Charlesworth, Stephen

John McCabe (b. 1939): Visions - Music for Chorus / BBC Singers, Iain Farrington, organ

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: John McCabe: Marian Carols (3) for voices & chorus; Mangan Triptych, for chorus; Amen/Alleluia, for chorus; Proud Songsters, for chorus; The Lily-White Rose, for voice & chorus; The Morning Watch, fo...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Goater, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Tring, Emma [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

Choral music from one of Britain's leading composers. These wide-ranging and deeply communicative settings present a rich variety of vocal colors and textures. Includes several...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/19/2009/07/02/2010)....continue...

Masters of the Rolls - Music by English composers of the 14th century / Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-07-10

Works: Anonymous, English: Ab ora summa nuncius; Inter usitata/Inter tot et tales/Tenor; Vexilla regni prodeunt; Singularis laudis digna; Dulcia (dona redemptoris); Summum regem honoremus; Ominis terra/Habe...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Harrold, Steven; Nixon, Leigh; Podger, Julian
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Gothic Voices

This reissue from Gothic Voices and Christopher Page - acknowledged as one of the finest performances of medieval music of the last twenty years -...continue...
Recording information: Boxgrove Priory, Chichester, Sussex, England (01/13/1999-01/15/1999)....continue...

The Earliest Songbook in England / Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-01-10

Works: Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Ad cantus leticie, conductus (12th c., English); Anonymous: In hoc ortus occidente; Regis cuius potentia; Magno gaudens gaudio; Rerum deus co...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Harold, Steve [Arranger]; Nixon, Leigh
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Gothic Voices

Probably copied around 1200, this songbook was discarded within a generation or so and used as flyleaves for another book. It was poorly written, decayed...continue...
Recording information: 12/02/1999-12/04/1999....continue...

Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew / BBC Singers

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew, opera
Performers: Bundy, Michael; Cahill, Teresa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Danby, Graeme; Gibbs, Charles; Johnston, Robert; Lodge, Rebecca [Vocals]; Mirfin, Timothy; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Peacock, Adrian; Poole, Elizabeth...
Conductors: de Ridder, André
Ensemble: BBC Singers

The Times
This project blew me away...Saxton's tonal (or modal) musical language ranges from the cinematic spectacular to rapt spirituality. And the piece is compellingly delivered...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 (2008-12-18_2008-12-19&2009-)....continue...

The Spirits of England and France, Vol. 4: Missa Caput and the story of the Salve Regina

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-08-10

Works: Anonymous, English: The story of the Salve Regina; Missa Caput, for 4 voices; Salve Regina; Jesu for thy mercy; Make us merry; Alma redemptoris mater; Agnus Dei, for 4 voices (Old Hall Manuscript); R...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Greig, Donald; Harrold, Steven; Nixon, Leigh; Page, Christopher [Gothic Voices]; Podger, Julian; Rumsey, Shirley; Wilson, Christopher [Lute]

'A fascinating disc with superbly informative and enticing notes by Christopher Page' (BBC Music Magazine)

'At last, for the first time in over thirty years, we...continue...
Recording information: 07/13/1996-07/17/1996....continue...

The Unknown Lover - Machaut, Solage / Gothic Voices

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Solage: Le Basile; En l'amoureux vergier; Tres gentil cuer; Fumeux Fume par fumee; Joieux de cuer en seumellant estoye, ballade for 4 voices; Corps feminin; S'aincy estoit que ne feust la noblesce; P...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Charlesworth, Stephen; Harrold, Steven; King, Catherine; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Nixon, Leigh; Podger, Julian

"Gothic Voices explore songs by two 14th-century French composers. Machaut, well known to lovers of early music, represents the first half of the century; Solage,...continue...

A Laurel for Landini - Landini, Wolkenstein, etc / Gothic Voices, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Anonymous, Cortona Codex: Sia laudato san Francesco, devotional song (Laudario di Cortona); Peccatrice nominata, devotional song (Laudario di Cortona); Niccolo da Perugia: O sommo specchio, madrigal ...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Harrold, Steven; King, Catherine; Nixon, Leigh; Podger, Julian

BBC Music Magazine
As we might expect, the singing here is alert, and confident... an energetic and resourceful attempt to bring this rich and intricate music...continue...

