BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op 123 Rosa Mannion (sop) Birgit Remmert (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) / La Chapelle Royale / Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Philippe Herreweghe has the measure of this stubborn masterpiece...No-one has ever got it quite right - until now.' - Classic CD |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) Dorothee Mields, Peter Kooij, Barbora Kabátková, etc / Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] Gramophone award finalist 2019 - Choral |
BRAHMS
Works for chorus and orchestra (Incls Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53) Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) / Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "This is one of the most impressive collections of Brahms's shorter chorus-and-orchestra works that's come my way for some time." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Choral Finalist |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in A flat D.678 (with Mendelssohn - Psalm 42) Anna Korondi (soprano) Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano) Andreas Karasiak (tenor) / RIAS-Kammerchor / Orchestre des Champs elysaes / Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] The Mass in A flat is one of the most lyrical that Schubert composed. It is also one of the most ambitious (Schubert noted at the top of his manuscript 'missa solemnis'), in terms of its instrumental forces, as well as the number and arrangement of... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op.45 [A German Requiem] Christiane Oelze / Gerald Finley / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-AlysACes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] 'Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction.' - Stereophile |
BERLIOZ
Les Nuits D'ete, Op. 7 / Herminie - Scene lyrique (cantata) Brigitte Balleys & Mireille Delunsch / Orchestre des Champs Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Brigitte Balleys & Mireille Delunsch |
The Champs / Johnny and the Hurricanes / Duane Eddy / "Bill Haley & His Comets / Sandy Nelson
Instrumental Gold - Five Classic Instrumental Albums Plus (Go Champs Go! / Johnny And The Hurricanes / $1,000,000 Dollars Worth Of Twang / Strictly In [ Avid / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2020 ] AVID Rock N Roll continues with its Five Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from The Champs, Johnny and the Hurricanes, Duane Eddy, Bill Haley & His Comets and Sandy Nelson plus five Bonus tracks, complete with original artwork,... |
The Champs
The Early Singles: 30 Great A- & B-Sides [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The Champs
Go Champs Go! [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The Champs
The Later Singles [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The Champs
Tequila [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The Champs
Tequila! [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The Champs were propelled to stardom when they topped the US Pop, R&B and UK charts in the summer of 1958 with their debut single, the Latin-flavoured instrumental 'Tequila'. Spawning a plethora of covers, the song earned a Grammy Award in 1959... |
The Champs
Wing Ding! - Rarities [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten) Christina Landshamer, Maximilian Schmitt & Florian Boesch Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / 2 CD - released 19/May/2014 ] "Landshamer, pure and luminous of tone, sings this with an ideal mix of grace and wondering innocence...Boesch makes a genially relaxed Simon, singing the ploughman's song and shooting aria with unforced relish...Herreweghe and his forces do eloquent |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation] Christina Landshamer (sop), Maximilian Schmitt (ten) Rudolf Rosen (bar) / Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "[the music] bursts from the speakers with the same combination of vigour, technical accomplishment and, above all, unforced pleasure in Haydn's cornucopian invention that should make even the most dedicated Creation admirer listen with fresh ears." |
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto Op 129 / Piano Concerto Op 54 Christophe Coin (cello) Andreas Staier (piano) / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] An opportunity to rediscover two masterpieces played on period instruments. |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge Sebastian Kohlhepp, Eleanor Lyons, Thomas Bauer / Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre Des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ Phi / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Beethoven composed the oratorio Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives) in just 'a fortnight, amid all sorts of tumult and other unpleasant and alarming events in my life'. It marked the first time since the two 'imperial cantatas' of... |
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis in D Marlis Petersen, Gerhild Romberger, Benjamin Hulett, David Wilson-Johnson / Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "With a smallish orchestra, period practices and a tight grip on tempos, this is one of the least relenting performances I have heard." (BBC Music) |
The Fucking Champs
Greatest Hits [ Matador Records / CD - released 13/Apr/2004 ] Ride the gleaming metallic waves of their relentlessly riffing guitars, which once upon a time inspired the carving of those hair-band names into your desk at school. |
The Fucking Champs
III (LP) [ Drag City / 2 LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] At the end of the century, The Fucking Champs spread Total Music™ across the planet, touring relentlessly and producing albums full of undeniable note choices, sounds and songs. For III's 25th anniversary, the band remastered the original master... |