Mulroy, Nicholas

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion / Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Ian Bostridge, Nicholas Mulroy, Neal Davies, Roderick Williams. Polyphony

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Davies, Iestyn; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Sampson, Carolyn; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Stephen Layton leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and his own superb choral ensemble Polyphony in a powerful performance of Bach's most dramatic...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (04/10/2012-04/13/2012)....continue...

La Fiesta de Pascua en Piazza Navona - works by Victoria, Palestrina, Giovanelli, Bendinelli, Razzi, Asola et al.

2 CD / Lauda Musica / 2012-08-14

Works: Ruggiero Giovannelli: Jubilate Deo for chorus; Jacobus de Kerle: Domine, quid multiplicati sunt, psalm for 5 voices; Te Deum laudamus, hymn for 6 voices; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Haec dies, ...
Performers: Allsopp, David; Arejula, Jesus Garcia; Cuesta, Gabriel Diaz; Cuevas, Javier Jimenez; Dalheim, Ingeborg; Gamez, Gerardo Lopez; Mulroy, Nicholas; Neeves, Helen; Savage, Richard; Skidmore, Greg; van Els...
Conductors: Recasens, Albert
Ensemble: La Grande Chapelle

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The performances, too, are superb. La Grande Chapelle is a group of fifteen singers and thirteen instrumentalists...continue...
Recording information: Augustinus Miziekcentrum, Amberes (2011-09-20_2011-09-23&2012-)....continue...

Orlande de Lassus: St. Matthew Passion; Ave Verum Corpus

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum, for 5 voices, H. ii/3; Ave verum corpus; Vide homo quae pro te patior, motet for 7 voices (S. xix/82); Musica Dei donum optimi,...
Performers: Mulroy, Nicholas; Skidmore, Greg
Conductors: Skidmore, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Consort

Orlande de Lassus' St. Matthew Passion was recorded approximately 17 years ago by the Hillier Ensemble, and there has not been another recording since. Groundbreaking...continue...
Recording information: All Saints, Gospel Oak, London (07/20/2009-07/21/2009)....continue...

J.C. Bach: Welt, Gute Nacht / The English Baroque Soloists - Gardiner

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Herr, wende Dich und sei mir gnädig, vocal concerto; Mit Weinen hebt sich an, aria, for 4 voices & continuo; Wie bist du denn, O Gott, vocal concerto; Der Gerechte, ob er ...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Homburger, Maya; Mulroy, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Recorded live at Cadogan Hall in 2009, this CD features internationally acclaimed singers (Matthew Brook, Peter Harvey and Katherine Fuge) in this knock-out performance of...continue...
Recording information: Cadogan Hall, London (2009-04-16&2009-04-17&2009-)....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespers / Howarth

2 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Dixit Dominus, motet for 6 voices and 6 strings (from Vespers), SV 206/2; Nigra sum sed formosa, antiphon for tenor (from Vespers), SV 206/3; Laudat...
Performers: Boden, Sam; Bury, Alison; Clegg, David; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Gaunt, William; Hopkins, Kirsty; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Travers-Brown, Timothy; Young, Stuart
Conductors: Howarth, Robert

This disc represents a new partnership between Signum Records and The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, one of London's and the world's leading...continue...
Recording information: Hall One, Kings Place, London, England (08/30/2010)....continue...

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2010-09-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Giovanni Gabrieli: Symphoniae sacrae, Book 2; Heinrich Schütz: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 2...
Performers: Appleton, Tom; Bragle, Margaret [Mezzo-soprano]; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Hall, Alison; Mobbs, Charlotte; Mulroy, Nicholas; Robertson, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Young, Stuart
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"During a 2008 BBC interview to mark the centenary of his birth, the composer Elliott Carter uttered the startling statement that live performances of his...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (10/2008)....continue...

The People's Mass / Dunedin Consort

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Gregorian Chant: Introit; Work(s); Gradual; Alleluia; Offertory; Communion; Malcolm Lindsay: Kyrie, for chorus (for the People's Mass); Days of Thunder, for tenor soloist & chorus (for the People's M...
Performers: Crabtree, Libby; Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Mann, Noel; Mulroy, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone

Gavin Bryars: The Church Closest to the Sea

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Gavin Bryars: Epilogue from Wonderlawn; Irish Madrigals (8), for voices & ensemble; The Church Closest to the Sea, for ensemble
Performers: Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Standley, Rick
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mr. McFall's Chamber

Recording information: St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington (01/12/2009-01/12/2009)....continue...

