Smith, Angus

The Rose, the Lily & the Whortleberry - Medieval Gardens / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Rose, liz, rondeau for 4 voices; Anonymous, Codex Bamberg: El mois de mai - De se debent - Kyrie; Anonymous, French: Hé marotele / En praerie / Aptat, motet; Soubz les bran...
Performers: Dobell, Mark; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Smith, Angus

Available again by popular demand, the Orlando Consort's The Rose, the Lily and the Whortleberry explores the inventiveness of European composers from the 13th -...continue...

Medieval Christmas / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Anonymous, Winchester Troper: Christe redemptor, 2-part kyrie; Quem lohannes, troped agnus from a Christmas Mass; Alleluia V. Dies sanctificatus, organum for 2 voices; Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory...
Performers: Dobell, Mark; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Recording information: St. Mary's Parish Church, Haddington, East Lothian, Sco (11/2005)....continue...

Handel: Esther / Bowman, Watson, Bickley

2 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Joshua, Rosemary; Osmond, Cecilia; Outram, Rebecca; Purves, Christopher; Smith, Angus; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor; Watson, Christopher
Conductors: Cummings, Laurence
Ensemble: London Handel Orchestra

Gioseffo Zarlino: Canticum canticorum Salomonis, etc / Noone

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-01-04

Works: Gioseffo Zarlino: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Performers: Chambers, Mark; Davidson, Grace; Gibbs, Charles; Martin, David [countertenor]; Smith, Angus; Trevelyan-Jones, Warren; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors: Noone, Michael
Ensemble: Plus Ultra

"Each piece on Glossa's Gioseffo Zarlino: Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, like expertly composed Renaissance sacred music should, lifts the listener up and lets them gently down....continue...

Chansons

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Tant doucement; Comment puet on mieus; De Fortune me doy pleindre, ballade for 3 (or 4) voices; Mors sui se je ne vous voy; Se quanque amours; Je ne cuit pas qu'onques; Liement...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Machaut's text setting is not at all like that in more recent music. The words - which may be of great subtlety and beauty when...continue...
Recording information: 11/13/2007.

The science of classical music was born in the eleventh century but it really took off in the fourteenth as composers and theorists began to write for one ano...continue...

Los Siglos de Oro Vol 1 - Morales in Toledo / Noone, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-04-01

Works: Cristóbal de Morales: Asperges me domine à 5; Et factum est, postquam; Sacris solemniis iuncta sint; Justi confitebuntur...Eripe me Domine; Urbs beata Jerusalem; Nova resultent gaudia; ...
Performers: Brook, Matthew; Chambers, Mark; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Gibbs, Charles; Hamilton, Susan; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Martin, David [countertenor]; Phillips, Tom [tenor]; Smith, Angus; Tr...
Conductors: Noone, Michael
Ensemble: Plus Ultra

"... The performance was recorded in the church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill in London, a gloriously spacious acoustic; it does not, though, veil the transparency of...continue...

Handel: Saul / McCreesh, Scholl, Padmore, Davies, Gritton

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-04-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Susan Hemington; Lemalu, Jonathan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Phillips, Tom...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Extempore II / Orlando Consort, Perfect Houseplants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-05-01

Works: Huw Warren: The Man, the Man, motet; Crier, credo; Dona nobis pacem, recessional; Donald Greig: Approach, introit; Extempore II; Umballa, secret / offertory; Mark Lockheart: Tumult, processional fanf...
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Jazz]; France, Martin; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Houseplants, Perfect; Lockheart, Mark; Orlando Consort; Phillips, Dudley; Smith, Angus; Warren, Huw
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort; Perfect Houseplants

All selections on this CD are part of a larger work titled "Extempore II" composed by members of the Orlando Consort and Perfect Houseplants and conceived as a "modern Mass for the Feast of St. Michae...continue...

Cambridge Singers A Cappella - Britten, Schumann, et al

1 CD / Collegium / 2002-09-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Johannes Brahms: Songs and Romances (12), Op. 44; Robert Schumann: Gesänge (4) for Double Chorus, Op. 141; Robert Lucas Pearsall: Lay a garland on h...
Performers: Ashton, Caroline; Deam, Donna; Pott, Charles; Smith, Angus; Spicer, Susannah
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

Loyset Compère / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: Loyset Compère: Omnium bonorum Plena; Ave Maria, gratia plena; Ne vous hastem pas
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Alleluia Nativitas - Medieval Christmas / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: Anonymous: Novus annus hodie, for 3 voices; Mater Dei salus rei, in 2 part polyphony; In sompnis mira, in 3 parts; Huic et placuit, in 3 parts; Flos Regalis, for 4 voices; Anonymous, French: Ut iam c...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Orlando Consort; Smith, Angus; Smith, August

Personnel: Charles Daniels, Angus Smith (tenor).

Recording information: Aosis Studio, Camden Town, London, England (02/26/1990/02/27/1990)....continue...

Passion / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: Johannes de Tinctoris: Lamentationes Jeremiae; Guillaume Dufay: Victimae paschali; Vexilla regis prodeunt; Josquin Des Préz: Victimae paschali laudes; Heinrich Isaac: Choralis Constantinus; Loys...
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Dunstable: Missa Rex Seculorum, etc / The Orlando Consort

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: John Dunstable: Missa "Rex seculorum"; Ave maris stella, MB 35; Gloria; O crux gloriosa, MB 53; Descendi in ortum meum, MB 73; Speciosa factor est, MB 50; Veni Sancte Spiritus à 4, MB 32; Alba...
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Handel: Theodora / McCreesh, Gritton, Bickley, Blaze, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-09-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Smith, Angus
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players

"...For one of the better cast line-ups, for superior interpretation, for greatest textual fullness, and for overall stylistic and musical satisfaction, it is pretty clearly...continue...

Hark how the wild musicians sing - Symphony Songs of Purcell

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Hark Damon, hark, song for 2 sopranos, bass, chorus, 2 recorders, 2 violins & continuo, Z. 541; How pleasant is this flowery plain, song for soprano, tenor, 2 recorders & continuo, Z. ...
Performers: Gooding, Julia; Holman, Peter; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Smith, Angus; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

"The remarkably blended, spirited performance by the Red Byrd vocal ensemble is a delight, and the Parley of Instruments charmingly captures the spirit of the...continue...

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...