices; Claude Le Jeune: Une puce; Autant en emporte le vent; Loyset Compère: Nous sommes de l'ordre de St Babouin; Clément Janeq...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Visse, Dominique; Hillier, Paul; Van Nevel, Paul; Jacobs, René; Christie, William
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale; Ensemble Clément Janequin; Huelgas Ensemble; Les Arts Florissants; The Hilliard Ensemble

Ars Nova / A History of Music Century Vol 6

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Anonymous, French: In mari miserie, motet (Le Roman de Fauvel); Verses 149-168, ballade (Le Roman de Fauvel); Ad solitum vomitum, motet (Le Roman de Fauvel); J'ai fait nouveletement, motet (Le Roman ...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Benet, Josep; Bothwell, Malcolm; Liendo, Pedro; Pérès, Marcel [Choral Conductor]; Richard, Frederic; Vandersteene, Zeger
Conductors: Clemencic, René; Pérès, Marcel; ; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Anonymous 4; Clemencic Consort; Ensemble Organum; Mala Punica; The Hilliard Ensemble

Ars subtilior / A History of Music Century Vol 7

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Philippus de Caserta: De ma doulour; Johannes Ciconia: La fiamma del tuo amore; Le ray au soleyl; Jaquemin de Senleches: La harpe de melodie; Guido: Dieux gart qui bien le chantera, rondeau for 3 voi...
Performers: Benet, Josep; Bothwell, Malcolm; Cabre, Josep; Dyck, Stephan Van; Grant, Stephen; Peres, Marcel [Choral Conductor]; Sicot, Antoine
Conductors: Young, Crawford; Pérès, Marcel; ; Van Nevel, Paul
Ensemble: Ensemble Organum; Ferrara Ensemble; Huelgas Ensemble; Orlando Consort; The Hilliard Ensemble

Officium Novum / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / ECM / 2010-10-05

Works: Komitas: Ov Zarmanali (solo) Ayssor Tzaynen Hairagan; Surb, surb, for chorus; Sirt im sasani (Hymn for Maundy Thursday), for chorus; Hays hark nviranats ukhti, for chorus; Orthodox Chant: Svjete tihi...
Performers: Garbarek, Jan; Hilliard Ensemble
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

This is the long awaited third album from one of the most touching and magical sound combinations in music today: Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek with...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (06/2009).

More than 15 years separate the release of Jan Garbarek's best-selling album Officium from his Officium Novum. The newer release, like the ...continue...

Essential Renaissance

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem in alium; John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est; Giovanni G...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Becu, Wim; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Jones, Della; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; O'Dette, Paul; Rose, Barry; Smith, Hopkinson; Wilson, Alan
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hillier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Munrow, David; Hilliard, Paul; ; Savall, Jordi; Blanchard, Rog...
Ensemble: ; Consort of Musicke; Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zür...

Tutuli/Cathedral in the Rain

1 CD / ECM Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Stephen Hartke: Tituli, for 5 voices, violin & percussion; Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain, for 4 voices
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Diaz, Javier; Harrold, Steven; Hirtreiter, Andreas; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Makarski, Michelle; Vartan, Lynn
Conductors: Crockett, Donald
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

The Da Vinci Collection

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Ce moys de may, rondeau for 3 voices; Johannes Ockeghem: Ma bouche rit, chanson for 3 voices; Missa prolationum, for 4 voices; Josquin Despre...
Performers: Balloy, Philippe; Beavan, David; Becu, Wim; Bona, Jacques; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Brookes, Oliver; Chance, Michael; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dani...
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Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich; The Hilliard Ensemble

Nicholas Gombert: Missa "Media vita in morte sumus" / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / ECM Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Nicolas Gombert: Media vita in morte sumus; Missa Media Vita, for 5 voices; Salve Regina ("Diversi Diversa Orant"), motet for 4 voices; Anima mea liquefacta est, for 5 voices; O Crux, splendidior, fo...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Harrold, Steven; Hirtreiter, Andreas; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

"Few vocal groups can be recognized within a single bar. The Hilliard Ensemble are one. Their sound is not contrived, their distinctive character having developed...continue...

Pärt: Lamentate / Lubimov, Hilliard Ensemble, et al

1 CD / ECM / 2005-08-30

Works: Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine; Lamentate, for piano & orchestra (Hommage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture 'Marsyas')
Performers: Hilliard Ensemble; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]
Conductors: ; Boreyko, Andrey
Ensemble: Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart; The Hilliard Ensemble

"After my discovery of Arvo Part in the 1980s, when his extraordinary "tintinnabulation" pieces became well known in the West, I started to grow a...continue...