Monteverdi Series Vol 3 - Sweet Torment / Hollingsworth, I Fagiolini, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il quinto libro de madrigali; Il sesto libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 6; Concerto. Settimo libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 9; Hor che'l ciel e la Terra; Gira il nemico in...
Performers: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Quinteiro, Eligio; Ritchie, Fiona; Spissky, Peter; Sterling, David
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: Barokksolistene (Chamber Orchestra); I Fagiolini

"By exploring works that move the emotions of the listener I Fagiolini present a sumptuous selection of madrigals which demonstrate both the huge variety of...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Butt, Hamilton, Gill, Wilkinson, Dunedin

2 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Cairncross, Heather; Caswell, Edward; Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Butt, John
Ensemble: Dunedin Players

"For an infinitely more rewarding fresh look at Handel's most familiar music, look no further than the Dunedin Consort's performance of Handel's first version, premiered...continue...

Handel: Acis & Galatea / Butt, Hamilton, Mulroy, Brook, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2008-12-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Hobbs, Thomas; Mulroy, Nicholas; Smith, Nicholas Hurndall; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Butt, John

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Handel's Acis and Galatea has been recorded often, but the original version written for smallscale performance by only five singers (soprano, three...continue...

Bach: St Matthew Passion / Butt, Mulroy, Brook, Dunedin Consort & Players

3 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Bennett, Malcolm; Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Osmond, Cecilia; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Butt, John
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort

Sunday Herald
Crisp singing and clear diction is matched by outstanding technical ability by the singers
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Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 / Alwood, et al

2 CD / Signum UK / 2008-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Dixit Dominus, motet for 6 voices and 6 strings (from Vespers), SV 206/2; Nigra sum sed formosa, antiphon for tenor (from Vespers), SV 206/3; Laudate, ...
Performers: Bates, David; Cooper, Julie; Goode, David; Mulroy, Nicholas; Oldfield, James; Rice, Robert W.; Vale, Nathan; Wall, Simon
Conductors: Allwood, Ralph
Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble; Southern Sinfonia

Music of the seventeenth century was little known to the concert going or record-buying public, up until fifty or so years ago when Monteverdi's Vespers...continue...

Flaming Heart - Monteverdi: Madrigals, etc / I Fagiolini

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-01-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 4; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 5; Madrigals, Book 8; Piagn' e sospira, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 93
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Crookes, Anna; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Halls, Matthew; Hogan, Louise; Lane, Carys-Anne; Martin, Catherine; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio; Smit...

"As anyone who has experienced a concert by Robert Hollingsworth and I Fagiolini, the group he founded 20 years ago, would expect, their first Monteverdi...continue...

Christmas Vespers at Westminster Cathedral / Baker, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem, motet for 5 voices & continuo (Cantiones Sacrae no 18); Plainchant: Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende; Confiteantur Tibi Populi, antiphona in Cho...
Performers: Aitkenhead, Ian; Butler, Richard; Campbell, Colin; Keay, Nicholas; Lister, Clifford; Martin, Matthew; Mulroy, Nicholas; Payne, Benedict; Titus, Graham

This disc presents an adorned version of the 'Office of Vespers' as it might be heard on the eve of Christmas in Westminster Cathedral, a...continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine / King, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-06-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Missa de capella a 6 "In illo tempore"
Performers: Auchincloss, Daniel; Daniels, Charles; Evans, Robert; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Outram, Rebecca; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

In 1610, disgruntled with his lot as choirmaster to the Duke of Mantua, Monteverdi set about compiling what was to become one of the most...continue...

Finnissy: Anima Christi, Palm Sunday, etc / Weeks, EXAUDI

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-05-05

Works: Michael Finnissy: Maldon; Palm Sunday; Vertue; Forget-Me-Not; Descriptive Jottings of London; Anima Christi
Performers: Davies, Iestyn; Finnissy, Michael; Howard, Philip; Jackson, Richard; Mulroy, Nicholas; Skempton, Howard
Conductors: Weeks, James D.E.
Ensemble: EXAUDI

A. Gabrieli - The Madrigal in Venice / Hollingworth, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: Andrea Gabrieli: Del gran tuonante la sorella e moglie, madrigal for 10 voices; Sassi, palae, sabion del Adrian lio, madrigal for 5 voices; Felici d'Adria et dilettose rive, madrigal for 8 voices; I'...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Devine, Steven; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

"This imaginatively constructed disc, punctuated by instrumental items, presents as a main course a selection of Andrea's setting of Italian texts which reveals an unexpected...continue...