Hillier, Paul

Arvo Pärt: Creator Spiritus / Chrisopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-04-10

Works: Arvo Pärt: Veni creator, for chorus & organ; The Deer's Cry, for chorus; Psalom, for string quartet; Most Holy Mother of God, for male voices; Solfeggio; My Heart's in the Highlands, for chorus ...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Copenhagen, Ars Nova; Hillier, Paul; Purefoy, William; Theatre of Voices; Torp, Else; Watson, Chris [Tenor vocals]
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: ; Theatre of Voices

Creator Spiritus is the latest collaboration between GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Paul Hillier and celebrated Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The disc features a carefully selected...continue...
Recording information: Garnisonskirken, Copenhagen, Denmark (06/2010)....continue...

Kronos plays Holmgreen

1 Super Audio CD / Dacapo / 2008-10-28

Works: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Concerto grosso for String Quartet & Symphonic Ensemble; Moving Still, for voice & string quartet; Last Ground, for string quartet & ocean
Performers: Hillier, Paul
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b. 1932) is one of the leading Scandinavian composers, an outstanding and insistent voice from the generation born in the inter-war years. This...continue...

Music for Tudor Kings from the Time of Henry VII & Henry VIII

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-01-08

Works: Robert Fayrfax: I Love, Loved, And Loved Wolde I Be; That Was My Woo; Most Clere of Colour for 3 voices; William Cornysh: Woefully arrayed; Hoyda, hoyda, jolly Rutterkin, for 3 voices; Ah Robyn, gent...
Performers: Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Nelson, Judith [Soprano Vocal]; Nieman, Paul; Nixon, Leigh; North, Nigel [Lute]; Pickett, Philip
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Ensemble: New London Consort

These recordings were amongst the very first by one of the world's most successful vocal groups. The Hilliard Ensemble was formed in 1974 to perform...continue...

The Da Vinci Collection

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Ce moys de may, rondeau for 3 voices; Johannes Ockeghem: Ma bouche rit, chanson for 3 voices; Missa prolationum, for 4 voices; Josquin Despre...
Performers: Balloy, Philippe; Beavan, David; Becu, Wim; Bona, Jacques; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Brookes, Oliver; Chance, Michael; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dani...
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Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich; The Hilliard Ensemble

Sacred & Secular Music from 6 Centuries / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-02-01

Works: Hermanus Contractus: Salve Regina; Godefroy De St Victoire: Planctus Ante Nescia; Guillaume de Machaut: Quant je sui mis su retour, virelai for voice; Guillaume Dufay: Vergene bella, cantilena motet ...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; George, Michael; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]

'Something no lover of early music or admirer of this group should miss' (American Record Guide)

'Music making of the highest order. Everything shows them at...continue...

1+1 Monastic Chant / Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-11-01

Works: Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory: Resonemus hoc natali; Gregorian Chant: Natus est rex; Anonymous, Medieval Hungarian Polyphony: In hoc anni circulo; Albertus Parisiensis: Cogaudeant Catholici (from C...
Performers: Bennett, Alan; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Richards, Steven

The Old Hall Manuscript / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-05-16

Works: Queldryk: Gloria; Anonymous: Pia Mater; Nesciens Mater; Post Missarum Solennia; Byttering: Nesciens Mater; En Katerine Solennia; Thomas Damett: Beata Dei Genitrix for 3 voices; Salve Porta Paradisi f...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Stafford, Ashley

The "Old Hall" manuscript is the earliest important collection of English music to include the names of many of its composers. This recording will be...continue...

Perotin / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Pérotin: Viderunt omnes; Alleluia, 5. / Posui adiutorium. Organum triplum; Dum sigillum summi Patris, conductus for 2 voices; Alleluia nativitas; Beata viscera, conductus for solo voice; Sederun...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This is a superb and original recording. It gives musical individuality to a group of works that have hitherto tended to sound...continue...

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...

Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame, etc / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 1990-01-01

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Je ne cesse de prier ("Lay de la fonteinne"), lai for 3 voices; Ma fin est mon commencement
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Hillier, Paul; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble

'lt should be no surprise that this is a real winner' (Fanfare, USA)

'Superbly recorded ... very impressive indeed' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)...continue...