Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]

G.F. Handel: Messiah / Glover

2 CD / Signum UK / 2011-05-04

Works: John Wainwright: Christians awake! salute the happy morn; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Battiwalla, Darius; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]
Conductors: Glover, Jane
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

The Huddersfield Choral Society continue their esteemed relationship with Signum Records with arguably the best-loved musical work of all time Messiah, more than two and...continue...
Recording information: Huddersfield Town Hall (12/22/2010)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; On Christmas Night, ballet; The First Nowell, opera (completed by Douglas)
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Fox, Sarah; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Joyful Company of Singers

"There's no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with this enchanting RVW disc, which contains some delightful rarities. OK, so there are...continue...

Talbot: Path of Miracles / Short, Tenebrae

1 Super Audio CD / Signum UK / 2006-06-02

Works: Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles, for a cappella choir
Performers: Badley, Paul; Bowley, John; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Busher, Andrew; Butler, Richard; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Doyle, Julia; Forbes, Joanna; Fraser, Jul...
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: Tenebrae (Vocal Ensemble)

'Path of Miracles', for a cappella choir, was commissioned by Tenebrae from Joby Talbot and premiered last year. The work is based on the most...continue...
Personnel: Joanna Forbes, Grace Davidson (soprano); Paul Badley, John Bowley, Richard Butler, Jeremy Budd , Andrew Busher (tenor); Joseph Cullen , William Gaunt , Guthrie Thomas, Adrian Peacock, Simon...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Ahava, Music for Prayer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: David Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood, for narrator & orchestra; Mizmor L'David, for cantor, chorus & organ; Morton Gould: Hamma'ariv Aravim, for tenor, chorus & organ; Roy Harris: Mi Khamokha, for teno...
Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Adler, Samuel; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Chorale, Carolina Chamber; Close, Elaine; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davis, Kenny [Bass/Com...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Koch, Timothy; Davis, Kenneth; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Carolina Chamber Chorale; Rochester Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Texas Tech University Choir

"Gerard Schwartz, our most dedicated Diamond champion, draws fiery and hugely committed playing from the Seattle Symphony..." - Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Personnel: Paul Schwendener, Michael Isaacson, Neil W. Levin (recorder); Karl Dent , Richard Troxell (tenor saxophone); Aaron Miller, Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ).

Recording information: Bena...continue...

English Choral Music - Britten: St. Nicolas, etc / Bedford

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicholas, cantata for tenor, treble, choruses & orchestra, Op. 42; Christ's Nativity, Christmas suite for chorus; Psalm 150, for children's chorus & instruments, Op. 67
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Feaviour, Margaret; Harris, Judith; Hind, Rolf; Langridge, Philip; Norris, David Owen
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: New London Children's Choir

"Performances here are simply glorious. Langridge is a most distinguished interpreter of Britten's music, fully identifying with the music and text." - Parsons, ARG...continue...

Vierne: Messe solennelle; Widor, Dupré / Westminster

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-02-01

Works: Louis Vierne: Messe Solennelle in C sharp minor, Op. 16; Tantum ergo, Op 2; Ave Maria, Op 3; Marcel Dupré: Motets (4), Op. 9; Charles-Marie Widor: Mass, for double choir & 2 organs, Op. 36; Tu...
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Reid, Andrew

"...Listeners attuned to the greater structural and aesthetic refinements of later Gallic masters such as Faure and Durufle may blanch a little at Widor's somewhat...continue...

Exultate Deo / James O'Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 1996-02-01

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Exsultate Deo; Sicut cervus; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Civitas sancti tui; Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Lodovico Viadana: Exul...
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Faux, Francis; Peacock, Adrian; Semprini, Alexander; Winterflood, Raymond

"For anyone not ready to listen to whole settings of the mass, but eager to sample varied music from the Golden Age of sacred polyphony,...continue...