BACH / HANDEL / TELEMANN / SCARLATTI
Let The Bright Seraphim Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) / The Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The tone is immediately set by Crispian Steele-Perkins' trilling trumpet on Bach's "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", which also features quite thrilling counterpoints between him and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas" (The Independent) |
Monks
The Early Years 1964-1965 [ Light in the Attic / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] 'The Early Years' captures the Monks in nascent form, tackling many of the songs that would later appear on their 1966 masterpiece, 'Black Monk Time'. |
Tashi Lhunpo Monks
Time of the Skeleton Lords [ 30IPS / CD - released 6/Sep/2010 ] Recorded on location in Bylakuppe, southern India, and, according to Tibetan Buddhist traditions, follows the journey of the consciousness. |
The Buddhist Monks
Sakya Tashi Ling [ Universal Music / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] This is an album of peace and pure energy; a fusion of sacred mantras, mixed with the universal language of music. 'Sakya Tashi Ling' was recorded in the monastery during ten hours of consecutive chanting. |
MARTIN GRUBINGER / JOSEF BURCHARTZ / GGREGORIAN CHANT
Drums 'n' Chant Martin Grubinger (percussion) with Albrecht Mayer (Oboe), Josef Burchartz (Flugelhorn), Dieter Kolbeck (Digital Piano) / Benedictine Monks of the Abbe [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] Grubinger represented Austria at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 in Bergen, Norway. In 2007 he was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. |
Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery
Sacred Tibetan Chants [ CD ] |
The Monks
Five Upstart Americans [ CD ] |
50 BEST CHILLOUT
50 Best Chillout Classics (3 Disc) Various artists incls Choir of King's College, Lesley Garrett, Emma Kirkby, Neville Marriner, Kiri te Kanawa, Monks of Silos, etc [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chillout music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest artists. |
TRADITIONAL / MORLEY / STANFORD
Greensleeves - Folk music of the British Isles Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks [ Signum / CD - released 25/May/2016 ] 'Greensleeves' is a celebration of music spanning the length and breadth of the British Isles, featuring mesmerising new arrangements by Geoffrey Webber and Toby Young of some of the most beautiful folk music ever written. The recording includes... |
BARBER / BUCKLEY / BYRD / HILDEGARD / TALLIS / TAVENER / etc
Naked Byrd Two (Incls Lotti - Crucifixus) Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (director) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] This recording is compiled from the Armonico Consort's Naked Byrd programmes, featuring music by composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves, and whose art saw their emotions laid bare, in an atmospheric concert where magical musical moments are... |