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J.S. Bach: Motets BWV 225-230 / Herreweghe

1 CD / PHi Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Fürchte...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Guillon, Damien; Hobbs, Thomas; Keohane, Maria; Kooij, Peter; MacLeod, Stephan; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mields, Dorothee; Toth, Zsuzsi
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent

Although a great deal of mystery shrouds their conception, Bach's motets count among the works that were played uninterruptedly in Leipzig from their origin up...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)....continue...

Gombert: Missa Tempore paschali; Magnificat octavi toni / Henry's Eight, Jonathan Brown

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-04-12

Works: Nicolas Gombert: Magnificat Octavi Toni; Missa Tempore Paschali for 6 voices; Adonai, Domine Iesu Christe; In illo tempore; O Rex gloriae
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Underwood, Giles; Watkin, Toby
Conductors: Brown, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Henry's Eight

"This second instalment of Gombert from Henry's Eight is cause for celebration. Gombert has found worthy champions" - Gramophone

"A magnificent piece ... beautifully poised singing"...continue...
Recording information: Ante-Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, England (12/29/1996-12/31/1996)....continue...

Twice Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Anonymous, English: Morning Has Broken, song (Tune; Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Henry Purcell: Shepherd, leave decoying (from "King Arthur"), symphony & duet for 2 soprano...
Performers: Betts, Christopher; Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Christer, Justyn; Criswell, Michael; Dutton, Paul; Higginbottom, Edward; King, Peter [Organ]; Lomas, Step...

Here, at last, the Boy Trebles collection long awaited to follow the worldwide bestseller "Once were Angels" GCCD 4040, from the 25-years of the Abbey...continue...

Handel: Great Handel Choruses / Hill, Sampson, Blaze, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55; Coronation Anthems (4); Samson, HWV 57; Hercules, HWV 60; Joshua...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: English Concert

Despite the fact that he wrote a large number of operas and instrumental works, Handel is often perceived as a choral composer - or, more...continue...

English Lute Songs / Robin Blaze, Elizabeth Kenny

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-03-10

Works: Robert Johnson: Full fathom five; Where the bee sucks; Fantasie for lute; Anonymous, English: Last of the Queenes Maskes for voice & lute; Thomas Campion: Faire, if you expect admiring; John Dowland:...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]

'English Lute Songs' covers a variety of styles by composers such as Blow, Dowland, Campion, Lawes and Purcell, with works for voice and lute and...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / Suzuki, Sampson, Blaze, Kooij, et al

2 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-10-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Nicholls, Rachel; Sampson, Carolyn; Turk, Gerd
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"This performance of the B minor Mass has everything: great playing, sensational singing from the soloists and chorus, ideal pacing, and a powerful feeling for...continue...

Gibbons: Anthems / Hill, Blaze, Varcoe, Westminster Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-06-12

Works: Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David; Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints, anthem for voices; This is the record of John; If ye be risen again with Christ, anthem for voices; O Lord, in thy wrath...
Performers: Baldock, Sarah; Blaze, Robin; Farr, Stephen

"An essential addition to any collection of English church music." -International Record Review...continue...

Lawes / Blaze, Kenny, Outram, MacDonald, Carter, Kelly

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-02-13

Works: William Lawes: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may; Oh, let me still and silent lie, for voice & theorbo; Oh, my Clarissa, thou cruel faire, song for voice & continuo; Royall Consort Suite No 6 in D majo...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Carter, William; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Outram, Rebecca

"Ultimately this is a disc for conoisseurs--of countertenor singing and of the particular style of 17th-century English song--but anyone who enjoys good singing and congenial...continue...

Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music / King, King's Consort

11 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, 2 choruses, 2 oboes, 2 strings & 2 continuo in G minor, RV 610a; Lauda Jerusalem in E minor, RV 609; Kyrie, for double vocal soloists, double chorus...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Auchincloss, Daniel; Bellamy, Alexandra; Bickley, Susan; Blackadder, David; Blaze, Robin; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Jonathan; Brown, Rachel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'King has given us the ultimate Vivaldi anthology, abundant in energy, rich with emotion, animation, and color, and enshrined in Hyperion's fabled, warm, and incomparable...continue...

