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Ascribe Unto the Lord - Sacred Choral Works of Samuel Wesley / Choir of St. John's College

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father; Wash me throughly from my wickedness; Ascribe Unto the Lord, for chorus & organ; Work(s); Magnificat anima mea; Nunc dimittis; The Wilderness a...
Performers: Brunt, Kieran [Tenor Vocal]; Challenger, John [Organ]; Clapham, Geoffrey; Cobb, Jason [Treble]; Gregory, Julian; Hicks, Peter [Vocals]; Imam, James; McDonald, Basil; Oladeinde, Sam; Simpson, Alexande...
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Choir of St. John's College Cambridge

The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge has selected some of the best-known choral works of Samuel Sebastian Wesley for inclusion on this disc, interspersing...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (04/20/2012-04/22/2012)....continue...

Goffredo Petrassi: Magnificat; Psalm IX / Sabina Cvilak, soprano; Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Goffredo Petrassi: Magnificat, for soprano leggero, chorus & orchestra; Salmo 9, for chorus, string orchestra, brass, percussion & 2 pianos
Performers: Cvilak, Sabina [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Teatro Regio Torino Orchestra

In the English-speaking world, his contemporary Luigi Dallapiccola may be better known, but Petrassi was just as highly regarded in his home country. His music,...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Regio, Torino, Italy (07/05/2012-07/07/2012)....continue...

My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell & Humfrey / Andrew Nethsingha, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge; St John's Sinfonia

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50; Jehova, quam multi sunt, Z 135; O sing unto the Lord, anthem for soprano, alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins, viola & organ, Z; Behold now...
Performers: Blackie, Tom; d'Oyly, Alec [Treble Vocal]; Davies, Iestyn; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gregory, Julian; Hicks, Peter [Vocals]; Imam, James; Leslie, Huw
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: St. John's Sinfonia

On this disc, the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge and the St John's Sinfonia, conducted by Andrew Nethsingha, perform choral works by Pelham Humfrey...continue...
Recording information: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (01/13/2012-01/15/2012)....continue...

Hubert Parry: Works for Orchestra & Chorus - Te Deum; Magnificat; England; Jerusalem / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Neeme Jarvi

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Hubert Parry: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra; England, for chorus & orchestra; The Birds of Aristophanes, suite for orchestra; Jerusalem; The Glories of Our Blood and State, for chorus & orchestra; ...
Performers: Roocroft, Amanda
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

With a foreword by Parry enthusiast HRH The Prince of Wales, this release features orchestral and choral works spanning the length of Parry's composing life,...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (05/17/2012-05/19/2012)....continue...

Neeme Jarvi - Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147; Johan Halvorsen: La Mélancolie, for string orchestra (after Ole Bull's "Lament"); Entry March of ...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kaptain, Laurence; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Madozzi, Melina; Mishura, Irina; Murphy, Suzanne
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This year, we celebrate the thirty-year conducting career of Neeme Järvi with Chandos Records, as well as the conductor's own seventy-fifth birthday.

We mark the occasion

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Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi / Joan Rodgers, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alan Opie, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song, for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This re-release of Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi and A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song forms part of the new Hickox Legacy series commemorating the life and...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (11/02/1998-11/04/1998); All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (11/07/1998)....continue...

William Byrd: The Great Service in the Chapel Royal / Steven Devine - Musica Contexta

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: William Byrd: Gradualia, Volume 2; The Great Service, for 5-10 voices; When Israe came out of Egypt, anthem for 5 voices (SAATB); Sing joyfully unto God our strength; Prelude for keyboard in C major,...
Performers: Devine, Steven
Conductors: Ravens, Simon
Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

Musica Contexta translates literally as 'music interwoven', reflecting the group's primary aim of presenting Renaissance music in the context of its original conception and function....continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Upper Norwood, London, England (05/02/2011-05/04/2011)....continue...

