Humphries, Charles

Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir / Schubert, Handel, Herbeck / Max Emanuel Cencic, Charles Humphries, conductor

2 CD / Capriccio / 2012-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: Vom Himmel hoch, o Englein kommt, carol (German); Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cordier, David; Humphries, Charles; Köhler, Axel [Countertenor Vocal]; Sharpe, Ivan; Torday, Robert
Conductors: Marschick, Peter; Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: ; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Studio Symphony

For over 500 years the Vienna Boys' Choir has been a living tradition. Since their beginning, the choir has worked with composers such as Mozart,...continue...

Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir / Max Emanuel Cencic, Charles Humphries, Ivan Sharpe, Robert Torday. Academy of London, Vienna Studio Ens., Peter Marschik [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Capriccio / 2012-11-13

Works: Various Composers: Christmas Carols
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Humphries, Charles; Sharpe, Ivan; Torday, Robert
Conductors: Marschik, Peter
Ensemble: Academy of London; Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna Studio Ensemble

This DVD, set in the Augarten Palace which is the home of the world renowned Vienna Boy's Choir, takes us behind the scenes as the...continue...
Run Time: 45 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German
Country of Origin: Vienn...continue...

Angel Voices: The Boys' Choir Christmas Celebration / Vienna Boys' Choir; Dresden Boys' Choir, et al.

3 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch (Choralkantate); Laudate pueri ("O praise the Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in E flat major, Op. 39/2; Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Veni Domine ("Hear my p...
Performers: Buchner, Roland; Engelhardt, Kent; Humphries, Charles; Schicha, Ulrich; Winkler, Michael-Christfried
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Marschik, Peter; Hrncirik, Peter; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: ; Bläserensemble

American Record Guide
Here's a very nice set of three CDs devoted mostly to German music and performed by the cream of German and Austrian boychoirs...continue...

Christmas Meditation / Concertos, Airs and Sacred Works from Baroque & Classical times [5 CDs]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Heil'ge Nacht auf...
Performers: Achim, Erzsébet; Bálint, János; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Buchner, Roland; Cordier, David; Dicke, Peter; Eisenberg, Matthias; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Glaetzner, Burkhard; H...
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Erxleben, Michael; Bohme, Frank; Marschik, Peter; Tarr, Edward H. [Trumpet]; ; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Rolla, János [Violin]; Winschermann, Helmut; Eschenburg, Hartwig; B...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Capella Savaria; Cappella Coloniensis; Concerto Köln ; Das kleine Konzert; Dresden Baroque Soloists; German Bach Soloists; Hr-Brass; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Phil...

American Record Guide
The selections are well chosen... and nicely sequenced; most of the performances are quite competent and appealing. Sound, while variable, is generally good...
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Schmitt: Psaume XLVII, etc / Fischer, Buffle, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-07-10

Works: Florent Schmitt: Psaume 47, Op. 38; Suite sans espirit de suite, for piano, Op. 89; Le Tragédie de Salomé, ballet, Op. 50
Performers: Buffle, Christine; Humphries, Charles; Walker, Jennifer
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales

"the magnificent engineering really counts in this brilliant but also very heavily scored music. The BBC National Orchestra plays with plenty of power; the strings...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Vienna Boys' Choir

2 CD / Capriccio / 2005-09-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Humphries, Charles; Pigram, Christopher; Schebesta, Martin; Sharpe, Ivan; Torday, Robert
Conductors: Marschik, Peter

Vivaldi: Gloria; Handel: Dixit Dominus / Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Philips / 2001-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Dixit Dominus
Performers: Ballard, Lucy; Burt, Robert; Cameron, Margaret; Clarkson, Julian; Deam, Donna; Fuge, Katharine; Humphries, Charles; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Keith, Gillian; Lindberg, Jakob; Moody, Howard; O'Connor, Ror...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

This new Philips recording includes a major Handel discovery, the "Gloria" for Soprano and String Orchestra, which recently came to light and has been called...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Peter Marschik, Wiener Sängerknaben

2 CD / Capriccio / 1995-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Humphries, Charles; Sharpe, Ivan; Torday, Robert
Conductors: Marschik, Peter
Ensemble: Academy of London; Vienna Boys' Choir