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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...

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...

Poulenc: Gloria & Motets / Layton, Gritton, Polyphony, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-03-11

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Salve Regina; Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97; Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, for chorus, FP 152; Exultate Deo
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir

Stephen Layton and Polyphony continue to blaze a trail as dazzling interpreters of a wide range of choral music. Here they turn to some of...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...

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...

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...

Essential Handel / Robert King, The King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62; Solomon; A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Cecilia, Volgi un Sguardo, cantata for soprano, tenor, strings & continuo, HWV 89; Coronation Anthe...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Anderson, Lorna; Bellamy, Alexandra; Blaze, Robin; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Fullbrook, Charles; George, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; ...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort; King's Consort Choir

This new budget-price compilation disc brings together twenty favorite tracks from The Kings Consorts acclaimed Handel recordings. There are movements from recent releases such as...continue...

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...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 9 / King, King's Consort, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-09-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for 2 voices, 2 choruses, flute, 2 strings & continuo in A major,; Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & conti...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Gritton, Susan; Lunn, Joanne; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort; King's Consort Choir

"As expected, the performances are breathtaking. The period strings have an extraordinarily refined tone and play with great animation. King elicits reading of seemingly effortless...continue...

Hummel: Masses Op 111 & Op 77, Alma Virgo / Hickox, Gritton

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in D major, Op. 111; Alma virgo, offertory for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 89a; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 1 in B flat major, Op. 77
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"Chorus and orchestra perform with great skill, fervor, clarity and impact. Their conviction and spirit are contagious and make a very persuasive case - perhaps...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 8 / King, Gritton, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-09-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Sum in medio tempestatum, RV 632; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 600; Cur sagittas in B flat major, RV 637; Sanctorum meritis, hymn f...
Performers: Garratt, Christine; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Simon; Semmingsen, Tuva
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"King's vocal team just keeps on getting better. Susan Gritton, as fresh now as in Vol. 1 of 1995, is wonderfully fluent and direct in...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis / Hickox, Gritton, Winter, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in honorem BVM, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in E flat major ("Missa St. Joseph" /; Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Mariazel...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As ever, Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Missa sunt bona mixta malis / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5; Missa Sunt Bona Mixta Malis, for chorus & organ in D minor, H. 22/2
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...[The "Missa Cellensis"] is pervaded by the brilliant C major sonority of trumpets and timpani, served up with the young Haydn's typical confidence and verve....continue...

Boccherini, D'Astorga: Stabat Mater / The King's Consort

1 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2001-05-01

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Stabat mater in G minor, Op. 61/G 532; Emanuele D'Astorga: Stabat Mater
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Bickley, Susan; Fox, Sarah [Soprano]; Gritton, Susan; Harvey, Peter
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort; King's Consort Choir

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These settings of the same text by two Italian composers (more exactly, Sicilian in the case of Astorga), who spent much of...continue...

Bach: Magnificat, etc / Choir of King's College, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-06-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Kommst du nun, Jesu, BWV 650; Work(s); Magnificat; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Lobet den H...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Bostridge, Ian; Brown, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Comberti, Micaela; George, Michael; Gritton, Susan; Lissauer, Peter; Milne, Li...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); King's College Choir, Cambridge

From a first glance at the performing forces of this Bach Magnificat performance, you can expect some glorious sounds. Stephen Cleobury directs the Academy of...continue...

Handel: L'Allegro il Peseroso ed il Moderato / King, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 1999-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Anderson, Lorna; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; McFadden, Claron
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort Choir

There is no definitive version of this oratorio as Handel made many changes over time. However, the intention of this performance is to retain the...continue...

Haydn: Nelson Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Ave Regina Coelorum for soprano, chorus, 2 violins & organ in A major, H. 23b/3; Missa brevis, for 2 sopranos, chorus, organ & strings i...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

The fifth disc in the enormously successful Haydn Mass Edition features the most popular of all Haydn's masses, the "Nelson Mass." The outstanding combination of...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...

Haydn: Creation Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-11-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Schöpfungsmesse"), H. 22/13; Missa Rorate coeli desuper, in G major (lost), H. 22/3
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"...this new reading eclipses both [Marriner on EMI & Guest on London] in the quality of its choir and soloists, the subtlety of Hickox's direction...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 1 / King, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-04-01

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; Gritton, Susan; Milne, Lisa; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort; King's Consort Choir