Bach: St Matthew Passion (excerpts) / Suzuki, Turk, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Sakurada, Makoto; Turk, Gerd; Urano, Chiyuki
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

This music is so great, and the various stories told so grippingly, that even an 'abbreviated' Passion will be appreciated by many - especially since...continue...

A. Gabrieli - The Madrigal in Venice / Hollingworth, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: Andrea Gabrieli: Del gran tuonante la sorella e moglie, madrigal for 10 voices; Sassi, palae, sabion del Adrian lio, madrigal for 5 voices; Felici d'Adria et dilettose rive, madrigal for 8 voices; I'...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Devine, Steven; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

"This imaginatively constructed disc, punctuated by instrumental items, presents as a main course a selection of Andrea's setting of Italian texts which reveals an unexpected...continue...

Salve Regina / Blaze, Holman, Parley of Instruments

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-04-01

Works: Giovanni Rovetta: Salve Regina, for voice & 5 viols, Op. 10; Alessandro Grandi: Amo Christum, for voice & 2 violins; Ave maris stella, for voice & 2 violins; Biagio Marini: Sonate, symphonie e retorn...
Performers: Blaze, Robin

"Robin Blaze's clear, pure countertenor is the ideal voice for these pieces, and he sings them with impressive authority. The Parley of Instruments adds sensitive...continue...

Ockeghem: Missa Au travail suis, etc / Wickham, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2001-01-23

Works: Barbingant: Au travail suis, chanson; Johannes Ockeghem: Missa "Au travail suis", for 4 voices; Mort, tu as navré/Miserere, motet-chanson for 4 voices; Petite camusette; Permanente vierge/Pulchr...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Ballard, Lucy; Blaze, Robin; Brett, Francis; Dougan, Eamonn; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Missin, William; Porter, Kim; Raskin, Tom; ...
Conductors: Wickham, Edward
Ensemble: The Clerks' Group

This is the final installment in the series of Johannes Ockeghem's sacred music from The Clerks' Group. The Clerks' Group specializes in early Franco-Flemish sacred...continue...

Bach: Lutheran Masses Vol 1 / Gritton, Blaze, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5); Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, strings & continuo in A major, BWV 234 (BC E3)
Performers: Bellamy, Alexandra; Blaze, Robin; Buckoke, Peter; Gritton, Susan; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Latham, Catherine; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Preston, Stephen; Rogers, Jane

Lively debate continues to abound regarding the authentic performance practice of Bach's church music. Many believe that multiple strings and massed voices were used, whereas...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 5 / King, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: In turbato mare irato, solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in G major, RV 627; Non in pratis aut in horis (introduzione to Miserere), solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Daniels, Charles; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'A superlative recording and exemplary notes add to the desirability of an absolute must' (Goldberg)

'Outstanding!' (Early Music Review)...continue...

The Caged Byrd / I Fagiolini, Concordia, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-09-16

Works: William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Crowned with flow'rs and lilies, consort song for voice & viols; Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor no 2, MB 3; O quam glor...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Brook, Roderick; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Smith, Nicholas Hurndall; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson,...
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert;
Ensemble: Concordia Orchestra; I Fagiolini

"...What a pleasure to run into [I Fagiolini] again in Byrd, the mother's milk of English choral singers...the disc is a pleasure. This is a...continue...

Ockeghem: Requiem, etc / Wickham, Clerks' Group

1 CD / ASV / 1997-03-18

Works: Johannes Ockeghem: Gloria from Fors seulement a 5; Fors seulement l'attente; Missa pro defunctis; Pierre de la Rue: Fors seulement; Antoine Brumel: Du Tout Plongiet/Fors Seulement
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Blaze, Robin; Harrold, Steven; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Missin, William; Outram, Rebecca; Vine, Matthew; Wickham, Edward
Conductors: Wickham, Edward
Ensemble: The Clerks' Group