Life and Breath - Choral works by Rene Clausen / Kansas City Chorale

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: Rene Clausen: All That Hath Life and Breath, Praise Ye the Lord, for chorus; O magnum mysterium, for chorus; The Tyger, for chorus; The Lamb, for chorus; Mass for double chorus; Magnificat; Prayer, f...
Performers: Gladden, Matthew; Lang, Lindsay; Lloyd, Rebecca; Tannehill, Sarah; Williamson, Pamela
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: ; Kansas City Chorale

Although he writes in all genres, René Clausen is today one of America's most popular choral composers, and for more than twenty years he has...continue...
Recording information: Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kansas City, Missouri, USA (01/15/2011-01/17/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Coronation Mass; Missa brevis K192; Exsultate, jubilate / Susan Gritton, soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 1 in E flat major, K 67 (41h); Church Sonata for O...
Performers: Aldridge, Kate; Bourne, Frances; Challenger, John [Organ]; Faultless, Margaret; Furness, Sam; Gritton, Susan; Humphreys, George; Jones, Simon; Skidmore, Andrew
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Choir of St John's College Cambridge

On this disc, the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge performs Mozart's 'Coronation Mass' alongside four distinguished soloists and the period instrument ensemble St John's...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (07/19/2011-07/21/2011)....continue...

On Christmas Night / works by Rutter, Burton, Mathias, Darke and Poston

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: John Rutter: What sweeter music; Christmas Traditional: Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); ...
Performers: Challenger, John [Organ]; Clapham, Geoffrey; Gregory, Julian; James, Freddie [Organist]; Leslie, Huw; Macdonald, Basil; Neill, Henry
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: St John's College Choir cambridge

A joyous celebration of music for the festive season! This disc was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound, and recreates to a spectacular...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (01/14/2011-01/16/2011)....continue...

Chamber Vespers - Miniature Masterpieces Of The Italian Baroque / Faye Newton, soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Orazio Tarditi: Domine ad adjuvandum me; Nisi Dominus (Psalm 4), for 2 voices & continuo; Adriano Banchieri: Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109); Magnificat primi toni; Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonatas (6) "Concer...
Performers: Devine, Steven; Glenton, Gawain; Newton, Faye; Sweeney, Richard; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gonzaga Band

Vespers, the evening portion of the Divine Office of the Roman-Catholic Church, has provided both occasion and inspiration for some of the most sumptuous music...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/04/2010-08/06/2010)....continue...

Lutowslawski: Vocal Works / Lucy Crowe, soprano; Gardner, BBC SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Silesian Triptych, for soprano & orchestra (collabration with Bryston); Lacrimosa (fragment of a requiem), for soprano, chorus & orchestra (or organ); Paroles tissées; Slee...
Performers: Crowe, Lucy; Purves, Christopher; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Edward Gardner, presents Muzyka Polska Volume II, the second disc in their Polish Music series. Dedicated to...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England (03/29/2011-03/31/2011)....continue...

Reich: Three Movements; The Desert Music

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Steve Reich: Three Movements, for orchestra; The Desert Music, for small chorus & large orchestra
Conductors: Järvi, Kristjan
Ensemble: Tonkunstler-Orchester

Considered a pioneer in minimalist music, Steve Reiche's The Desert Music is perhaps his most ambitious orchestral score to date. This highly symphonic piece, inspired...continue...

Laudent Deum: Sacred Music by Orlande de Lassus / His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-03-29

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Ecce nunc benedicite, motet for 7 voices, M. xxi (S. xix/114); Veni in hortum meum, motet for 5 voices, M. ii (S. v/120); Quis sequitur me, motet for 2 voices, M. xi (S. i/3); Reso...
Performers: Gregory, Julian; Hambleton, Tristan; Langridge, Jonathan; McDonald, Basil; Ravalde, Tim; Smith, Bradley; Strong, Pablo; Tomita, Leo; Williams, Francis [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: ; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

Orlande de Lassus was a prolific and versatile composer and the most famous musician of his day. By the age of twenty-one, he had been...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (07/20/2010-07/22/2010)....continue...

Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces; Hymn of the Nations / Noseda

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-03-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Inno delle nazioni, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Libera me - Dies irae (from the Requirm Mass); Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; La forza del Destino
Performers: Frittoli, Barbara; Meli, Francesco
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea

This is a recording of rarely heard choral works by Verdi, performed by all-Italian forces: the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatre Regio in Turin, with...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy (07/15/2010-07/17/2010)....continue...

Hear My Words: Choral Classics

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; Sergey Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Giovanni Pierluigi da Pal...
Performers: De Minckwitz, Edward; Hambleton, Tristan; McDonald, Basil; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Tomita, Leo; Walker, Graham; Williams, Francis [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew

This new release of Choral Classics from St John's spans nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest pieces date from the first half of...continue...
Recording information: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (04/09/2010-04/11/2010)....continue...