Ockeghem: Missa Prolatonium

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Johannes Ockeghem: Missa prolationum, for 4 voices; Alma redemptoris Mater; Salve Regina; Intemerata Dei mater, motet for 5 voices; Ave Maria, motet for 4 voices
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Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Flower of Chivalry - Tranquill Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Unicorns in the Mist; Henry VIII, King of England: Consort no 16; Consort no 8 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 4; Consort no 3 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 22; Consort no 2 ...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Davies, Victoria; Hilliard Ensemble; Souter, Martin
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Ensemble: Sirinu; The Hilliard Ensemble

Tranquil medieval music featuring The Hilliard Ensemble An emphasis on peace and calm in this selection of medieval music, including gentle songs by one of...continue...

Guillaume de Machaut: Motets

1 CD / ECM / 2004-03-30

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Tous corps qui/De souspirant cuer/Suspiro; He, Mors, com tu/Fine Amour, qui me/Quare non sum mortuus; De bon espoir/Puis que la douce/Speravi, motet for 3 voices; Aucune gent/Qu...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Gould, David [Vocals]; Harrold, Steven; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]
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Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Machaut's music is 'Romantic' in the best sense. 'Beauty touched by strangeness' is one way to describe it. It is simultaneously attractive, mysterious, compelling. And...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Chamber Music Performance."...continue...

Gavin Bryars: Vita Nova

1 CD / ECM Import / 2001-04-03

Works: Gavin Bryars: Incipit Vita Nova, for male alto, violin, viola & cello; Glorious Hill, for 4 voices; Four Elements, ballet; Sub Rosa
Performers: Allen, Martin; Balanescu, Alexander; Bartlet, Keith; Brannick, Chris; Bryars, Gavin [Composer/Double Bass]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dreyer, Annemarie; Firth, Rebecca; Heaton, Roger; James, David; Jones,...
Conductors: ; Heaton, Roger
Ensemble: ; Gavin Bryars (Composer/Double Bass); Gavin Bryars Ensemble; The Hilliard Ensemble

Perotin / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Pérotin: Viderunt omnes; Alleluia, 5. / Posui adiutorium. Organum triplum; Dum sigillum summi Patris, conductus for 2 voices; Alleluia nativitas; Beata viscera, conductus for solo voice; Sederun...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This is a superb and original recording. It gives musical individuality to a group of works that have hitherto tended to sound...continue...

The Hilliard Ensemble Plays Walter Frye

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Walter Frye: Trinitatis dies; Mass "Flos regalis"; Salve virgo mater pya; O Florens Rosa; Ave regina (Glogauer Liederbuch); Ave regina (Codex Specialnik); Sospitati Dedit; Tout a par moy; So ys empre...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Hilliard Ensemble; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Pärt: Litany

1 CD / ECM / 2000-01-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Litany, for ATTB soloists, chorus & orchestra; Psalom, for string orchestra; Trisagion
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Hilliard Ensemble; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Pärt, Arvo; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Tallinn...
Conductors: Kaljuste, Tönu; Sondeckis, Saulius
Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; The Hilliard Ensemble

Josquin: Motets & Chansons / The Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 1997-01-21

Works: Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Absalon, Fili Mi, motet for 4 parts (poss. spurious); Veni, Sancte Spiritus, motet for 6 parts (doubtful); De profundis, motet for 4 par...
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Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

"This is the third incarnation known to me of a 1983 recording, made in the Hilliard Ensemble's prime under Hillier's direction...The program offers an unmatched...continue...

Ockeghem: Requiem, Missa Mi-Mi / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Veritas (England) Import / 1996-11-25

Works: Johannes Ockeghem: Missa pro defunctis; MEDLEY
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Les Tres Riches Heures du Moyen Age - A Medieval Journey

6 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1995-11-01

Works: Byzantine Chant: Alleluia. Tropaire de la venue de l'époux (Holy Monday); Innani'Uchachidu khidraka - Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Sant; The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom; Anonymou...
Performers: Angelopoulos, Lycourgos; Balloy, Philippe; Benet, Josep; Bothwell, Malcolm; Breitschopf, Hans; Brisset, Laurence; Cabre, Josep; Casabianca, Gilberte; Casalonga, Nicole; Clemencic, Rene; Deller, Alfre...
Conductors: ; Pérès, Marcel; Deller, Alfred; Dobszay, László; Clemencic, René; Springfels, Mary; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Anonymous 4; Clemencic Consort; Deller Consort; Ensemble Organum; L'Ensemble de la Paix; Les Pages de la Chapelle; Newberry Consort; Schola Hungarica; The Hilliard Ensemble

Music from the Time of Christian IV - Church Music / Hillier

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-03-25

Works: Mogens Pederson: Messe (from Pratum Spirituale, 1620); Thomas Schattenberg: Jubilus S. Bernhardi, motets (39) in 4 parts; Motets (6) from Jubilus S. Bernhardi; Vincentius Bertholusius: Sacrae Cantion...
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame, etc / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 1990-01-01

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Je ne cesse de prier ("Lay de la fonteinne"), lai for 3 voices; Ma fin est mon commencement
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Hillier, Paul; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

'lt should be no surprise that this is a real winner' (Fanfare, USA)

'Superbly recorded ... very impressive indeed' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)...continue...