The Voice in the Garden / Christopher Page, Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-01-13

Works: Juan del Encina: Mi libertad en sossiego; Los sospiros no sosiegan; Anonymous, Spanish: A la villa voy, song; Passe el Agoa, song; Harto de Tanta Porfia, song; Dindirín, dindirín, song; Ave...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Greig, Donald; Nixon, Leigh; Podger, Julian; Tusa, Andrew; Wilson, Christopher [Lute]
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

"An enthralling disc, a wholly persuasive introduction both to this little-known repertoire and to how it should be performed." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...
Includes paseávase el rey moro (narváez) / paseávase el rey by various composers....continue...

Lancaster and Valois - French & English Music c1350-1420 / Christopher Page, Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-07-08

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Donnez, signeurs; Quant je ne voy ma dame; Riches d'amour et mendians; Pas de tor en thies païs; Anonymous: Puis qu'autrement ne puis voir; Soit tart, tempre, main ou soir;...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Greig, Donald; Nixon, Leigh; Tusa, Andrew
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

"Pianist Andrew Russo sure knows how to put on a good show!... This isn't repertoire that calls for much subtlety or delicacy, and Russo's playing...continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy [Harpsichord]; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [Fiddl...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Tippett - Choral Images / Cleobury, BBC Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-03-06

Works: Michael Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air, madrigal for chorus; Plebs angelica, motet for double chorus; The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano & chorus; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Evening Canticles), for ch...
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Johnston, Robert; MacIntyre, Stuart; Menna, Siân; Murgatroyd, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: BBC Singers

When Sir Michael Tippett first worked with the BBC Singers in 1944, the experience was such that he recalled nearly 50 years later that "It...continue...

Britten: Death in Venice / Hickox, Chance, Langridge

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Allen, Ildiko; Batchelor, Julia; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bowley, John; Chance, Michael; Charlesworth, Stephen; Charrier, Paul; Fallas, Richard; Feaviour, Marg...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Singers

"...Maybe Richard Hickox is getting bored with praise, but here's some more. This is another major achievement for him, taped last year in Blackheath Concert...continue...

Barber: Vanessa / Slatkin, Graham, Brewer, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Vanessa, Op. 32
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Brewer, Christine; Burden, William; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Graham, Susan; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Christine Brewer...[gave] a performance of extraordinary emotional and vocal span. What a cast of formidable American singers this was. There was Susan Graham, with an...continue...

Bach: St. John Passion, Mass in B minor, etc /Parrott, et al

5 CD / Virgin Classics / 2003-01-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Fliegner, Christian; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Jochens, Wilfried; Kirkby, Emma; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Rober...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Bach: St. John Passion / Parrott, Taverner Consort, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2003-01-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Fliegner, Christian; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Manze, Andrew; Peasgood,...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew

James Macmillan: Birds of Rhiannon / Macmillan, BBC Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: James MacMillan: Magnificat, for chorus & orchestra; Nunc dimittis, for chorus & orchestra; Exsultet, symphonic fanfare (2 versions); Màiri, for a cappella chorus; The Gallant Weaver, for a capp...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bourne, Richard; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davidson, Geoffrey; Feaviour, Margaret; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; MacKenzie, Neil; Meynell, Eleanor; Murgatroy...
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers

This new CD contains premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra. The 'Birds of Rhiannon' defies easy classification. MacMillan calls it a...continue...

Bach: Magnificat, etc / Parrott, Tavener Consort & Players

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-04-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Cantata no 50, "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft" (incomplete), BWV 50; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; E...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Daniels, Charles; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Jochens, Wilfried; Kirkby, Emma; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]; Tubb...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew;
Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-10-11

Works: Martin Luther: Christum wir sollen loben schon, processional; Wir glauben all an eine Gott, credo; Michael Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Der Herr ...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonner, Tessa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Devaere, Hannelore; Engberg-Pederson, Anders; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Greig, Donald; Horn, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Susan Hemington; Le...
Conductors: ; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players; Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir

Personnel: Constanze Backes, Sally Dunkley, Rosemary Tusa, Sarah Pendlebury, Tessa Bonner (soprano); Tom Phillips , Robert Horn , Angus Smith (tenor); Donald Greig (baritone); Raimund Nolte, Stephen C...continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo / Gardiner, McNair, von Otter, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1991-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Halstead, Anthony; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Martinpelto, Hillevi; McNair, Sylvia; Mitchell, Alastair; Robson, Anthony; Ro...
Conductors: Wilcock, Elizabeth; Gardiner, John Eliot

"Through his quiet pursuit of excellence, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has become one of the great musical communicators of our time." -Lord Puttnam...continue...