Peter Philips: Cantiones Sacrae 1612 / Richard Marlow

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-06-29

Works: Peter Philips: O Beatum et Sacrosanctum Diem for 5 voices; Cantabant Sancti, motet for 5 voices; Gaudeamus omnes, motet for 5 voices; O nomen Jesu, motet for 5 voices; Modo veniet Dominator Dominus, ...
Conductors: Marlow, Richard

Peter Philips was, after William Byrd, the most published English composer of the Elizabethan-Jacobean Age. He was also the best-known English composer on the European...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (01/11/2002-01/13/2002)....continue...

Herbert Howells: St John's Magnificat

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-03-30

Works: Herbert Howells: Sequence for St Michael; By the Waters of Babylon, for baritone, violin, cello & organ; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Gloucester Service; Psalm 142 ("I cried unto the Lord with my vo...
Performers: David Adams [Violin/Viola]; John, Gareth [Vocals]; Kraemer, Dominic; Last, Thomas [Vocals]; Mullock, Thomas [Vocals]; Neary, Alice; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Whelan, Paul; Williams, Francis [Tenor...

This recording heralds the beginning of an exclusive recording contract between Chandos and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. All performances will be conducted...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (2009-01-09&2009-01-10&2009-)....continue...

Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...

The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...

Sacred Garland - Devotional Chamber Music from the Age of Monteverdi / Gonzaga Band, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-07-28

Works: Nicolò Corradini: Spargite flores, motet (from Book 1); Claudio Monteverdi: Venite siccientes ad acquas Domini; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Pulchra es amica mea (with divisions by Francesc...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gonzaga Band

The Gonzaga Band was formed by the cornettist Jamie Savan in 1997 to explore historical approaches to the performance of vocal and instrumental music of...continue...

Monteverdi Series Vol 3 - Sweet Torment / Hollingsworth, I Fagiolini, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il quinto libro de madrigali; Il sesto libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 6; Concerto. Settimo libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 9; Hor che'l ciel e la Terra; Gira il nemico in...
Performers: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Quinteiro, Eligio; Ritchie, Fiona; Spissky, Peter; Sterling, David
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: Barokksolistene (Chamber Orchestra); I Fagiolini

"By exploring works that move the emotions of the listener I Fagiolini present a sumptuous selection of madrigals which demonstrate both the huge variety of...continue...

Ives: Variations on America, etc; Copland, Barber, Cowell, Still, Paulus / Iain Quinn

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-05-26

Works: Aaron Copland: Preamble for a Solemn Occasion, for speaker & orchestra (also arr. for organ 1953); Charles Ives: Variations for Organ on "America"; "Adeste Fideles" in an Organ Prelude, for organ, S....
Performers: Quinn, Iain

The Welsh organist, choral director and composer Iain Quinn now lives in the US and is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral...continue...

The Contest of Apollo & Pan

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-02-24

Works: Dario Castello: Sonata for 3 instruments & continuo no 10 (Sonata Concertate II/10); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo no 7 (Sonata Concertate II/7); Sonat...
Performers: Devine, Steven; Erhardt, Tassilo; Holman, Sally; Sansom, Ben
Conductors:
Ensemble: Apollo & Pan

The dynamic young chamber group Apollo & Pan was formed in 1993 by Tassilo Erhardt, Sally Holman and Steven Devine and features the combination of...continue...

Schubert: Mass in E flat D 950 / Richard Hickox, Gritton, Stephen, Padmore, Gilchrist, Rose, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rose, Matthew; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. Much more than his previous efforts...continue...

Grainger: Transcriptions for Wind Orchestra / Rundell, Hovorun, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Percy Grainger: Angelus ad Virginem, transcription for winds (after anonymous 13th cent. hymn); Guillaume de Machaut: Sanz cuer/Amis, dolens/Dame, par vous; Josquin Desprez: La Bernardina, song for 3...
Performers: Hovorun, Ivan
Conductors: Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

The eccentric Percy Grainger was well-known for his musical arrangements which ranged from works by other composers to arrangements of his own original and folk...continue...

Iain Quinn plays Czech Music

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Vitezslav Novák: St. Wenceslas triptych, for organ, Op. 70; Bohuslav Martinu: Vigilie, for organ (completed by Bedrich Janácek), H. 382; Antonin Dvorák: Fugue for organ in G minor, B. ...
Performers: Quinn, Iain

This new recording is devoted to Czech organ music and includes pieces by Novak, Janacek, Dvorak and Smetana and the solitary organ work of Martinu....continue...

Monteverdi: Fire and Ashes / Hollingworth, I Fagiolini

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Ardo, avvampo, mi struggo, madrigal for 8 voices and 2 violins (from Book 8), SV 152; Rimanti in pace a la dolente e bella Fillid...
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: I Fagiolini

I Fagiolini has established itself as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the literature of the Italian madrigal. Volume two continues to juxtapose the...continue...

Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, etc / Hickox, Padmore, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: George Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, for chorus & ensemble; Woodland Suite, for strings & winds; O Praise God in His Holiness; Praise; Be Strong & of Good Courage (Confortare)
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the world premiere recording of 'Woodland Suite' and the first recording of the 'Three Songs of Praise' in the version with orchestral accompaniment....continue...

Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works / Bruffy, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Easter Hymn (Osterhymne) for 8 part double choir, Op. 134; Sacred Choruses (3), Op. 133; Mass for 8 voices in E flat major, Op. 109 "Cantus Missae"; Sacred songs (3), Op. 69
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Phoenix Bach Choir

Following two previously successful collaborations, which produced comments such as "this is one of the finest a cappella choral recordings I've ever heard" (International Record...continue...

Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, Op. 59; Dormi Jesu, Op. 3; That Virgin's Child Most Meek, Op. 114 no 2; Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici for chorus a cappella, Op. 66
Performers: Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Westminster Singers

Originally released by RCA on LP in 1975, this recording is reissued here, on CD for the first time. The Mass was commissioned while Rubbra...continue...

Christmas Carols from York Minster / Francis Jackson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); The Holly and the Ivy (E...
Performers: York Minster Choir
Conductors: Jackson, Francis

Recording information: York Minister (1973/1976)....continue...

A Festival of Christmas / Walters, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The infant King (Basque); I Saw A Maiden (Basque); The Boar's Head Carol; Deck the Halls (Welsh); Edmund Walters: Where Was Jesus Born?; Th...
Performers: Stroud, Cynthia
Conductors: Walters, Edmund
Ensemble: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Ambrose RC Junior School Choir

Field: Piano Works / O'Rourke

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-09-11

Works: John Field: Sonata for Piano no 1 in E flat major, Op. 1/1, H. 8/1; Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 1/2, H. 8/2; Sonata for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 1/3, H. 8/3; Sonata for Piano (no 4) in B ...
Performers: O'Rourke, Míceál

A fellow countryman of John Field's, Micheal O'Rourke performs this 2-CD recital with intelligence and taste, much of the repertoire not otherwise available. A large...continue...

Flaming Rose - Handel: Nine German Arias, etc / Baird, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, Op. 2/4, HWV 389; Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (German Aria no 3), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 204;...
Performers: Baird, Julianne

The profound and evocative German arias of Handel are performed here in a fascinating new recording formed by the chamber ensemble Tempesta di Mare and...continue...

P. de Manchicourt, C. de Morales, etc / Nordic Voices

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-08-28

Works: Pierre de Manchicourt: Reges Terrae, motet à 6 for the Feast of Epiphany; Laudate Dominum, motet for 6 parts; O Virgo Virginum, motet à 6 for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception; Crist&#...

Nordic Voices is a six-voice a cappella group blending solo and ensemble qualities: performing with idiomatic style and great rhythmic liveliness, the members employ a...continue...

Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae / Marlow, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-05-22

Works: William Byrd: Haec dies, motet for 5 voices (SSATB); Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Laetentur coeli; Salve regina - William Byrd (1543-1623); Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Liber primus sacrarum canti...

In his motets Byrd showed himself the equal of his French and Italian contemporaries as a contrapuntist. He was an innovator in form and technique...continue...

Grechaninov: Passion Week / Bruffy, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-04-24

Works: Alexander Grechaninov: Strastnaya Sed'mista (Liturgy of Holy Week), for chorus, Op. 58
Performers: Davidson, Paul; Markham, Caroline; Taylor, Bryan "Josh"
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Kansas City Chorale

"The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale (both are professional groups) make a formidable choral machine, one which seems...continue...

Palestrina: Offertoria / Marlow, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ad te levavi, offertory for 5 voices (from Complete Offertories); Deus tu conversus, offertory for 5 voices (from Complete Offertories); Benedixisti, Domine, offerto...
Conductors: Marlow, Richard
Ensemble: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge

Few composers of the sixteenth century have attracted such myths about their output as Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. For many, Palestrina was the epitome of...continue...

Gruber: Frankenstein, Perpetuum mobile, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: HK Gruber: Frankenstein!!, a pan-demonium for chansonnier & ensemble; Charivari, for orchestra; Dancing in the Dark, for large orchestra; Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer S...
Conductors: Gruber, HK

"The results are nothing if not absorbing. The combination of entertaining and witty vocal delivery, of somewhat manic, and delightfully pointed orchestral playing, makes a...continue...

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...continue...

Flaming Heart - Monteverdi: Madrigals, etc / I Fagiolini

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-01-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 4; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 5; Madrigals, Book 8; Piagn' e sospira, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 93
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Crookes, Anna; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Halls, Matthew; Hogan, Louise; Lane, Carys-Anne; Martin, Catherine; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio; Smit...

"As anyone who has experienced a concert by Robert Hollingsworth and I Fagiolini, the group he founded 20 years ago, would expect, their first Monteverdi...continue...

Eternal Rest - Martin, etc / Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2006-11-21

Works: Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Canticum calamitatis maritimæ (Song of a maritime tragedy), for chorus; Frank Ticheli: There will be rest, for chorus; Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus; Rene Cla...
Performers: Taylor, Bryan "Josh"

"Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi (b. 1963) writes some of today's more innovative choral music. It's not only creatively interesting but it also maintains the qualities...continue...

Howells: Choral Works / Spicer, Bicket, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Herbert Howells: Te Deum ("For the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol"); Even such is time; The summer is coming; The House of the Mind, motet for chorus & organ; Two Madrigals, for chorus; Salve...
Performers: Bernays, John; Bicket, Harry; Carwood, Andrew; Cotterill, Marianne; Crookes, Anna; Daneman, Sophie; Gritton, Susan; Hadleigh-Wilson, Nicholas; Kemp, Nicola-Jane; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Mi...

This collection is drawn from four successful releases from the early 1990s with the dynamic Finzi Singers, directed by Paul Spicer. The Singers produce sounds...continue...
Includes work(s) for chorus: nunc dimittis by Herbert Howells....continue...

Classics - Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra / Lortie

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-06-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Malédiction, for piano & string orchestra (or string sextet), S. 121 (LW H1); Grande Fantaisie symphonique über Themen aus Berlioz's "Lélio", for piano and orchestra, ...
Performers: Lortie, Louis
Conductors: Pehlivanian, George
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

"The hugely underrated Louis Lortie completes his Liszt concertante piano music series for Chandos with yet another example of his fine Lisztian credentials." -Gramophone Editor's...continue...

Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works / Marlow, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-05-23

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sechs Sprüche; Hear my prayer; Beati Mortui, sacred chorus for male chorus, Op. 115/1; Die deutsche Liturgie; Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Psalm 100 ("Jauchzet dem Herrn, Alle W...
Performers: Adams, Christopher; Bennett, Rachel; Brookshaw, Alastair; Casey, Paul; Cheng, Eugenie; Csey, Paul; Downes, Paula; McCarey, Angus; Tortise, Andrew; Williams, Mark
Conductors: Marlow, Richard
Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir

Mendelssohn devoted much of his energy and talent to music for liturgical use, and it forms a substantial proportion of his output. A collection of...continue...

Duruflé: Complete Choral Works / Marlow, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-10-18

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Notre Père, Op. 14; Missa "Cum Jubilo", for baritone, baritone chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 11
Performers: Dawson, Catherine; Herford, Thomas; Wilkinson, Clare; Williams, Mark
Conductors: Marlow, Richard
Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir

The organist of the historic church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont on the Left Bank in Paris from 1930, Maurice Durufle published only a handful of works, including...continue...

Howells: Missa Sabrinensis, etc / Rozhdestvensky, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Herbert Howells: Missa Sabrinensis; Stabat Mater, for tenor solo, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Archer, Neill; Hill, Martyn; Jones, Della; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

This disc presents classic Chandos recordings of two spectacular choral works by a supreme master of the British choral tradition. Herbert Howell's music is distinctive...continue...

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Hummel: Mass, etc / Richard Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra in D major, WoO 16, S. 70; Quod quod in orbe, gradual for chorus & orchestra, Op. 88; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 2 in E flat major...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Murray, Ann; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"It is astonishing that such fine pieces have been so completely neglected. They here inspire Hickox and his team to performances just as electrifying as...continue...

Classics - Vivaldi: In furore, etc / Bott, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in E flat major, RV 130 "Sonata al Santo Sepolcro"; Alleluia; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Lauda...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bruggemeyer, Cecelia; Preston, Stephen; Rogers, Jane
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet